tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post6198225889110732322..comments2024-03-27T15:49:28.147+00:00Comments on Commonwealth Stamps Opinion: 396. Have Turks And Caicos Delivered Their Royal Baby?White Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17968199477827266643noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-7482412196521890382014-07-30T05:21:24.344+00:002014-07-30T05:21:24.344+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Encounters Nepalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164196217387668614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-15120131056682800482014-04-20T06:53:38.364+00:002014-04-20T06:53:38.364+00:00Dear Rob K. My own local post office, a very busy ...Dear Rob K. My own local post office, a very busy but quite small post office on the outskirts of Birmingham, never stocks the prestige booklets and very often does not have new issues for sale on the so called day of issue. New stamps usually eventually appear, sometimes 2 or 3 days after the date of issue, but are rarely accompanied by miniature sheets although occasionally presentation packs are stocked there. The counter staff are always very pleasant and help if they can but I've grown to appreciate that the needs of stamp collectors are not really understood there and never will be - they're much too busy dealing with the queues of people who want to buy their car license or carry out foreign currency exchange or send their parcels to people who have just bought something from them which they have been selling on E bay.<br />The central post office in Birmingham, in Pinfold Street, gives a good service to stamp collectors for new issues but, since the Post Office saw no benefit in serving collectors over a dedicated philatelic counter some years ago, collectors have to queue up to be served by helpful but often unknowledgable counter assistants who do not necessarily understand about the importance of intact perforations on a stamp and the like, alongside all the other customers with their specific and varied needs. At the modern post office counter the stamp collector's needs are relatively unimportant.<br /> Which leaves us with the need to resort to using the Edinburgh Bureau which seems to be relatively efficient apart from its ridiculous need to send out multiple packages containing parts of an order thus increasing the postage and packing fee the collector must pay and the fact that the bureau still doesn't use postage stamps on the mail it sends to collectors. The frustrating experiences you describe in your comment therefore have my great sympathy and make me wonder just how much longer collectors will bother with the constant flood of commemoratives Royal Mail produced particularly if they are not freely available over post office counters on the announced day of issue. It's difficult to believe that we are not all being taken for a ride.<br /> Many thanks for your very interesting comment.<br /> Best wishes.White Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17968199477827266643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-71044885256437102712014-04-19T20:52:46.959+00:002014-04-19T20:52:46.959+00:00My local post office - i.e. the post office in cen...My local post office - i.e. the post office in central Manchester - did not have the complete set of the Buckingham Palace stamps other than in the presentation pack. They did not have the prestige booklet either. I was told I could order them online - but that's a fat lot of use for the First Day Cover - the post office clerk just shrugged. Rob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17711769024615468002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-20640547870165494502014-04-19T14:24:09.219+00:002014-04-19T14:24:09.219+00:00Thank you very much, I hope you find some items th...Thank you very much, I hope you find some items that interest you in my offers for exchange. I have mint sets and minisheets as well as used items, FDCs and postal covers from Commonwealth countries such as GB and the Channel Islands, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Vincent, Pakistan, Malaysia, Maldives, Grenada, Lesotho, Guyana, Malawi, Jamaica, Malta, Cyprus, India, Australia, Canada, NZ, South Africa. I also have a wide selection of items from non-Commonwealth countries. My e-mail: stampadventure2014@yahoo.com<br /><br /> Thanks and best regards,<br /> PeterUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590235836390545143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-69134021004691914492014-04-17T05:41:19.394+00:002014-04-17T05:41:19.394+00:00Dear Peter, Many thanks for your comment. It is ve...Dear Peter, Many thanks for your comment. It is very helpful to know that these items have appeared on the market. Presumably I will spot someone selling the set eventually. I will be very interested to look at your website and offer list as detailed above. Very many thanks and best wishes.White Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17968199477827266643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-60671935456133746762014-04-17T02:04:37.738+00:002014-04-17T02:04:37.738+00:00I have the Turks and Caicos Royal Baby issue, it h...I have the Turks and Caicos Royal Baby issue, it has been released at least by IGPC. Did you see the messages I posted here before asking if you are interested to exchange stamps? <br />Please see my Excel offerlist and website with scans of more offers here:<br /><br />https://www.dropbox.com/s/v7v7ozlulwxvsfe/Topicals%20Offer%20List.xlsx<br /><br />and <br /><br />http://s1351.photobucket.com/user/stamp_pix/library<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Thanks,<br /> Peter (USA)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12590235836390545143noreply@blogger.com