tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post6489999867319498500..comments2024-03-27T15:49:28.147+00:00Comments on Commonwealth Stamps Opinion: 1215. π¦π¬π¬π²π¬π©π¬πΎπ²πΈπΉπ» A New Flood Of IGPC Issues.White Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17968199477827266643noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-8878622422221364732018-05-13T13:19:57.477+00:002018-05-13T13:19:57.477+00:00Thank you, Octavian. I entirely agree with you. Be...Thank you, Octavian. I entirely agree with you. Best wishes, WK.White Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17968199477827266643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-38151207752351108712018-05-13T06:28:48.660+00:002018-05-13T06:28:48.660+00:00In my opinion, both IGCP and Stamperjia, with the ...In my opinion, both IGCP and Stamperjia, with the accord of local postal authorities have destroyed the Real Philately. What they produce are not stamps but multicolored labels. It is pity to destroy a such interesting and instructive hobby.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09390299817101842576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-60302284990273847512018-05-05T05:20:51.855+00:002018-05-05T05:20:51.855+00:00Thank you. I think the question is whether or not ...Thank you. I think the question is whether or not a postal service is selling a POSTAGE stamp. If the product is not sold to the the general public in an easy and accessible way on the day that the stamp needs to be used so that they can use the item instantly on an ordinary piece of mail (and having to order from an online service and await the item to be delivered to one does not seem particularly easy nor accessible) then that item is not so much a postage stamp as a philatelic item with postal validity (in my opinion).<br />Best wishes<br />WK.White Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17968199477827266643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-42604001470507782302018-05-04T04:59:42.416+00:002018-05-04T04:59:42.416+00:00I think what matters more is the question whether ...I think what matters more is the question whether or not selling across the counter makes a meaningful criteria in this time and era? For example I buy my postage from Philatelic Service online shop these days. <br /> <br /><br />-k-keijohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16819727048104683485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-83831810469811989612018-05-04T03:21:00.409+00:002018-05-04T03:21:00.409+00:00I think it applies to Antigua (and possibly Gibral...I think it applies to Antigua (and possibly Gibraltar - though it's hard to believe that Gibbons would treat the issues of such a popular territory in that way) but no other IGPC clients. Many IGPC territories not only have definitives which are actually used on mail but also a small number of locally relevant stamps produced in ordinary sheets for use on genuine mail. <br />WK.White Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17968199477827266643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005756131065514338.post-66682480361077704932018-05-03T16:42:33.435+00:002018-05-03T16:42:33.435+00:00"It is worth noting that the editor of Stanle..."It is worth noting that the editor of Stanley Gibbons Stamp Catalogues recently revealed that no non-definitive stamps are sold across the counter in ordinary local post offices to mail-sending members of the post office and questioned whether all 'special' stamps inscribed 'Antigua And Barbuda' should be listed only in the catalogue's Appendix." Does this apply just to Antigua or was this for all of IGCP's clients? Sounds like IGCP is taking a page from Stamperija and now doing "local" definitives for use in country, and then selling topicals direct to the new issue market.Gene/DJCMHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02289801853947188368noreply@blogger.com