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Pillar of the Community
Canada
548 Posts |
Just the way it arrived in the mail this morning, with my address edited out for obvious reasons.  |
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New Member
Canada
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I don't understand....what's wrong?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1505 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3692 Posts |
Interesting...lives not far from Umicore. That address rang a bell.
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Valued Member
Canada
499 Posts |
I have bought from Asy and there was regular mail postage on the envelope. Yours was probably missed.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3167 Posts |
 . but how did CP miss that? |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
548 Posts |
If you've ever received anything from asyn the envelope's usually got quite a collection of older stamps on it. All or nothing I guess...
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Valued Member
Canada
161 Posts |
CP are careless...I received mails from asyn many time the stamps not cancelled originally. Unfortunately, the destination CP may simply cross the stamps using pen or marker...that's very ugly.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
548 Posts |
A more typical asyn envelope.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
743 Posts |
My guess on asyn is that he buys (rips off) people's coin and stamps collection and then sells them to us. I have no problem with people making a profit but I have been in some of these coin and stamp shops where shady owners offer next to nothing for collections of stamps or coins telling the people that their collections are worthless. Feel kind of sorry for those folks who might be turning in an inherited collection and getting nowhere near the true value. |
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Most stamp collections, after the 1940s, literally are worth nothing. I tell people wanting to sell their stamp collections from the 1970s and 1980s, to 'lick them and stick them', if they want the best bang for their buck.
I usually can buy stamps from some dealers for 60% of face value, and my envelopes can look just Asyn's... Cheaper than buying modern postage (and no tax)...
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06/15/2013 09:25 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Most stamp collections, after the 1940s, literally are worth nothing. , which is exactly how they manage to offer free shipping. @JeyRey2000, I believe there is a thread somewhere on this forum discussing where they get their coins, and if I recall correctly, the end conclusion was that some of the coins are "unwanted's" from Canadian Coin and Currency, but I do not personally know if this is true. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I bought a bunch of Canadian stamps from ebay for less than face value. That is what I always use to mail out letters or packages. It is cheaper than buying from CP. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I pay 60 % of face for my stamps. I buy $300 at a time.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I never thought of that when I first posted my picture, but it certainly makes sense. With no postmarks though how do you know these older stamps, or any stamp for that matter, have been cancelled?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I think that The envelopes without stamps are delivered generally in the downtown core area of Toronto and maybe elsewhere. I think they use some kind of low price courier.
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Posted 06/14/2013 5:46 pm
