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PostmasterGS
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I don't collect modern US, but I do still save the ones I receive to give away. So imagine my disappointment to find this in my mailbox today.




Thanks, USPS, for the mint no gum stamps!
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irishjack
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Glue stick
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dlawson281
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Posted 06/09/2012   4:30 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add dlawson281 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I'm surpised - no ink pen/marker cancels on the stamps. what happened to revenue protection USPS?
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I_Love_Stamps
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United States
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Posted 06/09/2012   4:38 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add I_Love_Stamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
they don't care...and when they do, we call them "marker monkeys". Seems they (or perhaps WE) cant win.
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Battlestamps
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Posted 06/09/2012   5:12 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Battlestamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
You can take such items to your local post office where they should be willing to hand cancel the items with post marks.
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philb
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Too bad a stamp collector can not run the postal service..but I guess that would make too much sense !!
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APS 070059 Life Member International Society of Guatemala Collectors I.S.G.C. #853
Bujutsu
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I have noticed that the U.S., Canada and GB are the worse for not cancelling their stamps. I prefer not cancelled though over a felt pen, or ball-poinr pen.

Chimo

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djd
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Old Marker monkey, not a modern phenomena
David

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djd
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It looks like George W has a toothache?
Didn't he have homemade wooden ones.
David
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peterc4
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To really confuse future generations, make yourself a mute cancel from an old wine cork.



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raywrio
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Just the opposite for me today. The monkey marker hit a nice Paul Bunyan stamp I received in the mail today. Those are a nice set of stamps especial the ones on the reverse. Makes for an interesting cover.
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