Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-37233913
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As I understood the story, the writer was a tourist. Perhaps the geographical names were taken from a road map or the Lonely Planet guide?
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Some while ago I posted a cover addressed to me stating only my profession and the London suburb I lived in, which arrived safely in due course. The Icelandic cover seems quite plausible (if only that cancel had hit the envelope more clearly). I see no problem in writing Icelandic names with the 'thorn' letter - most educated people could do that.
But what would the point be, if it is not genuine? Why go to all the trouble of creating the cover and affixing a used stamp to it? For internet fame? To sell to philatelists?
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07:43:11am
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But what would the point be, if it is not genuine? ..."
The act of "pulling someone's leg" is often reason enough to the item's creator..
I have done such things myself just for laughs.
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Given the syntax of the English writing I conclude that the author is either a native English speaker or an extremely competent linguist, as it is written as I would write it exactly ( although there are those who suggest that I don't speak English very well !)
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Here is a contemporary news story that hits the heart of the hobby:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-37233913
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As I understood the story, the writer was a tourist. Perhaps the geographical names were taken from a road map or the Lonely Planet guide?
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re: Raison d'etre
Some while ago I posted a cover addressed to me stating only my profession and the London suburb I lived in, which arrived safely in due course. The Icelandic cover seems quite plausible (if only that cancel had hit the envelope more clearly). I see no problem in writing Icelandic names with the 'thorn' letter - most educated people could do that.
But what would the point be, if it is not genuine? Why go to all the trouble of creating the cover and affixing a used stamp to it? For internet fame? To sell to philatelists?
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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
10 Sep 2016
07:43:11am
re: Raison d'etre
" ....
But what would the point be, if it is not genuine? ..."
The act of "pulling someone's leg" is often reason enough to the item's creator..
I have done such things myself just for laughs.
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06:04:47am
re: Raison d'etre
Given the syntax of the English writing I conclude that the author is either a native English speaker or an extremely competent linguist, as it is written as I would write it exactly ( although there are those who suggest that I don't speak English very well !)
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