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| Topic Started: Feb 18 2017, 10:32 AM (282 Views) | |
| friendshipgal | Feb 18 2017, 10:32 AM Post #1 |
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Guess everyone wants their own Trudashians
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Well, you can't beat it. I was sitting outside in the sun reading, when the postie pulled right up beside me in the van and handed me a parcel... That's what I call service. laugh123 |
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| agate | Feb 18 2017, 11:02 AM Post #2 |
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Certainly sounds better than our service and in particular today I am not most pleased with ours. $25 dollars to send a parcel to Sask.!!!! |
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| Kahu | Feb 18 2017, 12:47 PM Post #3 |
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Postage anywhere now is high. We no longer have stamps printed with a value, they've been replaced with kiwistamps. They're $1 each, and the postage increases with the envelope size and thickness. Posted Image KiwiStamp postage stamp Use KiwiStamp postage stamps to send letters and documents by Standard Post and FastPost within New Zealand. Source Link Using stamps on international mail items If you want to use KiwiStamps, that’s fine too - but it's likely that you'll need to use a combination of KiwiStamps and other denominated stamps to make up the exact value of the required postage (as Kiwistamps are worth exactly $1.00). Postage costs for sending items internationally is made up of various components such as weight, size and destination you're sending to. This is unlikely to equal the exact value of multiple KiwiStamps. * There are some international items that you are unable to pay for using stamps. These include International Air Registered as well as the majority of our business services (which require the use of a PermitPost impression instead of a stamp). When paying for international parcel services with stamps, you are required to pay the GST on the component of postage that is paid for by stamps. |
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| Shorty | Feb 18 2017, 07:44 PM Post #4 |
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Kahu, our stamps don't have a value marked on them either. If the cost of mailing a letter increases, your old stamp will cover it. I don't know how long a certain design will maintain its value. I rarely mail anything anymore. Agate isn't exaggerating the ridiculous charge for mailing a parcel here. Across country is slow as molasses Last Sunday night I put an online order in to the Bay. The expedited delivery happened on Tuesday afternoon. I couldn't believe it. Businesses pay less for better service. |
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| Kahu | Feb 18 2017, 10:38 PM Post #5 |
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Our normal postage stamps do have a value on them eg the Glow worm series below Posted Image KiwiStamp value is $1 per stamp and you can use them for international postage too ... but because of the costs you're not likely to to have an even $ amount to cover the postage and for ALL transactions in NZ there is a 15%GST charge as well. For international postage you may use a combination of KiwiStamps and normal postage stamps. |
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| FuzzyO | Feb 19 2017, 07:10 AM Post #6 |
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Canada Post is terrible. I put valentines for my 2 Toronto grandchildren in the post on February 10 expecting them to arrive on the 13th or 14th. Toronto is 70 miles away, about an hour and a half. One of the valentines did arrive on Valentine's day, the other not until yesterday. Makes no sense, they were both put in the same mailbox at the same time and things ofen arrive next day between the 2 citiies. |
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| David | Feb 19 2017, 07:22 AM Post #7 |
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The other day, I wrote a note on a piece of paper, stuffed it into an envelope, and placed a stamp on it. The next day, a guy wearing a uniform came to my door at 3:30 pm and I said “Excuse me, my good man…would you mind giving this envelope to a friend of mine in Portland, Oregon?” He responded, “I'd be happy to, my friend.” I continued, "How much will you charge me for that?" He said "49 cents". My friend in Oregon had that envelope in her hands in three days. :th_th36_1_11: |
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| Delphi51 | Feb 19 2017, 01:57 PM Post #8 |
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Amazing! I suppose it is more difficult in a larger country with ten times fewer people but it was much better in the 1970s when Edmonton/Toronto mail was just about next day delivery. I think the loss of most of the letter mail business to email has been the kiss of death to Canada Post first class mail. Also, the high cost of highly unionized postal workers. We have many postage stamps with different values but there is one that has no price on it that is good for sending a letter now or later after they raise prices again. They are currently 85 cents when you buy ten or more. |
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| Shorty | Feb 19 2017, 06:56 PM Post #9 |
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Delphi, thanks for the mentioning the stamp with no value marked on it is for a simple letter. Do people still collect stamps? |
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| Trotsky | Feb 20 2017, 02:22 AM Post #10 |
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Oh shorty, I have my stamp collection in a massive book under the bed. I cannot open the collection anymore because the stamps were attached with glue on "stamp hinges." Since the 1950's the glue has given up the ghost and every time I open the goddamned collection the stamps fly out like snowflakes. I no longer have the patience to put them back where they belong. The collection is worth some decent money I am sure but I don't know how to sell the many thousands of stamps, perhaps tens of thousands. Sad all around. <What a waste of my childhood.> I did it ALL: stamps coins comics but my mother took care of the latter. She scrapped the comic book collection when I went to college. THAT collection could have bought us a second home or a Bentley. Edited by Trotsky, Feb 20 2017, 02:24 AM.
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| Kahu | Feb 20 2017, 09:13 AM Post #11 |
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Yes, I do and there is an active local philatelic society here too. |
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| Delphi51 | Feb 21 2017, 06:08 AM Post #12 |
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A cousin asked me to scan the photos in an old album from our family. I had to pull each photo out of the album to scan and, curiously, found stamps on the backs of a few of the photos that had been processed by photographers in the USA. There were no addresses so it is a mystery why there would be stamps on them. Posted Image I found similar stamps on a website. They are from the 1860s or 70s. I see ebay has many stamps for sale. The value of this one appears to be several dollars. https://tinyurl.com/zb8scbv Unfortunately there were very few names on the photos; I could not identify any of them with my family tree. Edited by Delphi51, Feb 21 2017, 06:15 AM.
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