2015 USPS Issues... News? Thoughts? Opinions?

msfong, Unless the cave has changed their handling (again) they wiil ship strips in boxes. They have had too much flak about folding right on the plate number is the past. `Incidentally, the correct way to describe a strip of Plate Number Coils is PS10, PS25 etc, ( Plate Strip 10, 25 etc, )!

Peter

Peter: My strips arrived folded in the manner alluded to by msfong. No boxes involved.

Maybe we need to start complaining again! Were your strips folded away from the plate number at least?

Peter

My strips where deeply folder after 3rd stamp from plate #. No boxes

In the semi-recentpast they were selling strips of 100 in boxes for stamps from large rolls. Ten more recently they switched to strips of 500, and for this one it seems to be only folded strips of 25 or full rolls of 10k, but who knows if that will change.

It is my past experience.

I have purchased some strips of 25 from USPS in the past, including Ferns 49c, Ferns Forever 2014, Kaleidoscope Flowers, Weather vanes.. etc. The strip of 25 was always shipped as folded (10-10-5). I did not have any luck to find some unfolded PNC7, PNC9, PNC11 and PNC13. On the other hand, if Strip of 100 (or 500) is available, USPS sent me the strip in a box.

All of my strips were folded the same as acanalizo's, with the plate number always on the 7th stamp of the strip and folded after the 10th stamp.
As I recall, whenever I purchased 100-stamp WAG coil strips, they were shipped in boxes. I have never found self-adhesive coils in anything other than 25-stamp folded strips. I did try making a special order once for more than 25 self-adhesive coils & was told they weren't available other than in complete rolls or prefolded 25-stamp strips.

Another case of different answers from different people. The Post Office is comical.

"Another case of different answers from different people."

Puts me in mind of our forum. (Wink.)

OK, I apologize for the confusion. Seems like the boxes are only used for regular stamps, not for service inscribed stamps. Still, I feel it is wrong to ship these with the fold so close to the plate number, especially since several collectors save these as plate atrips of 11!

Peter

It appears to me that the 2015 Spectrum Eagle strips from the USPS are all identical. The strip starts with a red eagle, ends with a red eagle, has a plate number on the 7th stamp & has folds after the 10th & 20th stamps.

I think we're better than the post office.