Stamp and first day cover on the first day of issue - which one is valuable in the long term?
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GIGA\n\nGo to a professional philatelist and ask to see catalogues listing mint stamps and FDCs. Usually the First Day Covers are more expensive than mint - and these are more expensive than cancelled stamps.\n\nHowever, because the FDCs are a lot bigger than the stamps, the FDC albums are a lot more expensive than the stamp albums (for mint or cancelled).\n\nOtherwise, I recommand you collect just mint and FDCs. You'll have the best deal if you subscribe to your country's General Post Office, Philatelic Bureau. Then you'll get the mint and the cancelled stamps - FDCs carry the cancelled stamps stuck on them (leave them on the FDC-enverlopes!) - in the best quality condition ever. \n\nPerhaps you concentrate on collecting for pleasure and educational purposes. You hardly make money, and certainly it doesn't cover the person/hours you used in all your efforts to make your collection presentable. Only the professional at auctions make any worthwhile money.
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I sent a similar envelope last week, postage was 63 cents. One stamp is not enough, two is too much. If unsure, take it to the post office, and they will put the proper postage on your envelope and send it off.
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it will be returned postage due...hopefully in time for you to mail it again so that it is not late. if you have another copy, better mail that one if you don't get the other back by april 15th.
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The 39 cent stamp has been in effect since 1/8/06.\n\nFunny though, the post card stamp (24 cents) went into effect the same day BUT they still don't have the 24 cent stamps printed & ready to buy.  They are not expecting the 24 cent stamp to be available for purchase in the post offices until approximately 3/13/06....so until then we have to keep using the old 23 cent stamps & buying a 1 cent stamp!
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Go to the Secretary of State's Office in the state of incorporation and determine the chain of events.  If it survived the Depression, it is likely worth a lot of money.  That is a big if.
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you can alwys search the web like http://www.findyourstampsvalue.com/keywords.html or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_collecting\njust type rare stamps at google and you will see many options
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Special as in a larger figure on the stamp.
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Anything that the Federal government issues- whether stamps, coins, or money- are valid regardless of date. Of course, inflation will generally erode value, but they are still legal.
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Brandi and "me" are correct. (That just sound's odd...)\n\nAnyway, the value of this self-mailed copy is that it preserves a written record, with government time-stamp as of when you had a copy of the work in question.\n\nThe biggest difference between this type of copyright and formal registration is the damages. A violation of a registered copyright under the Copyright Act gets you statutory damages. Otherwise, you need to prove that you actually lost money because of the infringement.\n\nFro simple text-based words, the copyright fees for formal registration are only $30. And it's just a 1-2 page form. So, your husband may want to think about looking into actually registering the works with the Copyright office.
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Get yourself a MS publisher package, you can do templates , flyers bills, cards, posters etc keep the reciept and claim tax on it as a necessity for your office .
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Each cover can be associated with a stamp.. in 3 different ways...\nTherefore the 6 covers can be combined with the 3 types of stamps in 3 * 3 * 3 * 3 * 3 * 3\n= 3^6\n= 729\n\nhttp://www.futureaccountant.com/probability/study-notes/\n\nhttp://www.schoolingkids.com/
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First Class Stamp Rates ... 2000-2006 (and date they went into effect).\n\n2000 - .33    (Jan. 10, 1999)\n2001 - .34    (Jan. 07, 2001)\n2002 - .37    (Jun. 30, 2002)\n2003 - .37 \n2004 - .37 \n2005 - .37 \n2006 - .39    (Jan. 08, 2006)
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Here is an example for you on a $500 000 property for stamp duty\n\nNSW - 17,990.00\nACT - 20,500.00\nNT - 24,250.00\nQLD - 10,000.00\nSA - 21,330.00\nTAS - 17,550.00\nVIC - 25,660.00\nWA - 20,700.00\n\nMy suggestion is go live in QLD and save $thousands!
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First off, I was impressed by the selection of card styles available that was presented in a binder.  Had been in some situations years ago where they just had a stack of rat-eared, dingy samples.\n\nSecond, they gave me a delivery date, and when the supplier could not meet that, they called to let me know before hand the fact they were delayed, and the new expected date (2 days later), which they did meet.\n\nThird, they offered, but I did not take them up on it (since mine was an extremely simple card), of providing a proof.  Especially in jobs that are complicated, or words that are difficult to spell, this gives the opportunity for the client to be sure everything is placed correctly, and spelled correctly.  They might also see something they omitted when first talking about the design, or opt to take something out.\n\nFourth, I have seen a business card, where one side is in English, the reverse in Japanese.\n\nHope these ideas help.
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It helps... but I guess as long as you can add positive numbers (your profit) and negative numbers (your losses), you should be able to know at the end of your first day whether you're making money or losing your shirt.
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Depending on the true rarity of your collection, a large auction house might me interested.  Sotheby's for example.\n\nIf your collection is not THAT rare, try the smaller StampAuctionNetwork where you can list your collection personally.
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the first stamp.  they would ingrave a fancy letter on the block, then they would dip it in ink and get the next one.  Think how long writing a fancy monuscript would take without them.\n\n\nedited \n\nlol thx for answering my question...