Nice use of stamps for some heavy parcels this month

I have received two heavy parcels already this month. One from Australia (Tasmania) and the other from the United States (Arizona).

Now admittedly the package from Tasmania was from a fellow stamp collector, so its not unusual to receive such a lovely array of fairly recent issues but its the package from Arizona that takes the cake this month.

This was totally commercial in its nature - containing some books. The only difference was that I asked the sender if he would kindly use "real-stamps" when he sent the parcel.

Its nice to see such thoughtful franking used on commercial packages these days and a nice surprise, especially when paying over $33 in shipping costs - many more examples of thoughtful parcel franking can be seen here on StampBoards.

Indian Covers

I received these two covers from India in the latest monthly Cover Exchange on StampBoards. 

On the first cover, the minisheet depicts Horses of India whilst the single stamp commemorates the Goa Liberation Golden Jubilee.

On the second cover, the block of four stamps depict images of Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official home of the President of India.

The single stamp is of the Isabella Thoburn College in Lucknow, India.

Thank you to my exchange partner for these. 

Large Parcel Piece from Australia to New Zealand

Back in October I completed a trade with a fellow member on StampBoards. As part of the deal, he agreed to send back the parcel franking that I used to send his items over. The package was fairly heavy and the total postage was $27.95 - I have decided to keep the Parcel Piece intact as it is a very attractive piece of modern usage utilising International Postage Stamps, including six if the recently issued $4.50 Cradle Mountain stamps and pays the correct rate postage from Australia to New Zealand.