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Is it just me or is the issue of Smiler's sheets getting out of hand?

It seems that every Tom, Dick and Harry is now jumping on the bandwagon;
there is a plethora of issues on ebay (seemingly the main source for this
material) and the prices are becoming ridiculous - many are £57-£85.

What do others think? Do you even bother collecting them? Are you happy to
pay the price? Are these items considered a significant part of a serious
QEII GB mint collection?

Cheers,
Steve

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On Dec 14, 5:11 am, "Steve" wrote:
Is it just me or is the issue of Smiler's sheets getting out of hand?

It seems that every Tom, Dick and Harry is now jumping on the bandwagon;
there is a plethora of issues on ebay (seemingly the main source for this
material) and the prices are becoming ridiculous - many are £57-£85.

What do others think? Do you even bother collecting them? Are you happy to
pay the price? Are these items considered a significant part of a serious
QEII GB mint collection?

Cheers,
Steve

Just the reason I no longer collect countries. Some issues are
definately generated for the collector and this drives the price up.
Several countries issue just too many stamps.

Ralphael, the OLD one

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"Ralphael" wrote in message
...

Just the reason I no longer collect countries. Some issues are
definately generated for the collector and this drives the price up.
Several countries issue just too many stamps.

Ralphael, the OLD one

IMHO, quite all stamps issued in the last 100 years or even more, with the
exception perhaps of some definitives, were and are issued for stamp
collectors. Today some electronically readable labels were be actually fully
sufficient for the postal purposes.

The fact that the PAs continue to issue, in big quantities, more or less
nice stamps, shows that a lot of people still buy them. Of course, I don't
speak here about the knowledgeable participants in this ng, who buy new
issues very selectively or not at all :-)

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Dear Victor,

this is what we call in the Netherlands a "tunnel vision"; philatelists
suffer from this disease a lot!

A small example: in Belgium in every post office you can buy sheetlets of
'personalised stamps with a tab' in a hang&sell pack for double the face
value. It's called Duostamp. Philatelists find them not worth collecting -
depicting all kinds of cartoons, Disney or otherwise. So collectors won't
buy them, but the common people do! They like Snow White and Mickey and
Tin Tin!

So were can the eclectic philatelists get hold of these stamps used?? Some
dealers buy back covers from mail order houses like 'Yves Rocher', '3
Suisses' etc, firms from which you will never get your own stamps back. So
why would these common people be so foolish???

groetjes, Rein

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Op Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:12:49 +0100 schreef Victor Manta
:

"Ralphael" wrote in message
...

Just the reason I no longer collect countries. Some issues are
definately generated for the collector and this drives the price up.
Several countries issue just too many stamps.

Ralphael, the OLD one

IMHO, quite all stamps issued in the last 100 years or even more, with
the
exception perhaps of some definitives, were and are issued for stamp
collectors. Today some electronically readable labels were be actually
fully
sufficient for the postal purposes.

The fact that the PAs continue to issue, in big quantities, more or less
nice stamps, shows that a lot of people still buy them. Of course, I
don't
speak here about the knowledgeable participants in this ng, who buy new
issues very selectively or not at all :-)




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On Dec 15, 4:12 am, "Victor Manta" wrote:
"Ralphael" wrote in message

...

Just the reason I no longer collect countries. Some issues are
definately generated for the collector and this drives the price up.
Several countries issue just too many stamps.

Ralphael, the OLD one

IMHO, quite all stamps issued in the last 100 years or even more, with the
exception perhaps of some definitives, were and are issued for stamp
collectors. Today some electronically readable labels were be actually fully
sufficient for the postal purposes.

The fact that the PAs continue to issue, in big quantities, more or less
nice stamps, shows that a lot of people still buy them. Of course, I don't
speak here about the knowledgeable participants in this ng, who buy new
issues very selectively or not at all :-)

snipped text...Christmas stamps are big for many prople who feel their
Christmas Cards must have a Christmas stamp. Not me, I use all my
extra precancels which means the postal clerk handstamp each one.

Ralphael, the OLD one

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On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:07:21 -0800 (PST), Ralphael
wrote:

On Dec 15, 4:12 am, "Victor Manta" wrote:
"Ralphael" wrote in message

...

Just the reason I no longer collect countries. Some issues are
definately generated for the collector and this drives the price up.
Several countries issue just too many stamps.

Ralphael, the OLD one

IMHO, quite all stamps issued in the last 100 years or even more, with the
exception perhaps of some definitives, were and are issued for stamp
collectors. Today some electronically readable labels were be actually fully
sufficient for the postal purposes.

The fact that the PAs continue to issue, in big quantities, more or less
nice stamps, shows that a lot of people still buy them. Of course, I don't
speak here about the knowledgeable participants in this ng, who buy new
issues very selectively or not at all :-)

snipped text...Christmas stamps are big for many prople who feel their
Christmas Cards must have a Christmas stamp. Not me, I use all my
extra precancels which means the postal clerk handstamp each one.

Grinch!

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"Rein" wrote in message
...
Dear Victor,

this is what we call in the Netherlands a "tunnel vision"; philatelists
suffer from this disease a lot!

A small example: in Belgium in every post office you can buy sheetlets of
'personalised stamps with a tab' in a hang&sell pack for double the face
value. It's called Duostamp. Philatelists find them not worth collecting -
depicting all kinds of cartoons, Disney or otherwise. So collectors won't
buy them, but the common people do! They like Snow White and Mickey and
Tin Tin!

So were can the eclectic philatelists get hold of these stamps used?? Some
dealers buy back covers from mail order houses like 'Yves Rocher', '3
Suisses' etc, firms from which you will never get your own stamps back. So
why would these common people be so foolish???

groetjes, Rein


Well, Rein, the first collectors of postal stamps, who now would be over 150
years old, eventually were not so much different.

How about upholstering our own walls with some Duostamps & back covers got
from mail orders? :-)

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Ralphael wrote:
snipped text...Christmas stamps are big for many prople who feel their
Christmas Cards must have a Christmas stamp. Not me, I use all my
extra precancels which means the postal clerk handstamp each one.

No problem - got plenty of 2.5p .. 9p .. 12p .. 15p .. recently bought
below face value, with other values to make up the current inflated price!

[I'm boycotting the Post Office for stamp purchases]

Colin McKenzie

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