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90 lots this week!
A smaller auction this week of 90 lots, but we still found some interesting and unusual stuff to include.
We needed a quieter week on ebay this week after dealing with the onslaught of orders from our BuckaCover upload last week. Lots of buyers
were apparently very happy with the bargains they were finding! If you haven't found your share yet, don't despair. It was a big upload and there's lots left!
This summer has certainly been a challenging one for running an international mail order business! We went from an environment of where the previous US tariff regime exempted all stamps and covers (HTS code 9704) and just caused extra computer and paperwork, to the current set of tariffs that are currently hitting the stamps of China with 7.5% and Russia with 35%. Canadian stamps and covers are due to get hit with 50% effective August 19, unless a deal is made before the deadline. On top of that, if any tariffs are due, the shipment is also hit with a $5 administration charge. We will be avoiding these countries in our ebay auctions until this is settled.
As if that's not enough, we have not been able to send any packets to 9 EU countries since the beginning of July. Canada Post has embargoed packages and packets to these countries because they do not yet have the means to collect the prepaid VAT these countries are now requiring. Countries affected are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal.
So this auction is long on USA material, British Commonwealth with a smattering of other, unaffected material. Enjoy!
Check out these highlights!
- strength this week is USA - especially Maximum Cards, early stampless and stamps: Columbians and a Blackjack,
- a couple of very nice UAE precursor commercial covers franked with "Sand Dune" issues
- Great Britain includes several lots of 1960s FDCs with better cachets
- some lovely Papua Lakatoi issues and inexpensive airmail blocks
- better QEII definitive sets from Gambia and Falkland Dependencies (that lovely ships set)
- well worth a look!
Enjoy your browse!
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Why do we auction our best covers? Over the years we have built up a long list of customers,
many of whom collect the same things. We think making the best covers available to the highest bidder
is the fairest way of deciding where they go.
"I don't like eBay, but I want some of your auction covers". We hear this from time to time. Usually, the not liking
eBay means not liking searching through masses of listings -- and we sympathize with that!.
With our auctions, you don't have to search. We present you with a neat list of
this week's covers that is pleasant to browse. If you see something you want to bid on, the link will take you straight
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