Post by Mia on Dec 22, 2017 23:29:15 GMT
How did mid-December creep up on me?
I am still, 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 had hoped to upload a third video on snailmail, covering storage and organisation. I have started getting pictures for it and have the beginnings of a script, but... I'm also decluttering my little office for an upcoming redecoration and may look into organising things differently. I do hope I can have the video finished and uploaded before the February letter writing events. The editing process is tedious and it does not help that the video program I use thinks it knows best, at times! Also, I may have other priorities (as they say, whoever they are.... family comes first).
Season's Greetings to one and all. Hope 2018 will be a great year for you all.
I am still, 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 had hoped to upload a third video on snailmail, covering storage and organisation. I have started getting pictures for it and have the beginnings of a script, but... I'm also decluttering my little office for an upcoming redecoration and may look into organising things differently. I do hope I can have the video finished and uploaded before the February letter writing events. The editing process is tedious and it does not help that the video program I use thinks it knows best, at times! Also, I may have other priorities (as they say, whoever they are.... family comes first).
Season's Greetings to one and all. Hope 2018 will be a great year for you all.