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Posted 03/22/2019   9:48 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add giltanis to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
1. 10-20 per month if non-philatelic packages count.
2. Mostly Forever stamps from the last couple of years. Maybe someone will see a topic they like and decide to keep them. For Christmas presents and the like, I try to use all Christmas or winter themed stamps.
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Posted 03/22/2019   9:54 pm  Show Profile Check revenuecollector's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add revenuecollector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
1. For personal mail/bills: 4 or 5 per month, for ebay shipments a boatload.

2. I keep several hundred dollars face at any given time, almost exclusively non-forever. A larger and larger percentage is self-adhesive rather than gum activated.
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Posted 03/23/2019   2:36 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add StatesmanStamper to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I typically mail from three to five items per month.

I always use recent forever definitive, mostly because those are what I have easy access to.

Dale
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Posted 03/23/2019   8:11 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add JamesFarrow to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
1 - No more than 5 a month.

2 - I'm from the UK (our postal rates change every year or so and nobody keeps track of it!) so generally recent 2nd Class stamps unless it's to family in which case some older stamps are always a nice touch.
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Posted 03/24/2019   04:57 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Mark1973 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
1: About 3 a month

2: 90% of the time older duplicates that I have from the 80s
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Posted 03/24/2019   07:38 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add MillsapBaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
#1) Maybe average 2 per month
#2) Forever -- bought some Christmas stamps a few years ago, still working on them.
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Posted 03/25/2019   12:13 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add modernstamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Great posts! Thank you to all who participated.
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Posted 03/25/2019   12:31 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Dianne Earl to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Great thread modernstamps

I probably go through 15 to 20 stamps per month, mostly to other stamp collectors.

I use a combination of older and newer and try to create a theme with my covers.

Dianne
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Posted 03/31/2019   10:37 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add worth to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
1) 1 to 2 a month
2) only modern stamps.
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Posted 04/01/2019   10:16 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampboylife to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
#1 - Only 2-3 per month, mostly bills, rarely personal (holiday cards)
#2 - Mostly recent issues. I choose US flag definitives for bills and holiday themed for holiday cards
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Posted 04/01/2019   11:30 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add EasyOne to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I mail six to seven, bills and donations to charities, per month.
Currently, I use only newer stamps but when they run out I'll start using older stamps. They have so little value if you try to sell them.
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Posted 04/03/2019   2:16 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add moldman to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I use 6 or 7 a month for bills etc.

They are new forever stamps. I want to get them in the loop. Lately I've been using the new air mail forever stamps.
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