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Mustang:
Were they similar in design to this?
David Giles
Ottawa, Canada
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Yes. I mailed three postcards and on the last one, I dislodged the perforation, so it didn't line up so well on the postcard.
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Mustang:
These are not stamps. They are computer generated "variable rate" postal labels. All of the Costa Rican post offices have these. They can print off whatever denomination they need. You will not find them listed in Scott.
The circular slits in the middle are to protect from reuse, making it difficult to peel one off whole and place it on another envelope.
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Thank you.
I must admit that these are nicer than the stamps I have seen printed from machines before. Obviously the photos are printed and just the values are added at the post office, but I like the idea.
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These are the ones similar to the normal "stamps" sold by the post offices ( as opposed to tobacconists) in Spain. They are enthusiastically collected there, and just like stamps there are definitives and commemoratives. Also sometimes collected by "machine number".
While not strictly stamps, they are more like stamps than the Frama type of former days. I think that it is only a matter of time before the major catalogues have to accept the realities of modern postage and list these. There are websites devoted to these - Google "ATM stamps".
Just one point - on no account try to soak these - the Spanish ones at least fall apart- even worse than self-adhesives.
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I thought that these were known as CVP (Computer Vended Postage), to wit:
https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=5539
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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Malcolm:
My Costa Rica Album (from Costa Rica, in Spanish and English), has places for them.
They are collected!
David
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I was just in Costa Rica and purchased some postcards and stamps. Of course, the stamps were peel and stick adhesive. The stamps were rectangular in shape, but the center had a circular perforation. Was I supposed to just use the centre part? It made it a little difficult to put on the postcard.
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re: A question about current Costa Rican stamps
Mustang:
Were they similar in design to this?
David Giles
Ottawa, Canada
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re: A question about current Costa Rican stamps
Yes. I mailed three postcards and on the last one, I dislodged the perforation, so it didn't line up so well on the postcard.
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re: A question about current Costa Rican stamps
Mustang:
These are not stamps. They are computer generated "variable rate" postal labels. All of the Costa Rican post offices have these. They can print off whatever denomination they need. You will not find them listed in Scott.
The circular slits in the middle are to protect from reuse, making it difficult to peel one off whole and place it on another envelope.
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re: A question about current Costa Rican stamps
Thank you.
I must admit that these are nicer than the stamps I have seen printed from machines before. Obviously the photos are printed and just the values are added at the post office, but I like the idea.
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re: A question about current Costa Rican stamps
These are the ones similar to the normal "stamps" sold by the post offices ( as opposed to tobacconists) in Spain. They are enthusiastically collected there, and just like stamps there are definitives and commemoratives. Also sometimes collected by "machine number".
While not strictly stamps, they are more like stamps than the Frama type of former days. I think that it is only a matter of time before the major catalogues have to accept the realities of modern postage and list these. There are websites devoted to these - Google "ATM stamps".
Just one point - on no account try to soak these - the Spanish ones at least fall apart- even worse than self-adhesives.
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re: A question about current Costa Rican stamps
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I thought that these were known as CVP (Computer Vended Postage), to wit:
https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=5539
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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re: A question about current Costa Rican stamps
Malcolm:
My Costa Rica Album (from Costa Rica, in Spanish and English), has places for them.
They are collected!
David
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