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I now have bundles of stamps. I picked them up for a bundle of RCMP 223's, figured I could do some fly specking on a rainy day!  Now here's my dilemma, I have 11 bundles of 100 stamps each. From the 223 to a bundle of 462's. What's the opinion of SCF? Keep them bundled or break them all down and put them in a stock book? Your opinion is welcome. |
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Personally,
my experience with Australian bundles, they are dusty, dirty, curled and generally in a poor state. (suggest kicked around from auction to auction)
I generally separate then, look for postmarks, then place in a duplicates envelope, leave them in Stamp Catalogues in the Library, or give them away to Red Cross.
Buying on a whim, can be fun sometimes........ |
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| Edited by rod222 - 11/09/2019 5:59 pm |
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I always separate if tied as I find that ends up doing damage. The bundles in little paper wraps usually are fine but then the risk of bad paper. If you have the extra space and time, I'd unwrap, flyspeck, Stockbook. Have fun :) |
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I generally separate then, look for postmarks, then place in a duplicates envelope, leave them in Stamp Catalogues in the Library, or give them away to Red Cross. Rod. Send those extras my way next time. I love to fly speck for varieties. Plus I donate regularly to the Red Cross. They have enough of my blood (platelets actually) for the both of us. |
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| Edited by Partime - 11/09/2019 7:52 pm |
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Steve,
your welcome to all my Aussie duplicates, I have kilos and kilos of the stuff.
I'll email you off list in the next 5 days of what I have, I don't think you would be interested in most of it, but whom knows?
You may still have family here, they can cart it back to the US, but the planet may tip on its axis.
(No KGV sidefaces, I hoard those)
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| Edited by rod222 - 11/09/2019 10:54 pm |
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Hi Rod. Yes, my daughter still lives in Perth, so she can be a good courier, if needed. Thanks for sending the list, and I'm sure I'll find something of interest. (And I may still have some things that you need.) |
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Just for giggles here's a picture of the bundles. I'll break them down over time to see what's what.  |
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Hi Moyock13
I would break the seal and investigate what you have,
E.G. - Those Scott 223's you have there could be a Unitrade 223ii
broken leg Mountie..Never know.
Robert
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Ironically, I upgraded my VueScan scanner software this morning and now my scanner isn't working. There apparently was a bug in the new software, it's been fixed, but I haven't been able to download the new update... Geez!  So, checking out the 223's might have to wait a bit. |
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Well, it isn't raining. I did get my scanner running properly. And I did go through the bundle of 223 RCMP's. No broken leg varieties, no reentries on the RCMP varieties.... But I did find a 223iv Bird Cage variety.   |
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Looks like that Mountie might be hauling in a "begpacker". Recently, the BBC had an online article featuring them, and the problem they are causing in tourist destinations around the world.
Local panhandlers are probably not too thrilled about them either. |
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| Edited by bookbndrbob - 11/10/2019 9:57 pm |
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