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We Want To Buy Covers |
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Worldwide-Postal-Rates.com is always interested
in buying "postal rate covers." U.S., Canada, GB, and the rest of the world, we
buy it all. We buy covers right up to "yesterday's mail," from all countries,
including large covers, parcel fronts, you name it! If you have postally used
covers for sale,
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us know. The larger the lot the better. |
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What About Other Types of Covers? |
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About the only type of covers that we prefer not
to buy are first day covers and other philatelic-made covers. For example,
commemorative cancel covers, etc. Certainly there are many valuable covers
created by collectors for collectors and, yes, we do buy them. However, our
main focus is on covers that show postage rates & fees in action. We
generally avoid covers that have window envelopes (unless the contents are
included) and covers that are larger than necessary for the postage rate; for
example a single weight cover in a large envelope is not as desirable as the
same rate on a small envelope. |
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What Does "Yesterday's Mail" Mean? |
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Simple: The kind of covers that you receive in
the mail, from anywhere, to anywhere. Yes, we do buy covers from yesterday's.
And the yesterdays of last month, last year, and last decade. There is value in
these covers; maybe not a lot of value, but we do buy this material. We have
yet to encounter a lot that was too large! |
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Scandinavian Covers |
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One of our greatest interests is in Scandinavian
covers as you might expect from Jay Smith, one of the largest Scandinavian
specialist dealers outside of the Scandinavian countries. All time periods, all
types. |
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What About Large Covers? |
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Our philosophy is that large covers are
perfectly collectible if the size is large because it was necessary for the
postage rate. For example, book mail rates are not going to be found on small
neat envelopes! Of course, the reality is that most collectors do not (yet!)
appreciate the rarity of such covers (how many have you saved?) and choose not
to collect them because they are awkward to store and exhibit. As a result,
they may not be particularly valuable. However, if you and we do not save them
for posterity, who will? Send them to us! |
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