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This was placed inside a re-used 9 x 4.5 inch banker's envelope of some vintage.
That was placed inside a large 9 x 6.5 inch stamped envelope, accompanied by the following:
1. a twice folded magazine page featuring a review of a children's book
2. a twice folded insert on heavy paper advertising what looks like a sewing machine but is in fact a rotary drill
3. a piece of thick cardboard cut to size from a box of dishwasher pellets.
That amounted to an extra 62% onto the advertised stamp price. The stamps were certainly safeguarded.
Oh well, the cover features eight Czech stamps to the value of more than 61Kc. (I don't know what the "A" stamp - presumably "first-class" - costs) and someone will appreciate that. If you are a UK collector of contemporary European covers do get in touch. I promise not to overload the postman's bag.
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And note that with all that packing they neglected to include any water proofing!
I'm constantly amazed at the degrees of packing I receive. I hate those packages that have been wrapped to survive a nuclear blast. Half the time you have to work carefully to avoid damaging the stamps inside.
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Having received my share of destroyed merchandise I'll never complain about someone over packing something. I do agree thats often not the best use of the materials as far as protecting the contents. Unfortunately there does not seem to be a general sense of what is needed to protect items adequately without going overboard or just using too much of the wrong thing. 
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I don't mind the extra packaging as long as they didn't ship ten pounds of paper! However, I do mind sellers who use all the roles of tape in a store to wrap up the stamps for one shipment.
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I just do not like packaging completely encased in cellophane tape.
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A couple of years ago I received a package of Norwegian Stamps from a Canadian seller....and it was TOTALLY covered in black and yellow mold!
It absolutelyt STANK!
It has been quite a while coming - so goodness knows where it had been or where it was left or whatever.
Some were mint stamps and they were just a mass of mess!
The seller did refund me most of the money - but since then MOST of the time I send stamps with as little packaging as possible from the weight point of view and the final wrap is a light plastic bag.
SO far I have not had any problem with buyers and certainly so far no other trouble from sellers
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I just received a package from China with MNH PNG souvenir sheets what a mess ,looked like the cover had been for a swim ,on opening the package I found the sheets were stuck together.
I sent the seller a message with an image of the package,his answer was not his fault it was the mail service and promised to refund my postage,(which he never has)he said several of his mail outs to Russia had suffered the same problem and he now waterproofs them and promised to do the same thing for me if I ordered anything else??
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I saved this because I had never seen this auxiliary marking before...
How many PO box fires did they get to justified having a stamp made for it?
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Now that is an amazing ancillary marking! How the heck do you get a fire in a PO Box???
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Fires in post boxes are quite easy to start. You just lob a lit firework into it.
It happens quite often here in the UK around Guy Fawkes Night, the 5th of November.
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02:40:43pm
"How many PO box fires did they get to justified having a stamp made for it?"
Often enough that I have had this auxiliary marking in stock many times over the years!
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Ian and Roy, now it makes sense. I was thinking of the tiny PO Boxes, but people will throw stuff into the drop boxes out on the street.
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I got an auction purchase recently from the UK in the mail that was just lovingly and carefully packed and waterproofed. I look forward to finding new items to purchase from that seller.
Great item Don!
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I just received a triple wrapped ebay purchase of two album binders, perfect condition.I appreciate the extra care the seller took to assure my package arrived in good condition.
I would much rather spend a few extra minutes to unwrap a package rather than spending weeks or more fighting the carrier that damaged my purchase.
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"It happens quite often here in the UK around Guy Fawkes Night, the 5th of November."
We simply used to call it bonfire night. It was only later on I got the historical relevance.
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I make my own "glassine" envelopes for stamps I send and then tape the sides carefully so they can be opened. I use tongs as a letter opener four everything so I figure if I can open it that way the receiver should be able to open it.
I then use a folded card stock paper (usually from my discadrd album pages that I misprinted) to stiffen the envelope but I make sure that all the stamps are flat and evenly spaced so the envelope won't get bent and damaged.
If anyone has received anything from me and does not like the packaging, please let me know so I can improve on my method.
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Took delivery this morning of three nice Czechoslovakian stamps, which the seller had placed in a neat little 3 x 2.5 inch piece of folded paper.
This was placed inside a re-used 9 x 4.5 inch banker's envelope of some vintage.
That was placed inside a large 9 x 6.5 inch stamped envelope, accompanied by the following:
1. a twice folded magazine page featuring a review of a children's book
2. a twice folded insert on heavy paper advertising what looks like a sewing machine but is in fact a rotary drill
3. a piece of thick cardboard cut to size from a box of dishwasher pellets.
That amounted to an extra 62% onto the advertised stamp price. The stamps were certainly safeguarded.
Oh well, the cover features eight Czech stamps to the value of more than 61Kc. (I don't know what the "A" stamp - presumably "first-class" - costs) and someone will appreciate that. If you are a UK collector of contemporary European covers do get in touch. I promise not to overload the postman's bag.
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And note that with all that packing they neglected to include any water proofing!
I'm constantly amazed at the degrees of packing I receive. I hate those packages that have been wrapped to survive a nuclear blast. Half the time you have to work carefully to avoid damaging the stamps inside.
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re: What a lot of packaging!
Having received my share of destroyed merchandise I'll never complain about someone over packing something. I do agree thats often not the best use of the materials as far as protecting the contents. Unfortunately there does not seem to be a general sense of what is needed to protect items adequately without going overboard or just using too much of the wrong thing.
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re: What a lot of packaging!
I don't mind the extra packaging as long as they didn't ship ten pounds of paper! However, I do mind sellers who use all the roles of tape in a store to wrap up the stamps for one shipment.
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re: What a lot of packaging!
I just do not like packaging completely encased in cellophane tape.
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re: What a lot of packaging!
A couple of years ago I received a package of Norwegian Stamps from a Canadian seller....and it was TOTALLY covered in black and yellow mold!
It absolutelyt STANK!
It has been quite a while coming - so goodness knows where it had been or where it was left or whatever.
Some were mint stamps and they were just a mass of mess!
The seller did refund me most of the money - but since then MOST of the time I send stamps with as little packaging as possible from the weight point of view and the final wrap is a light plastic bag.
SO far I have not had any problem with buyers and certainly so far no other trouble from sellers
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I just received a package from China with MNH PNG souvenir sheets what a mess ,looked like the cover had been for a swim ,on opening the package I found the sheets were stuck together.
I sent the seller a message with an image of the package,his answer was not his fault it was the mail service and promised to refund my postage,(which he never has)he said several of his mail outs to Russia had suffered the same problem and he now waterproofs them and promised to do the same thing for me if I ordered anything else??
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I saved this because I had never seen this auxiliary marking before...
How many PO box fires did they get to justified having a stamp made for it?
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Now that is an amazing ancillary marking! How the heck do you get a fire in a PO Box???
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"How many PO box fires did they get to justified having a stamp made for it?"
Often enough that I have had this auxiliary marking in stock many times over the years!
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Ian and Roy, now it makes sense. I was thinking of the tiny PO Boxes, but people will throw stuff into the drop boxes out on the street.
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I got an auction purchase recently from the UK in the mail that was just lovingly and carefully packed and waterproofed. I look forward to finding new items to purchase from that seller.
Great item Don!
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I just received a triple wrapped ebay purchase of two album binders, perfect condition.I appreciate the extra care the seller took to assure my package arrived in good condition.
I would much rather spend a few extra minutes to unwrap a package rather than spending weeks or more fighting the carrier that damaged my purchase.
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"It happens quite often here in the UK around Guy Fawkes Night, the 5th of November."
We simply used to call it bonfire night. It was only later on I got the historical relevance.
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re: What a lot of packaging!
I make my own "glassine" envelopes for stamps I send and then tape the sides carefully so they can be opened. I use tongs as a letter opener four everything so I figure if I can open it that way the receiver should be able to open it.
I then use a folded card stock paper (usually from my discadrd album pages that I misprinted) to stiffen the envelope but I make sure that all the stamps are flat and evenly spaced so the envelope won't get bent and damaged.
If anyone has received anything from me and does not like the packaging, please let me know so I can improve on my method.
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