Collection of Antique-Vintage World Stamps in Cosmos Album inc Regions Colonies

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Collection of Antique-Vintage World Stamps in Cosmos Album inc Regions Colonies:
$27.38

Collection of Antique - Vintage World Stamps in Green \"The Cosmos Stamp Album\" inc. Regions & Colonies

Some interesting regions / colonies / countries here, e.g. French Somali Coast, Funchal, Lithuania, Persia, Portuguese India, Zaragoza Charity Stamps, Spanish Ceuta & Melilla, Transjordan, Vatican City, Iraq, & so on.

Please Note: Combined postage discounts will be offered for multiple purchases - please request total cost after making multiple purchases within a 3-day time period. The discount will be calculated ad hoc - depending on the actual postage cost to the Seller.

~ Make sure to check my other current stamp sales & Buy It Now lots - you can bunch your purchases together & thus get them even cheaper! ~

Measurements:

Please allow room for error except in the number of volumes

- No. of Volumes: 1
- Total Weight: 1.02 kg inc. any container / casing / album, but excluding the mail order packaging

For each volume:
- Spatial dimensions: See pictures
- No. of pages (1 leaf being 2 pages): 101 pages actually bearing stamps
- How well stocked (if no remark, it\'s hard to describe how densely populated the pages are, please judge by the pics, but do err on the side of caution!): Sparse - moderately well stocked, but the occasional page is well stocked
- Notable features: Some interesting regions / colonies / countries here, e.g. French Somali Coast, Funchal, Lithuania, Persia, Portuguese India, Zaragoza Charity Stamps, Spanish Ceuta & Melilla, Transjordan, Vatican City, Iraq, & so on.

General Notes:

- The weight of kiloware / loose stamps is the weight including the storage packaging (old envelopes, glassines, etc.) (not the postal packaging used to deliver the items to the buyer).

The ratio of off-paper to on-paper in these mixtures will be typically what is seen in the photos, which are of the actual sale items.

- At least for now, there isn\'t the time to count stamps, and any such undertaking will necessarily have to be an underestimate in case of error - broader concepts of stamp density or weight (how well stocked an album is, how heavy a bag of loose stamps weigh) are used here instead.

- There will be a natural slant toward showing older stamps in the advert pictures, but effort will be made to show the newer and less remarkable stamps too. Interesting pages / individual stamps may be omitted at whim or otherwise, whilst imaging the collection.

- The full contents of a collection will not usually be photographed due to space, time, effort, etc.

- The angle of photography might be acute at times, also giving a blurred background / foreground. This is to avoid a shadow cast by the camera / photographer, or to avoid glare from a light. The blurring is usually to focus in on a specific area, but it may be a casual aesthetic choice too.

- No stamps are expert-appraised as yet - but closeup images of specific stamps can be made on request.

- Separating stamps from each other / from envelopes:

There may be instances where stamps are stuck together due to having been left pressed together for a long time.

The buyer is advised to be careful when separating stamps in that situation and also when separating stamps from envelopes. My best technique is (please note that l have NOT processed any of the stamps on offer here, that is left to the buyer):

1. Leave the stamps to soak in a bowl of warm water, let the stamps naturally separate (swirl the water about if that helps, but don\'t pull at the stamps)

2. Collect the wet stamps and leave them to dry on a towel (preferably picture side down)

3. When no longer soggy (not necessarily crisp, but certainly more dry than soggy), transfer the stamps to a fresh, dry towel (preferably picture side up), place a clean sheet of paper over them, and iron them hot but without steam, until the stamps are dry (it only requires a few passes of the iron to thoroughly dry them out). The stamps will come out beautifully flat and dry.

I\'m unaware of any downsides to this technique. The printing on the stamps won\'t come off (unless perhaps you\'re working on something obscure or very old, e.g. stamps printed on chalky paper or using fugitive ink) and l don\'t ever recall even the shielding (\"franking\") coming off, just the glue, but apparently it is possible (chalky paper / fugitive ink is used as a security measure against this).

* Note about payment options: Cash on collection (if collection from the Seller is offered in this instance) or PayPal are the preferred payment routes - note: you can actually use credit cards via PayPal without even having a PayPal account

Collection:

If collection from the seller (not from Argos) is offered, and chosen by the customer, then the customer should request a revised invoice with any delivery fee deducted (if there would otherwise be a delivery fee). The customer may then pay the invoice with any method offered.

Returns Policy:
* 30 day Return To Base warranty for whatever reason - as long as all goods are in the same condition as sold / delivered* If return is due to a major fault not mentioned in the advertisement, then the refund will include the price of posting the item back to the seller (unless the seller collects) (please keep the packaging in case this is necessitated!)* If the return is not something the seller is liable for, then the refund will include only the sale amount (including P&P levied at the point of sale)

Compliance with Online Selling Regulations:

As per:

- To place an order, press the \"Buy it now\" button, and pay via the offered methods
- Delivery method is selected from the range of available options when the sale item appears in your shopping basket, costs are all displayed
- Once sale is completed, customer will receive eMail confirmation from and PayPal (if they use PayPal), to their registered eMail inbox, provided they have permitted and PayPal to eMail them, or at least, not explicitly blocked them - make sure to check your junk mail folder to catch those automated notifications!
- All goods will be despatched within the time stated at the top of the advert (\"Delivery\" section, a few lines below the \"Buy it now\" button)
- Only English documentation is available from the seller regarding this sale, although and PayPal themselves may offer multilingual options for the transaction
- Customer may copy and paste this advert (including the remarks about the sale item and the Returns Policy, which constitute the sale contract) for reference, or save the advert webpage via their browser, or print the advert webpage via their browser