I (when I remember) put them on the postcard or envelope as well. Cool bit of history to include.
For all those Postcrossers who are members of the sick, twisted, cult of Mr. Zip, hereās an early āmusicā video for you.
Why do you call it sick and twisted? Just curious.
I was actually just kidding. (Iām a fan of Mr. Zip, myself). By the same token, however, if you watch the previously attached video, featuring a demented version of Peter, Paul and Mary, times two, only in this case, theyāre not singing about Puff the Magic Dragon, theyāre instead dancing around like deranged maniacs singing about the virtues of putting zip codes on your letters, while in the background thereās about thirty smiling Mr. Zips all with their eyes wide open as though theyād just ingested handfuls of certain pharmaceuticals that, letās just say, probably arenāt exactly legal, ā¦well, after having watched the video just twice, Iām still waking up in the middle of the night in cold sweats. I just hope for the sake of humanity that thereās not more videos like that out there, produced courtesy of The United States Postal Service.
I see what you mean. Especially all the cutouts of Mr. Zip towards the end of the video. I guess they really wanted people to remember to use zip codes! I doubt that the USPS could even afford to make a video like that anymore
Actually, the U.S.P.S. couldnāt make a video like that anymore because I heard a rumor that āThe Swinginā Sixā quit the Postal Service and became Metallicaās backing band. Who wouldāve thought ?
I am the operator of the Bermagui Local Post (BLP). A private local post is a private postal service that operates within a limited area. There is a society dedicated to the collecting of local post stamps, the Local Post Collectors Society. I issue postage stamps for my service. In philately, they are known as ālocalsā, rather than cinderellas.
This is my most recent issue, Bird Series.
I think I agree that Cinderella stamps arenāt great, because they cannot be used in any type of post.
Regards,
Miro Jones, Postmaster, BLP
This video was made by a postcrosser named Graham Beck. Heās got a great channel about philately called Exploring Stamps. His username is Graham_Beck.
Thanks for sharing that information.
So: Thanks to @Graham_Beck for making all those lovely videos.
āAlbum Weedsā?!?
I have to admit that I love to buy cinderella stamps - you donāt find them that often any more nowadays, though.
Iād love to see something about artistamps and the connected mail art cultureā¦
And I love the video about the stamp art at stampex. (But thatās off topic here )
Super nice Cinderellas
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Dear all,
I have got some āstampsā from Ajman State and Umm Al-Qiwain that are just a thin sheet of paper with a postmark on it, and Iām not sure what they are exactly. If these are real stamps or what theyāre used for instead of mailing postal items.
Maybe anyone knows here in the forum.
They look like this:
Thank you very much in advance.
Hope this helps!