Do You Gluestick?

As stamp collectors, we are always soaking stamps. invariably, there are some stamps which do not get cancelled. So... I get out with the gluestick and re-use them!

What do you think? Do you gluestick?

what is the RCMP? thanks

Naturally I do!
RCMP = Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Hey Chequer:

Where in the Dominion do you live?

David Giles
Ottawa, Ont.

I'm in Halifax, NS, David.

Oh, and I have a true newbie question: When it comes to the new (relatively new) self-stick stamps, can they be soaked? Or, for the purposes of this thread, do you cut around the stamp and glue the paper to the new envelope? For the purposes of collecting, do you leave them adhered to the paper or what? Thanks

it is an obvious re-use if you cut around the stamp and stick it in a new envelope

Do not worry about the police....they will do nothing against gluestick users. Neither will those inefficient Postal services of this world.
They leave us no choice when they cannot give us a good cancel....or even a cancel at all.
Much of my mail comes from the UK. 60% of stamped mail I have received this year has not been cancelled. This is not my fault.
It is the fault of Royal Mail.
So I have offered £30+ face value of GB stamps, unused for £16 Postpaid on my GB group. I had a taker within an hour or so.
Mostly I send them to family to re-use.

I know a Collector in Halifax !

Londonbus1

Hmm, I never thought of actually reselling them. I think that's a fine idea for stamps not of my country!

Is that Halifax, Canada or Halifax, UK, Londonbus1?

Halifax,Canada.
I don't think anyone collects stamps in Halifax,UK !

Indeed it is.
I have also €17.96 of stamps from Germany and A$15.85, all stamps unused on piece. I am building up the others.

Londonbus1.....Fighting back against inefficient cancellers

Chequer --

I had a similar geography experience this week -- one of my colleagues at work asked me where Antwerp is located. I told her it was in Ohio.

She had a huge laugh at my expense -- turns out she was trying to think of Belgium. On the other hand, she's the one who asked the question so the humor was lost on me...

KirkS

LOL
There are a few other Halifax's (one in PA), but occasionally (not very often) people will think England instead of Canada.

I love glue sticking..its like a little bonus ..like getting money back on your credit card..i send my Canadian skips (and there a lot of them) to a collector in Canada..he sends his U.S. skips to me..i confessed to my nephew a Postal Inspector..he did not seem concerned..he would rather catch a postal employee out on disablility working under the table .....

Chequer:

Nice town, Halifax, N.S. is.

The Canadian ones will soak off in warm water. Forget about the American ones (with rare exception). Keep them on piece with a paper margin of about 5mm all around.

David