Sociable Stamp Society

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Friday, April 01, 2005

Fourth class mail rates

Toke Nørby's
Personal Page in Aarhus, Denmark, is one of the top sites of Scandy stamps. It's just about the Danish entries, but the material is so good, you'll have to bookmark it for reference. ...Nørby's

[The Dawn of Modern Korea] Postal Notes
A very interesting read from "The Korea Times" about Korean philately with the sad note about the decline of the hobby in Korea over the last fifteen years. ...korea

Size matters. Not weight
Royal Mail has a new plan for postal chargers. Pay by the size of your mail, not by how much it weights. Volume over gravity. So, a pound of bricks is cheaper than a pound of fluffy feathers. ...size

with tongs in hand
It's a gray Friday and I was expecting something exciting from the APS sales circuit, but the postman didn't ring the doorbell, so I guess I'll be rummaging through my old boxes reclaiming castoffs and searching eBay for the ever-elusive stamps. It's one of the benefits of a complex hobby: there are no boundries or bariers to what belongs in my stamp collection. Sometimes absolute junk and poorly centered items just fit right into little corners of my stamp books. And with such endless possibilities, the end of the hunt is never in sight. In fact, every morning it's always just starting and always "to be continued..." every evening. And the best thing about it is that tomorrow's another day.

Things to do
Write the president and your Senator and find out why USPS can't issue just "one" stamp for US philately's biggest shindig in 20 years. (see Tuesday, March 29, 2005) ...senator :: ...pres

And if you know the "right" addy for the Postmaster General, leave a comment and let us know too.

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