Charity Shop Finds
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Topic: Charity Shop Finds
Posted By: unohoo
Subject: Charity Shop Finds
Date Posted: 19 July 2014 at 02:30
| I was contacted this week by a Discworld Collector who had bought a bag of stamps in a charity shop, as there were Discworld stamps in it. She asked me if I new any thing about the 1D Pyrattica Compass stamp in the bag... |
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Posted By: Murgatroyd
Date Posted: 19 July 2014 at 03:24
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Lucky Lady! Did she find any rare sports? ------------- "I've got twenty minutes to save the world and I've got a Post Office, and it's shut." The Raggedy Doctor. |
Posted By: Colin
Date Posted: 21 July 2014 at 22:33
Hi Pete! So with your Pyrattica stamps you have achieved everything Terry wanted from a Discworld stamp when he originally wrote the book - that it should be able to be dropped into a bag of 'real' stamps and blend in seamlessly. Congratulations! I wonder which collector has been sending their cinderellas stamps in to unsuspecting charity shops? What a great idea  ------------- My Etsy shop - FarFetchedPhilately - Check regularly for updates and special offers... https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FarFetchedPhilately . |
unohoo wrote:Posted By: Daniel
Date Posted: 23 July 2014 at 03:36
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That was certainly an amazing coincidence that she should ask you but as Colin suggests how wonderful to achieve mainstream circulation (or re-circulation). Recently Rushstamps were selling one of Colin's Maravedas stamps but described it as 'unidentified'. I do check local charity shops on a regular basis for stamp products and they do turn up from time to time. I've managed to buy stamp books, a stockbook (new) and several yearbooks for Sweden and China at very good prices. But, beware, I also purchased a yearbook of UK stamps at a great price and it wasn't until I got home that I realised that there weren't any stamps inside, what appeared to be the stamps were just photographs  Fortunately, as a regular customer, I readily got a refund. Most recently I purchased a souvenir book, including several sheets of stamps, for an exhibition at the British Museum for Chinese (Signature) Seals which also included an actual wooden seal. |
Posted By: unohoo
Date Posted: 24 July 2014 at 10:23
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No sports, I think they are from freebies I sent with ebay sales. And just for information, I hope after Wadfest to Kickstart (;)) Pyrattica. A link will be posted in the appropriate place at the time.
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