XPost: rec.collecting.stamps.discuss   
   From: bhnc_140_@mr2ice.com   
      
   In <1162149082.472356.113290@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>, on 10/29/2006   
      at 11:11 AM, "proud-collector.com"  said:   
      
   >> I'd prefer to buy some 89 cent unused Canadian stamps.  Preferably small and   
   >> light.  I need about 20.  Anyone have a source?  It's only a 3 hour drive   
   >> from here (Cleveland), either to Niagra Falls or Windsor.  Still, it should   
   >> be easier than this, shouldn't it?  With my luck, I'd drive up there on   
   >> Boxing Day and the PO's would all be closed!!   
      
   >Just a question, are you collecting all Canadian Stamps to the U.S.? Or,   
   >are you just collecting certain Canadian Stamps?   
      
   Actually, I'm not really interested in collecting Canadian stamps at all.   
   Ok, that's not completely true ... the brunt of my STAMP collection centers   
   around Scott International Parts 1->16 (up to 1980).  And that includes   
   Canadian stamps, obviously.  I'm not interested in collecting modern Candian   
   stamps.   
      
   What I DO collect is a specialty area of Canadian covers - particularly   
   military-related postmarks on covers.  I have a list of about 20 cancels I   
   want to try and get from active units.   
      
   My quest started simply wanting to buy POSTAGE online.  The USPS seems to   
   make this easy, although admittedly, I've never tried it.  I go to my local   
   post office often enough that buying US stamps in any quantity is easy.   
   It's too bad I can't get Canadian postage the same way (from my own local   
   post office :).   
      
   Hence, I'm looking for about 20 89 cent stamps that I can paste to my own   
   "self addressed" envelopes and mail off to various Canadian post offices,   
   asking them to cancel and return them to me.   
      
   Nick   
      
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