FS : British Post Office First Day Covers

[Casey]

I have the following British Post Office First Day Covers for sale at £1.50
each :

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 22/7/1981 - The Royal Wedding
Prince of Wales & Lady Diana Spencer

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 4/8/1980 - Her Majesty the Queen
Mother 80th Birthday

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 28/7/1971 - 1971 Literary
Anniversaries

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 11/5/1977 - Silver Jubilee of the
Queens Accession

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 5/10/1977 - British Wildlife

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 23/11/1977 - The Twelve Days of
Christmas

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 25/1/1978 - Energy

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 31/05/1978 - 25th Anniversary of
the Coronation

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : Christmas 1978

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 1/3/1978 - Historic Buildings

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 5/7/1978 - Horses

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 26/4/1978 - New Definitive Values

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 22/8/1979 - Rowland Hill

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 16/1/1980 - British Birds

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 6/2/1981 - Folklore

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 9/5/1979 - Direct Elections to
the European Community

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 11/7/1979 - Year of the Child

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 21/3/1979 - British Flowers

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 7/3/1979 - Dogs

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 26/9/1979 - Police

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 6/6/1979 - Horseracing

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 21/11/1979 - Christmas 1979

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 19/11/1980 - Christmas 1980

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 9/7/1980 - Famous People

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 7/5/1980 - International Stamp
Exhibition

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 10/10/1980 - Sport

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 7/5/1980 - London Landmarks

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 10/9/1980 - Music & British
Composers

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 24/6/1981 - The National Trusts

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 25/3/1981 - International Year of
the Disabled

British First Day Cover - Mint Condition : 13/5/1981 - Butterflies

[Michael D. Simons]

Get real Casey - you are well overpriced.

Eg. Queen Mother FDC - 25p, 1980 Sports FDC 55p etc etc

There is also a discount for multiple purchasing.

These prices are from an established dealer's current catalogue and no doubt
you can pick up these all too common items even cheaper at fairs or auction.

MDS

[Colin Boylett]

Michael,

Where are you getting your prices? Surely the stamp on the Queen Mother
FDC is going to be worth more than 25p, I would have thought more like
50p/75p (SG puts it at £1, so it has got to be below that), but I do agree
that £1.50 is overpriced on that one, however £1.50 is acceptable on some of
the others on the list, in good condition.

Colin Boylett.
Michael D. Simons wrote in message <7i57is$4u0$1...@epos.tesco.net>...

[Michael D. Simons]

I always defer to Rushstamps , Lyndhurst, Hants (email
enqu...@rushstamps.co.uk) catalogue and quote re Queen Mother 1980 Iv,
Mint - 20p, Used 20p, FDC 25p.

With a few exceptions there will not be any return on face for many years to
come for modern issues (I would guess at 50+).

Anyone who thinks otherwise is living in a fools paradise, this is why I
offer 15% below face for modern mint decimals - for club bulk mailings - for
those who want to realise serious holdings now rather than wait for their
domestic post to use up their stock.

For those that are using stamps for post the recent 10% hike in UK postal
rates (I know 2nd class has gone down by 1p to 19p - but majority of other
rates have gone up), their stock has been devalued by that increase.

If you hold onto it for much longer please consider what will happen to its
worth when (and if) we go EURO !

I feel sorry for anyone buying modern material expecting to make a decent
return on their investment in the short time.

I suppose its that old problem of greed over common sense.

Sorry to go on, good hunting and collecting to all you hobbyists.

Michael
ASC of GB