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DEAR EDITOR,
Here is an interesting error that I would like to share with readers. I found
this item at a rural post office in late 2004. I have checked many dealer stocks and
talked with many collectors and no one has seen one like it. The item is the $1.25,
purple, international rate stamp listed in Unitrade Specialized Catalogue as No. 130v,
booklet #253.
Please note on the
enclosed images that the
centre booklet is “blue”
rather than “purple” and
that the booklet is mis-cut
resulting in a C-tag error
on the stamp at right.
The mis-cut and C-
tag are nice varieties but
I think that the wrong
colour, blue, instead of
purple, make this a most
interesting error.
Please write me if you
find examples of this blue
variety.
Best regards,
Steve Trask,
P.O. Box 1358,
Battleford, SK S0M 0E0
FAX (306) 937-7733
DEAR EDITOR,
In the last issue of TCP there was
an announcement about removing
the address label from the magazine’s
cover. I must admit that I did not see
the item on my first go through the
magazine (The notice is on page 207.)
That’s embarrassing because I was
the one who had written the publisher
about this item. The National
Office has recently received several
calls from members about the difficulty
of removing the address label.
Now that the wrapper is not used in
the mailing procedure it has irked
some members that if they try to
remove the label, they destroy or at
best tear the cover. We agreed that
the label does detract from the cover
if you keep the magazines for future
reference and wish to have a “clean”
cover. We asked the publisher, therefore,
to look into the cost of providing
a easy, peelable label. It is a significant
increase to the costing so an
alternate suggestion was provided…
check out page 207 in the last issue.
I tried using an iron to remove
my address label. It worked fine. I
agree with the caution though. One
needs to proceed with care, but it does
work. Thanks to Jim Szeplaki of Trajan
Publishing for acting on this inquiry
and providing a reasonable solution.
It’s reassuring to us to know that there
are members who want to save the
magazine and it’s comforting to know
that our publisher is anxious to help
in providing answers to issues of concern
to some members. We are all in
this hobby together!
Peter Butler
National Office, RPSC
I also tried using the “hot iron” suggestion
to remove the label and it worked fine.
- Editor
266 • the CP / le PC • SO06