Post by Mia on Sept 8, 2017 17:40:52 GMT
How did it suddenly become autumnal? August for me was a sunny month and was quite warm. September has brought me rain and wind. I know, not as much as some parts of the world...
I am still looking for the bigger charities around the world accepting stamps as donations (and then they can sell on to dealers and the philatelic world). The UK has many charities doing this - they may research into cancer or other illnesses, provide nurses, hospices, fund equipment at hospitals, support services, humanitarian causes..... but I would like to find equivalents around the world. When I was a child in the UK, I remember watching Blue Peter. This television show for children would have fundraising campaigns, and one I remember is the saving of used stamps - these would be sent to the programme and the stamps sold by weight to dealers, with monies raised going to the charity chosen by the programme).
A reminder - while it is nice to share pictures of incoming/outgoing mail (here, Instagram or elsewhere), please please obscure the other person's address - show your own address at your own risk, but please do not share that of others without their permission.
I do have a To Do list and things on it are being progressed although not as much as I had hoped as I was away from home a total of about 8 weeks over the summer. I am still working through ideas to promote the forum and snail mail in general, but will still welcome suggestions.
I am still looking for the bigger charities around the world accepting stamps as donations (and then they can sell on to dealers and the philatelic world). The UK has many charities doing this - they may research into cancer or other illnesses, provide nurses, hospices, fund equipment at hospitals, support services, humanitarian causes..... but I would like to find equivalents around the world. When I was a child in the UK, I remember watching Blue Peter. This television show for children would have fundraising campaigns, and one I remember is the saving of used stamps - these would be sent to the programme and the stamps sold by weight to dealers, with monies raised going to the charity chosen by the programme).
A reminder - while it is nice to share pictures of incoming/outgoing mail (here, Instagram or elsewhere), please please obscure the other person's address - show your own address at your own risk, but please do not share that of others without their permission.
I do have a To Do list and things on it are being progressed although not as much as I had hoped as I was away from home a total of about 8 weeks over the summer. I am still working through ideas to promote the forum and snail mail in general, but will still welcome suggestions.