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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Nice Surprise

 

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lpayette
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10 Apr 2014
02:53:16pm
I got a very nice phone call this morning from one of the ladies at the local post office, a local business man had brought in a plastic grocery bag full of Canada stamps, trimmed neatly from envelopes, all from the last couple of years and wanted to know if there was any collectors around who could use them. she thought of me and told him yes, Phoned me up and asked if I wanted them and of course I said yes and just got home from picking them up.
Going to be spending the afternoon soaking a pound or so of Canada stamps Happy
But I did make a quick trip to Tim Hortons and picked up a gift card and asked the post office to put it in his postal box.

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10 Apr 2014
03:08:28pm
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I've gotta figure out how to give my post office my phone number (just kidding). That is a great story, thanks for sharing.

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Mike

10 Apr 2014
03:08:45pm
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Lee,
You've got the luck o' the Irish! Good for you! Applause

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10 Apr 2014
03:40:34pm
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Destiny seeks out the deserving.

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10 Apr 2014
07:40:30pm
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Good job on getting a Tim Horton's card for gentleman, eh?

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10 Apr 2014
07:46:45pm
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Lee makes her own luck by being the kind of person she is; good things happen to good people!

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10 Apr 2014
07:53:31pm
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Nicely done Lee.

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11 Apr 2014
07:58:35am
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.....reminds me of a story. Back when the muscle car stamps came out I made a trip to my post office. Julie at the counter said as I was in line. "Hey, Pat I saved some stamps for you. For some reason we did not get many of these and you have not been in for a couple weeks so I set them aside. It is our last sheet." Well,I don't collect new issues but I do buy commemoratives for my office mail. Everyone at my small post office knows I am a stamp collector and I think they just assume that means the new issues as well. Well another guy in line says "I am a stamp collector, I missed those". I told Julie to sell them to him. I got to talking to the guy and told him about the clubs I was aware of in the area. He seemed very interested. I hope he made it to a meeting or joined a club. I have not seen or heard from him since.

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23 Apr 2014
09:33:09pm
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Very Nice

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23 Apr 2014
09:51:24pm
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Just before we were leaving on our vacation here today, one of my kids found an envelope of stamps from Jim (in his car). It was dated Dec 20, 2012. Pleasant surprise it was.

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24 Apr 2014
12:18:51pm
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Or the usual way to a mans heart is through his stomach.
In Lee's case perhaps stamps will do Big Grin

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10 Apr 2014
02:53:16pm

I got a very nice phone call this morning from one of the ladies at the local post office, a local business man had brought in a plastic grocery bag full of Canada stamps, trimmed neatly from envelopes, all from the last couple of years and wanted to know if there was any collectors around who could use them. she thought of me and told him yes, Phoned me up and asked if I wanted them and of course I said yes and just got home from picking them up.
Going to be spending the afternoon soaking a pound or so of Canada stamps Happy
But I did make a quick trip to Tim Hortons and picked up a gift card and asked the post office to put it in his postal box.

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10 Apr 2014
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I've gotta figure out how to give my post office my phone number (just kidding). That is a great story, thanks for sharing.

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10 Apr 2014
03:08:45pm

re: Nice Surprise

Lee,
You've got the luck o' the Irish! Good for you! Applause

Mike

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"It's been 7 years now, since I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven't met yet..."

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10 Apr 2014
03:40:34pm

re: Nice Surprise

Destiny seeks out the deserving.

John Derry

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10 Apr 2014
07:40:30pm

re: Nice Surprise

Good job on getting a Tim Horton's card for gentleman, eh?

David

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10 Apr 2014
07:46:45pm

re: Nice Surprise

Lee makes her own luck by being the kind of person she is; good things happen to good people!

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10 Apr 2014
07:53:31pm

re: Nice Surprise

Nicely done Lee.

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11 Apr 2014
07:58:35am

re: Nice Surprise

.....reminds me of a story. Back when the muscle car stamps came out I made a trip to my post office. Julie at the counter said as I was in line. "Hey, Pat I saved some stamps for you. For some reason we did not get many of these and you have not been in for a couple weeks so I set them aside. It is our last sheet." Well,I don't collect new issues but I do buy commemoratives for my office mail. Everyone at my small post office knows I am a stamp collector and I think they just assume that means the new issues as well. Well another guy in line says "I am a stamp collector, I missed those". I told Julie to sell them to him. I got to talking to the guy and told him about the clubs I was aware of in the area. He seemed very interested. I hope he made it to a meeting or joined a club. I have not seen or heard from him since.

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23 Apr 2014
09:33:09pm

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Very Nice

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23 Apr 2014
09:51:24pm

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Just before we were leaving on our vacation here today, one of my kids found an envelope of stamps from Jim (in his car). It was dated Dec 20, 2012. Pleasant surprise it was.

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24 Apr 2014
12:18:51pm

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Or the usual way to a mans heart is through his stomach.
In Lee's case perhaps stamps will do Big Grin

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