In a recent message Tony Clayton <tony@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In a recent message "rodney" <pookiethai@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >
> > "Joshua McGee"
> > > I think that's a fair distinction, upon reflection. I'd go with
"Favor-
> > > cancelled block, no postal duty served." It's probably the second
clause
> > > that gets your hackles up?
> >
> > Yes that sounds fine, (and truthful).
> > the hackles remain supine.
> >
> > It's what the stamps broadcast to the viewer,
> > that has me perplexed.
> > Here I am, a mint block of 4, cancelled and for what reason?
> > do you really think I came off a parcel like that?
>
> No, but then parcel stamps did not go ON the parcel anyway.
>
> They went on what is called a Parcel Card (or Bollettino per la
spedizione
> in Italian)
>
> I cannot explain WHY the Italians prefer these stamps used in pairs, but
> they do. I have pairs where possible, and singles where not, simply
because
> they have better eventual resale value.
>
> They are best collected on parcel card, and that is indeed tricky.
> See http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/stamps/sc240a.jpg
> for an interesting example, not short of the odd postmark!
>
> What are really scarce are the first issue of parcel stamps
> actually still on their parcel card, as seen in
> http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/stamps/sc241a.jpg
>
> Sassone gives the used stamp as 18 euros, but 2500 euros on card!
>
No sooner than I had posted the above, I saw a lot on Ebay which confirms
a genuine use of a block of entire parcel stamps.
I have now won the lot, so feel free to post it for your interest - there
are indeed genuine uses of entire Italian parcel stamps.
http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/stamps/pcard.jpg
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Tony Clayton tony.clayton.1962@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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