DeLos
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Currently a grad student (M.Div/STL) in Boston.
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Country I live in is: USA
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Post by DeLos on Apr 28, 2021 14:45:47 GMT
Quick question given my last post: Do you use international stamps or do you add up domestic stamps to hit the value of an international stamp? While it might be tricky to fit more than one stamp on a postcard, it seems that they could fit on a letter. Obviously, if you avoid the international stamps you have many more options. What do you all do?
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Post by jamberrychoux on Apr 28, 2021 16:18:33 GMT
Quick question given my last post: Do you use international stamps or do you add up domestic stamps to hit the value of an international stamp? While it might be tricky to fit more than one stamp on a postcard, it seems that they could fit on a letter. Obviously, if you avoid the international stamps you have many more options. What do you all do? Usually I use domestic stamps and add them all up. Because I have a lot of vintage stamps of different denominational values, I use a calculator in my process! I put in 120 (to mean $1.20), and everytime I pull out a stamp I want to use, I subtract out that value, and so on.
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Post by davidv on Apr 28, 2021 18:10:47 GMT
Quick question given my last post: Do you use international stamps or do you add up domestic stamps to hit the value of an international stamp? While it might be tricky to fit more than one stamp on a postcard, it seems that they could fit on a letter. Obviously, if you avoid the international stamps you have many more options. What do you all do? In Canada our international stamp options are pretty limited too. I like to buy stamps with set $ amounts and add them up. For our international rate this can end covering half the envelope because $2.71 is a bit awkward to add up to, but it’s kind of fun. Sometimes I do use the single international stamp too, depends on my mood.
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Post by InsomniaQueen on Apr 28, 2021 20:46:44 GMT
I used to buy international stamps, but I don't anymore. Domestic stamps are more interesting, and if you are careful not to get huge ones, they fit on a postcard just fine.
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Post by allanorn on Apr 28, 2021 21:41:19 GMT
Quick question given my last post: Do you use international stamps or do you add up domestic stamps to hit the value of an international stamp? While it might be tricky to fit more than one stamp on a postcard, it seems that they could fit on a letter. Obviously, if you avoid the international stamps you have many more options. What do you all do? A complicated answer: International for postcards. Generally international for letters, though I will use domestic + definitives on occasion (especially if I can get good thematic matches or there’s a stamp I think the recipient will like). Higher value definitives are saved for postal cards and aerogrammes. USPS is fairly strict on where you can place postage, and my envelopes tend to run smaller - so I don’t use a ton of definitives if I can avoid it. If I am traveling in a foreign country and send correspondence from there, I always use international stamps when possible so I don’t end up with unusable stamps. That also saves my head from doing math.
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DeLos
Pencils
Currently a grad student (M.Div/STL) in Boston.
Posts: 62
Looking for Penpals?: Perhaps. It depends...
Country I live in is: USA
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Post by DeLos on Apr 29, 2021 18:18:54 GMT
Quick question given my last post: Do you use international stamps or do you add up domestic stamps to hit the value of an international stamp? While it might be tricky to fit more than one stamp on a postcard, it seems that they could fit on a letter. Obviously, if you avoid the international stamps you have many more options. What do you all do? A complicated answer: International for postcards. Generally international for letters, though I will use domestic + definitives on occasion (especially if I can get good thematic matches or there’s a stamp I think the recipient will like). Higher value definitives are saved for postal cards and aerogrammes. USPS is fairly strict on where you can place postage, and my envelopes tend to run smaller - so I don’t use a ton of definitives if I can avoid it. If I am traveling in a foreign country and send correspondence from there, I always use international stamps when possible so I don’t end up with unusable stamps. That also saves my head from doing math. I've never used the definitives, but they look like a viable option on larger letter. I just really don't like the last two international stamps.
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Post by penguy on May 1, 2021 2:30:14 GMT
If I know the recipient enjoys stamps I will use the 2 forevers and the additional postage to bring it up to the correct postage. To be honest there haven't been too many forever stamps that I find that interesting lately. I think the USPS needs more creativity, think they would sell more stamps. If I'm in a hurry I just put one of the awful circles on.
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