In a recent message "Roger Smith" wrote:


"amesh (Mette)" wrote in message
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"Rodney" wrote in message
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In the past, I have had mail from dealers in the US
that have avoided cancelling, and now I receive
my favourite Stamp Magazine, two minisheets and
a doubleton on cover without a cancel in sight.
Coincidence?

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Roger,
You might consider keeping the more collectable ones on cover/piece, so
that there is no doubt that they are used. In my opinion such pieces
brighten up any album page.

Regards
Mette

I did wonder about that, Mette, but the stamps are not intrinsically
valuable in themselves, and (unlike in certain other countries) stamps are
issued in Australia and Canada principally for postal use and it is not
difficult to get decently-cancelled copies) - and if the mail comes through
without any trace of a postmark on it there is still no evidence that it has
passed through the mail service. I know that it has, but that is not quite
the same thing!

In the UK, incoming overseas mail usually has the Automatic Letter Sorting
Codes on the envelope, indicating that it at least reached this country.

I agree, however, that the stamps are much less interesting uncancelled.
Mint without gum is usually worth a fraction of the little these
modern stamps are worth anyway.

As to the Australian envelope I recently received, the stamps come from
three unrelated sets, making the envelope even less interesting.

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