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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Julia Gillard's Bad Hair Day |
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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 03:33:14 am
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Talking of sandwiches anyone got a link to the Julia Gillard "menu" story, which includes the menu?
It raised a smile when I read about it over here! |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Country with world's highest postal rates? |
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 20:33:01 pm
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| I'm sure that U.K. to overseas "signed for" items must seem very expensive to eBay purchasers, but you should be aware of that before you bid. But then the liability imposed by eBay to ensure delivery means many sellers are reluctant to risk "ordinary" mail for anything other tha... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Netherlands guilder stamps valid until 1 November 2013 |
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 00:04:57 am
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| Cill Dara Doubtlessly the per capita figure is being held up by the 300,000 Irish who have emigrated in the last 4 years from the land of milk and honey, and a legacy of the years of being generous recipients from the EU teat, even though you had moved smartly past the GDP per capita of at least one... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Netherlands guilder stamps valid until 1 November 2013 |
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Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 03:02:20 am
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| Cill Dara. Based on the situation in Ireland caused by you being in the Eurozone I am quite happy to be cut off. At present rates another round of wage cuts should be required in Ireland to counteract your loss of competitiveness with the Germans in about a decade, which, of course, previously a ste... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Queen Elizabeth anniversary stamps portrait controversy |
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 03:29:28 am
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| It is a shame that they didn't use Heimans recent Australian Diamond Jubilee painting for the first class stamp. The head only would not be right on a stamp as she is looking down, but as it tied up the 60 years in its setting I think that would not have gone amiss. It is on display in Westminster A... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Be careful what you tweet |
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 22:06:05 pm
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| ivqii I cannot agree with you. You are only allowed to be detained for questioning for a limited period, which can be extended by, I believe, a magistrate, by when you have to be charged or released. IF charged the suspect can be brought before a magistrate and detained. If not charged then there is... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Be careful what you tweet |
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Posted: Mon May 27, 2013 20:25:15 pm
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| Good news from the U.K. Sally Bercow, the Labour supporting wife of the "Conservative" Speaker of the House of Commons has had to pay undisclosed damages to a Conservative peer who she wrongly implied in a tweet was involved in a child sex case in a Welsh children's home. The chief police ... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: GB 19p Machin with misplaced phosphor - any info? |
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 06:49:03 am
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| Jenny. I was a modest Machin collector for a while, and then made the mistake of buying a second hand copy of the Deegam second edition for only a couple of pounds. You are certainly right about suddenly finding out what you haven't got! Its approach to stamp numbering beats Gibbons hands down and i... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Do you know your populations? |
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 21:59:19 pm
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| Naggom According to my figures the population of Egypt has about trebled in the last 50 years. When we are told by our news that a house was hit by bombs or rockets in Palestine or recently Libya the families killed often seem to have 5 or so children. Are large families the norm in the area? If so,... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Do you know your populations? |
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 20:54:03 pm
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| IF man is responsible for global warming and now climate change it would be very instructive to see the anticipated populations for what would be the 11 biggest in 20 years time. It would also be interesting to know which populations are increasing the quickest at present, and then wonder how on ear... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Plate or Control numbers - how much do they value add? |
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 04:59:51 am
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| Most BMA Malaya sheets have a plate number over stamp 2 and under stamp 99, however some values do not exhibit this, so is always worth looking out for corner blocks without numbers. These occurred because they were printed in 200s with the plate numbers over stamp 2 and under stamp 199, but there w... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Plate or Control numbers - how much do they value add? |
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Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 02:45:09 am
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| Interesting to see that all the Hong Kong blocks were perforated from bottom to top with single extension in the margins. Taking that as your baseline and you see a different pattern it may be evidence of a different printing, or paper (if such exists on that series). Although having a limited numbe... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Inheritance tax- legitimate or double dipping? |
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 06:55:08 am
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| Just a point for U.K. members. If you have an ISA account of any kind you are a tax avoider. You are taking advantage of a law which says if you do something you will not pay tax on it. Tax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance is not. And when the plumber says it £x for cash with no proper receipt you ... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Entertainer Rolf Harris arrested on child sex allegations? |
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Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 23:16:47 pm
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| The Guardian. The paper of the champagne left, of the illiberal liberal. The one where egality is the watch word but do as I say not what I do for my child's education etc. is the reality. The one where such as Polly Toynbee moves seamlessly from the BBC yet seems to be the only "social affairs... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Entertainer Rolf Harris arrested on child sex allegations? |
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Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 20:24:15 pm
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| Global Administrator You say he has been charged. One of the strangest things about this whole saga is how few, if any of those "arrested" have been charged. In the U.K. the papers will go to the Cropwn Prosecution Service who will decide if there is sufficient evidence for a reasonable ch... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Dutch / Netherlands post 1964 booklets "Telblok" |
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Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 20:24:58 pm
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Thank you Stewie 1980.
I believe U.K. folded booklets have something similar, but does not seem to add any value. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Entertainer Rolf Harris arrested on child sex allegations? |
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Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 05:12:06 am
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| People do need to be very careful what they say on the internet. The wonderful wife of the Speaker of our Parliament could not wait to dish the dirt on Twitter on a politician accused (wrongly as it turned out) by the media of being involved in a child molesting case. I believe her bank balance, alo... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Entertainer Rolf Harris arrested on child sex allegations? |
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Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 05:08:19 am
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| This whole story line is in danger of getting totally out of hand. For all the "arrests" has anyone actually been charged after the Crown Prosecution Service have reviewed the evidence and decided there is a reasonable probability of a conviction, particularly concerning events 30 or 40 ye... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Dutch / Netherlands post 1964 booklets "Telblok" |
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Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 04:51:23 am
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IN the NVPH catalogue for the post 1964 booklets there is an add on value for those with a telblok.
Can someone describe what a telblok is, and, better still, illustrate it?
Thanking you in anticipation for your replies. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: How much is Julia Gillard's old Stamp Collection Worth? |
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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 20:46:01 pm
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| You are correct maszki. Even that giant among pygmies of U.K. Prime Ministers since Churchill in the war years almost unbelievably has her denigrators, especially among those who wanted the coal mines to stay open yet stopped using coal to heat their homes. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Advice on removing a crease from a mini sheet |
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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 04:16:00 am
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| Having now seen the envelope and knowing that most mail gets bent / folded parallel to the long dimension as in this case, the best use of the flyweight packing is probably with the ribs parallel to the short dimension of the envelope! |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Advice on removing a crease from a mini sheet |
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Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 21:03:48 pm
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| Afraid I cannot offer any advice, but do recall a topic on here about letterboxes. Perhaps all recipients of stamps through the post should try to have a flap suitable for A4 unfolded paper size letters in the door, and consider seriously whether those nice brush strip draught seals are a good idea,... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Julia Gillard's Bad Hair Day |
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Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 08:14:22 am
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| An article in The Guardian would have anything but sympathetic if JG was on the other wing of politics! |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Julia Gillard's Bad Hair Day |
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Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 19:28:03 pm
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| With the U.S and Eurozone labouring under debt mountains it appears that even with your problems the Australian Dollar will remain relatively strong, making your overseas stamp purchases relatively cheap. Not too long ago it was $2 U.S. to the £ and stuff seemed cheap, not so at the present $1.50 to... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Julia Gillard's Bad Hair Day |
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 22:01:30 pm
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| Chris Gray said. "Just to clarify, I'm not a party aligned person, nor a swing voter. I subscribe to the Kerry Packer method of politics which, roughly translated and sanitised, means to vote for the party most fit to benefit myself." If too many Australians have that attitude I can unders... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Netherlands guilder stamps valid until 1 November 2013 |
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Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 08:38:37 am
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| I suppose the Dutch, and many others in the Eurozone, must be concerned not to overstock on Euro denominated stamps as the end of the Euro political project moves steadily ever closer to be replaced with national currencies again, giving postal administrations the opportunity to invalidate Euro stam... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: How to tell chalky from ordinary stamp paper? |
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Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 19:51:11 pm
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Apologies for duplication. Impatient finger syndrome.
Perhaps a moderator can remove. |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: How to tell chalky from ordinary stamp paper? |
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Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 19:51:03 pm
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Congratulations Rein.
Your second picture probably adds more to helping identify "chalky" paper visually by looking at the plain paper areas than many words can. |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Selling strategies on eBay: which ones work best? |
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 01:34:32 am
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| So according to Norvic and HayeSmyth buyer feedback is just there to record that the buyer has paid. I find that strange indeed. If that is the case it is a total waste of time. If the buyer does not provide any feedback or trouble to acknowledge receipt why should you "improve" his record... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Happy St. Patrick's Day |
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 06:18:34 am
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| Hopefully unlike when Ken was at the helm, Boris will not be spending any Council Tax payers money subsidising any celebrations in London. |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Selling strategies on eBay: which ones work best? |
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Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 06:13:46 am
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| Darrin. I put the stockcard in a postcard sleeve to avoid the risk of water damage. A stockcard having a card back of course. Some packaging is way over the top and means the seller has to use more expensive postage, which either increases my purchase price or reduces their profit, while some packag... |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Selling strategies on eBay: which ones work best? |
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Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 20:09:54 pm
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| HayeSmyth. It's not that bad. When sending a stamp item I generally use C6 size envelopes (just a little bigger than a postcard). I put the stamps in a stockcard in a postcard sleeve. Sellotape that to a piece of reasonably stiff card cut to fit into the envelope, but it still fits through the 5mm l... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: How did you become a postmark collector? |
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Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 02:32:19 am
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| One of my principal collecting areas is BMA Malaya. Within the disc produced by the Malaya Study Group of all the issues of The Malayan Philatelist was a list of all the post offices open in Malaya in 1947. I had accumulated a large number of used duplicates and, having a list to tick the items off,... |
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Forum: NO question is too basic or silly - you ask - we WILL help you with it! Topic: Better Stamp Investments than Penny Black or Blue? |
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Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 02:00:49 am
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| Might I suggest a Singapore 1969 150th Anniversary miniature sheet. 9000 issued! Remove the first day covers from that total, remove those that are damaged / mounted (an unfortunate Stampboarder told us he damaged one recently) and you are not left with a huge number. Singapore is a relatively wealt... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: Netherlands guilder stamps valid until 1 November 2013 |
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 06:34:08 am
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| As a few weeks have passed now can anyone in the Netherlands tell us how the market now stands for non Euro denominated still postally valid stamps. Has there been a tsunami of stock trying to be offloaded? What %age of face are the stamps making? Anyone with less than perfect items must be very kee... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: New UK inland postage rates generally unchanged - airmail UP |
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 02:35:23 am
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Although unlikely to affect many Stampboarders franking meter prices are increasing across the board.
Second class n.e. 100g by 2p and first class by 3p and n.e.100g large letters of both classes by 5p. |
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Forum: WANTED TO BUY by members - Stamps or FDC or Accessories etc. Topic: WANTED - SCAN of NZ 1942 5d Swordfish Plate 1 block 4 |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 05:55:24 am
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| A small point, but I believe the example illustrated was perforated sideways from the right, as the left hand edge is perforated through. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Can people on Ebay Australia see UK listings? |
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 02:29:24 am
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Comes up in the U.K. when I select worldwide for search and it is there.
Regards |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Can people on Ebay Australia see UK listings? |
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 01:05:51 am
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Stallzer.
Perhaps you could post the link for the item and I and others around the world can check it out for you.
Regards. |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Can people on Ebay Australia see UK listings? |
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 00:42:27 am
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| I'm beginning to wonder if we are talking of cross purposes here. Stallzer - when you went to eBay.au did you select the worldwide option for the item search? You say you pay extra to be on eBay.uk, but does that mean that the item shows up in the U.K. even when the searcher only selects the U.K. as... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Can people on Ebay Australia see UK listings? |
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 23:07:36 pm
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| In the U.K. you can also enter eBay through Avios (Air Miles) and get a small "rebate". We are not charged fees on postage (at the moment) but I have had the price I tried to put in to post a book refused by eBay at listing time as being too expensive. The no listing fees weekends do seem ... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Can people on Ebay Australia see UK listings? |
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 23:07:36 pm
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| In the U.K. you can also enter eBay through Avios (Air Miles) and get a small "rebate". We are not charged fees on postage (at the moment) but I have had the price I tried to put in to post a book refused by eBay at listing time as being too expensive. The no listing fees weekends do seem ... |
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Forum: You ask the questions - SOMEONE will have the answers! Topic: Can people on Ebay Australia see UK listings? |
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 08:08:29 am
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| I am a little confused that you "pay extra" for international coverage. I thought the international exposure comes from you offering to post worldwide and filling in the appropriate postage etc. At the viewing end it is up to the viewer what source he wishes to expose himself to by selecti... |
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Forum: Discuss stamps - and *anything* at ALL happening with stamps Topic: GB: Football Heroes stamp issue 9 May 2013 |
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 09:21:49 am
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Am I alone in detecting a hint of political correctness in the selection?
Perhaps I am just getting more cynical as the years advance.
What would really have been interesting is to have selected a second eleven for use on a much more useful 2nd class set. |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Has man caused global warming to stop? |
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 02:59:58 am
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| joelk I take your point. The Met Office said that global temperatures would continue to plateau, effectively extending the "plateau" period to two decades. All the while CO2 emissions have steadily increased making the certainty of the linkage ascribed by scientists more and more suspect w... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Has man caused global warming to stop? |
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 01:40:58 am
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| vikingeck I do not believe I said that lemmings had snouts. The behaviour of the scientists was lemming like in running with the crowd to get their (the scientists) snouts in the trough. Was it only 20 or so years ago when the hole in the ozone layer was going to do for us all, yet we are still here! |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Has man caused global warming to stop? |
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 00:44:54 am
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| The Meteorological Office in the U.K. recently announced that global warming was not expected to increase over the next five years. Coupled with the last 15 years where it has failed to follow the script, is it all over? Checking on global CO2 emissions they are rising at a fairly steady 2 to 3% a y... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: FACEBOOK - is it more trouble than it is worth? |
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 04:16:23 am
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| Tell me if I am wrong, but I believe it is very difficult to remove anything that you have put on there. Many young people may come to regret some comments posted etc. when employers trawl for background. Some people have lost their job for denigrating their employer. Be very careful. Its like talki... |
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Forum: 'The Water Cooler' - A relaxing and FUN place to let off some steam ...... Topic: Thunderbirds are Go - Again |
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 00:16:47 am
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There is a late 1960s film titled Thunderbird 6, which both I and my young son at the time enjoyed watching at the cinema.
Although the children were born well after the 60s the television shows were must watch family viewing.
Are they still shown anywhere around the world now? |
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Forum: All Online Stamp Auction related discussion and overview Topic: Anyone with anything positive to say about ebay ?? |
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 09:24:57 am
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| Without eBay my stamp and postcard collections would be nowhere near where they are now. I have also learned a lot more about my particular interest areas from seeing whole sheets of stamps, plate blocks, different perforation patterns etc. etc. I thought I had the bible for BMA Malaya overprints in... |
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