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   Sir F. A. Rien to All   
   Re: Books of sticky stamps   
   12 Jan 07 08:57:16   
   
   From: jaSPAMc@gbr.online.com   
      
   On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:03:27 -0500, Sally Mander    
   found these unused words floating about:   
      
   >On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:02:02 -0800, Sir F. A. Rien   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 9 Jan 2007 15:26:22 -0800, "Techie"  found these   
   >>unused words floating about:   
   >>   
   >>>Is there any value in a complete book of self-adhesvie stamps (the ones   
   >>>that you buy at the post office)? You know, like the set that costs 7   
   >>>dollars or so?   
   >>   
   >>For 99% of them, unless there's a flaw, misprint, etc.;   
   >>They're worth $7 or so ...!   
   >   
   >   
   >Only if YOU use them...a dealer might offer you   
   >40-50% of face value(depending on the issue)   
   >   
   >S.M.   
      
   Don't need to personally USE them, sell them to neighbors, other collectors   
   ... etc.   
      
   Lots of places to get rid of a few. In mass bulk (as some did with sheets in   
   the 40's to 70's, yeah you get 50%. Current values, more like 85% or more.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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