I like to receive mis-matched stamps because I enjoy looking at the different designs and sets they have in that country, and I feel like each stamp tells you something different about the country/culture. As such, I have also mainly been using mis-matched stamps on the postcards I send, however I’d be interested to hear what other people prefer.
As long as both/all stamps are nice, I like either way. But if I got to choose, I’d go for matching stamps. Maybe that’s because we don’t really have sets of different stamps here in Germany, they are almost always sold as a sheet of 10x one design, not a sheet of a number of designs on a certain topic, which would be so much nicer. So I always appreciate seeing stamps from a set together.
Wow beautiful queen’s head stamp (what’s it called?)
It’s up to your choice to use whatever stamp on the card, maybe stamps from the same set will bring the recipient a greater surprise I think.
It depends on the profile of who I am sending the card to. Some like a variety of stamps, while others want to complete a set. Either way is fine with me, I do not care what stamps I receive but I do like to them intact with the card and admire the artistic value they offer as well. But I always try to send recipient a unique set of stamps each time I send a card.
I usually like the mismatched/variety so I can see different designs but I know not every situation makes that possible - especially with using correct postage value. Since I’m a stamp lover, I’m fine with whatever someone uses. It’s a little piece of art I might not otherwise experience.
BTW: if anyone wants to exchange stamps with me, I’m always happy to share current/unused US stamps or vintage cancelled - PM me
Because postage is 70 yen (airmail), and regular stamp is most times 63 yen, so the 7 yen left is completed by small ones which can’t be matched with the theme of the bigger value one.
To receive, I enjoy both, the design of matching ones is pretty, but mis-matched ones is also interesting to see the variety in that country.
But if I got to choose, I’d go for matching stamps. Maybe that’s because we don’t really have sets of different stamps here in Germany, they are almost always sold as a sheet of 10x one design, not a sheet of a number of designs on a certain topic, which would be so much nicer. So I always appreciate seeing stamps from a set together.
tomorrow.
