The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: HappyHippy on April 11, 2012, 11:15:45 am
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Royal mail have got 2 'farm animals' stamp sets available to buy - one features rare breed sheep and the other, pigs. The good news is they're on sale BEFORE 1st class goes up in price, but the 1st class 'rating' will be honoured 'ad infinitum' - worth stocking up if you're a skint smallholder or rare breed enthusiast ;) :thumbsup:
Here's the link http://shop.royalmail.com/stamps-issue-by-issue/post+go-pictorials/icat/cat174 (http://shop.royalmail.com/stamps-issue-by-issue/post+go-pictorials/icat/cat174)
Karen :wave:
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It's also legal to sell them so long as you don't ask more than the face value - which is the price RM sets at the time. They MUST have the 1st or 2nd mark on them though - not a price.
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Ohhhhh, they're great....better get an order in as like you say, worth stocking up and would be nice to use at ....Christmas time ;D
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Thank you Karen, they look great.
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Thanks Karen, stamps ordered
Sally
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Hi Karen - thanks for pointing that out :thumbsup: Some good stamps in there - see the pig ones are to be cancelled with 'Swine' which is presumably a place.
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It's also legal to sell them so long as you don't ask more than the face value - which is the price RM sets at the time. They MUST have the 1st or 2nd mark on them though - not a price.
Love it ;D Can so easily spot the accountant Annie ;)
Could potentially be a wee profit in it though what with prices going up to, what is it ? Something like 60p (this time) :o
Hmmmmmm, they would make the perfect addition to a piggy inspired card such as this one http://yonderton-com.webs.com/apps/webstore/products/show/2999965 (http://yonderton-com.webs.com/apps/webstore/products/show/2999965) ;) :thumbsup:
Sorry - shameless plug ::) ;D
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:thumbsup: plug away!
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I think we have used less than ten stamps first or second combined ) this last year.. everything goes or arives via the internet
We tend to use the wiigh and pay in a small PO close to us as most of what we send is not ready sixed for the Uk Po sizes.
I recently had a pal send me ten dwarf broad bean seeds in a normal envelpoe , they had a bit of small bubble wrap around them and a first class stamp , it was way under weight .
I get a ticket to go six miles and collect a package for the area parcel point and find I have to pay .. 12p extra post , £1 handling charge and 20% VAT.
Reason the seeds had slipped down the envelope and it did not pass freely through the PO's sizing guage you had to drop it in from three inches away instead..
i wonder if it was measured automatically in the sorting offices with laser beams set a 0.5 mm below their true allowed sizes
Roll on the time when I can weigh my own mail and print off my own docket ( traceable back to only me ) to stick or print onto the envelope and have it auto checked and debbited from my bank acount .
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plantiod we looked at that years ago and was going to cost a fortune alright if you are posting hundreds of letters a day :farmer: