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- From: crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal)
- Newsgroups: rec.collecting
- Subject: Re: STAMP:HELP WANTED.
- Date: 31 Dec 92 18:52:30 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington
- Lines: 34
- Message-ID: <crystal.725827950@glia>
- References: <1992Dec30.192448.4199@vax.cns.muskingum.edu> <30DEC199217305684@accvio.intel.com>
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- In <30DEC199217305684@accvio.intel.com> dmills@accvio.intel.com (Dave Mills) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec30.192448.4199@vax.cns.muskingum.edu>, ar_jolly@vax.cns.muskingum.edu writes...
- >>GREETINGS!
- >>I am an avid philatelist. I am an International student here at Muskingum
- >>College..
- >>I have been receiving in the mail, offers for 22K replica gold stamps.
- >>I was wondering if they are of good collectors value.
- >>
- >> Thank You
- >> Arjun Raj Jolly
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- >In general, 99.99% of the time, the answer is no, No, NO! Here's how to figure
- >it: if ((amount of metal in item*value of metal) < (0.95*cost of object))
- > don't buy it.
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- >Add random :) to get me off the hook, but that's how I figure it. Obviously,
- >if you're interested for other reasons than speculation, then it's a different
- >story.
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- >Dave
- >-----------------
- >David Mills
- >Intel Corporation
- >dmills@intel.com
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- It also depends on the "country" they are from...Pabay, Stroma, Staffa, Ajman,
- Sharjah, etc, are "not valid for postage" wallpaper printers...
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- Some gold stamps were printed, but frowned upon by the collectors...avoid them.
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- Crystal
- ;>
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