Stamps Wanted
Dear Friends,
I am writing to say a thank you for helping us in our fundraising efforts by helping us collect as many stamps as possible. Your stamps are great and wish we had more contacts like yourselves! Any amount large or small is much appreciated. I can assure you that every stamp you send, British or Foreign will help raise money for the Royal National Institute of the Blind. Please note the new address for stamps to be sent to. Stamps can be sent to me or directly to our buyer at RNIB, PO Box 6198, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9XT. All correspondence must be sent to me at the address above.
Please could you ask your family and, and contacts to save their stamps for us and please could they have approximately 1cm of envelope surrounding the stamp to prevent damage, but don’t panic if this isn’t possible and have the back of the envelope removed as well. (Works out cheaper to send as well). If stamps could be separated into two categories, British and foreign this would be most helpful. Anything outside mainland Britain is classed as overseas. The stamps do not have to be sorted into individual countries or prices etc. Please ask the Post Office to put stamps on your letters and parcels and not a franked label! PLEASE DO NOT remove the stamp off the envelope as they are damaged easily if they are.
The amount we raise is different every time, depending on how much foreign we have. A person’s collection could be worth hardly anything, but one stamp could be worth a lot of money. Even a British 2nd class stamp would be worth more if it has a misprint etc. Stamps are sold to collectors all over the world. The stamps are sorted into British and Foreign and are bought from us by a very trustworthy buyer. We get approximately £1.50 a kilo for UK and approximately £10 a kilo for foreign. We only managed to raise £2,582 in the tax year of 2005-2006, so again we are aiming to raise £3,500 for the tax year of 2006-2007.
We are desperate for more contacts to send us their stamps in Great Britain and overseas so please spread the word of our appeal to anyone and everyone. We can not provide over sixty services to blind and partially sighted children and adults without your support. I can also send details onto anyone via email so please pass on my email address to anyone who can help us. Remember this is an ongoing appeal and so stamps can be delivered at anytime of the year, whenever it suits you.
Please contact me by letter, telephone or email if you have any questions.
I thank you for your support and happy collecting!
Kind regards
Mrs Terri Bush
Volunteer Events Co-ordinator
RNIB Stamp Recycling
PO Box 185
Benfleet
Essex
SS7 9BH
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