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CHARITY STAMPS & COLLECTABLES
A relatively NEW fundraising initiative, CRY welcomes all gifts of used postage stamps and other collectable items and sells them for the benefit of needy children.
Special thanks to our local volunteer "Paul" who processes all the stamp
donations and sells them on eBay for us.
Buy Stamps From Us!
Please note we do NOT sell direct to dealers or
collectors, and therefore are unable to
deal with any direct enquiries.
We ONLY use eBay as a means of selling our stamps and collectables
(usually generates more money for the charity), now under our user name
'crytrading'. Stamps are usually sold
in 1/2 or 1 Kilogram lots for GB mainland stamps. Foreign stamps (incl. GB
offshore islands) are sold in smaller volumes.
Donating Stamps - Some Dos
We welcome all stamps *, on or off paper as long as the stamp is not damaged. If possible, stamps on paper should have no more than 5mm of
single thickness border around them. Less than this is acceptable but please do not trim them so close that the perforations are damaged.
Please avoid double thickness paper (e.g. front and back faces of the envelope). Damaged stamps are worthless.
Soaking stamps off their backing can obviously save on
your postage costs.
Please do not mix off-paper stamps with those still on their backing.
It would really help us if you could pre-sort
donated stamps into JUST 2 basic types:
(a) *
Great Britain
(incl. regional and offshore islands e.g. Jersey, IOM, etc)
(b) * Foreign (non GB) (worth
MUCH MORE
to us!!) - obviously if your donations are from just one
foreign country, please mark the envelope
accordingly.
Donating Stamps - Some Don'ts!
PLEASE DON'T SEND US COMPLETE ENVELOPES
or excessive paper! A few recent donations were stamps on complete envelopes! Although well
intentioned,
unless these are old, airmail or foreign stamped envelopes, this considerably
lowers the value of the donation (or makes the donation worthless) because we
sell by weight.
 Please ensure that adequate postage is applied to your parcel
(the Post Office
charge £1 plus the underpaid dues - see label left on recent stamps donation
envelope) otherwise we have to refuse the delivery.
Collectables
We welcome all types of collectables like: phone cards,
tea packet cards, old coins, banknotes, cigarette cards,
medals, various memorabilia, sports programmes, famous autographed items,
records, militaria, postcards (used or unused), Pelham puppets, old toys, tinplate model trains, old watercolour
and oil paintings, special
edition mugs/ plates, old posters, prints and engravings, ephemera, old
teddy bears and anything else considered collectable.
Please send/deliver your stamps and/or collectables to:
CRY Stamps and Collectables,
27 High Street, Eastleigh,
Southampton, SO50 5LF, UK.
Tel: 023 8061 3850; 01489 788 300
E-mail: collectables@cry.org.uk
Or hand them in to any of our charity shops.
We regret we are unable to collect donations or refund postage costs.
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Stamps and Collectables for sale will be listed on eBay
under our username
'crytrading'
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Acknowledgements
A special thank you to all those individuals, community groups
and firms who have sent us stamps and collectables. If you would like an
acknowledgement and charity newsletter, please
include an A5 stamped addressed envelope however, please allow several weeks for
a reply due to the time it takes volunteers to unpack stamps and
items received and then pass any correspondence to our Head Office.From July 06
we are listing below those firms (but not individuals) who have kindly sent
stamps. Please
keep them coming - especially GB High Values, GB Commemoratives and
Foreign.
- The Grand Theatre & Opera House, Leeds
- Minelco Minerals, Stoke-on-Trent
- London Borough of Barnet
- NHS Sheffield
- Signpost Homes Ltd, Poole
- Homelodge Buildings Ltd, Winchester
- Bendi Driver Training, Redditch
- Malbrook Conservatories, Putney
- Gifts Hospice, Grantham
- Tommy's The Baby Charity, London
- The Bishop of Durham's office
- Pyramid Screen Products Ltd,
Wallington
- Somerfield Stores Ltd (Company
Standards Dept)
- Allstaff Personnel, Havant
- New Image Stone Ltd, Stanwell Moor
- Gems TV (UK) Ltd, Redditch
- London Academy of Music &
Dramatic Art
- Adecco Recruitment Consultants,
Sutton Coldfield
- Blue Arrow Ltd, Barnstaple, Devon.
- St Mary's, Longfleet, Poole (Church
Office)
- First Capital Connect, London
- Castons, Chartered Surveyors,
Ipswich
- Volvo, Marlow
- Brintex Events
- Kent County Council, Maidstone
- Playworld Systems, Ledbury
- Schulumberger, Gatwick
- Age Concern, Dudley
- The New School of English, Cambridge
- NHS, Chorley Hospital (Rawcliffe Ward)
- University of Teeside
- Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh
- DISC, Co Durham
- Sonning Common Garage Ltd, Reading
- Waterways Ireland
- BBC, London
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office,
London
- Playworld Systems, Ledbury
- The Royal College of Surgeons of
England, (Faculty of Dental Surgery)
- Tigeraspect Productions, London
- Hydrasun.com
- Tendring District Council,
Clacton-on-Sea
- Langdale Chase Hotel, Windermere,
Cumbria
- Social Enterprise Works, Bristol
- UNITED NATIONS, THE
HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
- KIA Motors (UK) Ltd, Weybridge
- Norfolk Frames Ltd, Norwich
- The Open University, Milton Keynes
- Site-Sales, Loughton
- Best Western (Hotels)
- Brissco Signs & Graphics, Bristol
- Alan K. Smith Solicitor, Montrose,
Scotland
- Aequitas, Horam
- Octoberstone Design, Derry, N.
Ireland
- Lhanbryde Primary School, Moray
- The Moray Council Community Services
- Disc, Spennymoor, Co Durham
- The Integrated Systems Group,
Camberley
- Argyll Bute Council, Argyll
- Flowcrete UK, Sandbach, Cheshire
- Travel West Midlands, Birmingham
- McCartneys, Church Stretton,
Shropshire
- Rudi & Dane Kurth, Switzerland
- Sundial Magazines Ltd
- The Bishop of Peterborough's Office
- Biotal, Cardiff
- RNID Rehabilitation Project, Belfast
- Pre-school Learning Alliance, Cambs
- Aequitas, Horam, E Sussex
- Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability
- Trinity Factors, Aberdeen
- The Bishop of Manchester
- Intl. Sugar Organization, London
- Cornwall County Council, Truro
- Trilogy Communications, Andover
- London School of Economics
- Aeronautical & General Instruments,
Poole
- By the Bridge, Borden
- Griffith University, Queensland,
Australia
- Africa Express Line, Tonbridge
- Unicorn, Manchester
- Next Link, Bristol
- Assurant Solutions, Slough
- Historic Grand Prix Cars Asn.,
London
- John Thompson Associates, London
- Oxford University Press
- Russell New, Steyning
- PHR, Ipswich
- Suffolk County Council, Ipswich
- Finsbury Financial Planning, London
- The Crescent Primary School,
Eastleigh
- Maya Schonburg, Englefield Green
- The John Ellerman Foundation, London
- NHBS Mailorder Bookstore
- The First Group, Bexleyheath
- Windley Baptist Chapel, Derbyshire
- Origin Publishing, Bristol
- Seaspace International, Handcross
- Pregis, Stanley, Co Durham
- Nelsons, Wimbledon, SW19
- BIP Solutions, Glasgow
- James Associates, Warrington
- Trelleborg Wheel Systems, Ashby de
la Zouch
- Confirmit UK, Guildford
- T A Colbourne, Poole
- Medicare Intl, London
- HARLEY OWNERS GROUP, Twickenham
- BCB International Ltd, Cardiff
- Vicon Industries, Fareham
- Southern Water
- Cofathec, Derby
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- Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
- BAE Systems, Glasgow
- Carnival UK, Southampton
- Scotts Chartered Surveyors, Hull
- The Bradin Trubshaw Partnership,
Walsall
- Fairfield Tool & Die Company,
Maesteg
- Moore Stephens Chartered
Accountants, Malmesbury
- Birdworld, Farnham
- Council Homebuyers, Eastleigh
- The Diocese of Durham
- The Money Shop, Nottingham
- Viscountess Susan Hereford
- Aberdeenshire Fireplaces Ltd,
Mintlaw
- Caterserve N.I., Belfast
- North Cheshire Hospitals
(Pathology), Warrington
- Burnham Lodge Nursing Home, Burnham
- Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre,
Farnham
- Associated Board of Royal
School of Music, London
- Fraser Eagle Coaching, Burnley,
Lancs.
- Drake Towage Ltd, Wisbech
- LA Systems, Derby
- McGrigors, Belfast
- Hopkins & Sons, Birmingham
- Hatch Motors of Sway
- BCA Groundwell, Swindon
- Emis, Fareham
- BBC Wildlife Shop
- The Association of Anaesthetists
- Data Collection Ltd, Bognor Regis
- Sandicliffe Motor Group, Leicester
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (Rawcliffe
Ward)
- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals
(MRI Dept)
- Voyana Ltd, Middlesex
- Ballymena Borough Council, Ireland
- Shawe House Nursing Home, Manchester
- Chelsea
Financial Services, London
- STRegis, Maidenhead
- Fumair, Hertford
- Linchpin Marketing, Knutsford
- St Barnabas & St Philip's C.E.
Primary School, London
- South Bookham School, Leatherhead
- Kingsfold Primary School, Preston
- GO Ape High Wire Forest Adventure,
Bury
- Bestchart Ltd, Waterlooville
- University of Leeds (Alumni &
Development Team)
- Handleman UK Ltd, Warrington
- ESP - Endowment Surrender plus,
Macclesfield
- Jewson Transport Centre, Southampton
- Travel West Midlands, Birmingham
- Argyll Bute Council, Argyll,
Scotland
- Bevi Sandhu, Middlesex
- Ekins & Co, Swindon
- Alexander Forbes, Nottingham
- Applied Language
Solutions, Huddersfield
- Alexandra Vartanof, Bucuresti,
Romania
- The Royal College of Surgeons,
London
- Network Vehicles Ltd, London
- The University of York
- Xceleron Ltd, Heslington, York
- Flowrite Services, Maidstone
- NHS Lanarkshire
- Unicom, Manchester
- Royal Academy of Dance, London
- WTCS, Telford, Shropshire
- City of Stoke on Trent
- OFSTED, Manchester
- Great Western Enterprise, Swindon
- SEC, Blaydon-on-Tyne
- HAYS Recruitment, London
- Oulton Park Circuit, Tarporley
- RSM Bentley Jennison
- Cyrus-RW Group Ltd
- Pregis
- Imperial War Museum, London
- Radley College, Abingdon
- 12.yard, London
- Iberian Intl., Dorking
- Buccleuch Estates, Langholm
- Playtime Therapy Services,
Northampton
- Brainwaves, Bodmin
- Girls Brigade (Jnr), Tonbridge
Baptist Church
- St Edmund's Girls' School, Salisbury
- Euromoney Institutional Investor,
London
- The District Nurses,
Ashton-in-Makerfield
- Cumberland & King, London
- Prince's Trust, Liverpool
- Prestige Nursing, Basingstoke
- Morris Homes, Castle Donington
- Social Activities Office, Bracknell
(225 WOK)
- Norfolk County Council, Norwich
- Clinical Genetics, Aberdeen
- Wincanton, Chippenham
- Shetland Islands Council (Ports &
Harbours)
- Cafcass, Swindon
- Conchango, Egham
- Whole Foods Market, London
- Boss Project Services, Fareham
- Rigid Paper Ltd,
Selby
- The Farriery Training Agency,
Peterborough
- Temperley Taylor, Manchester
- Discworld Flatalists (Doc Brown),
Milton Keynes
- CMS Cameron McKenna, London
- Nelsons (Arnicare), London
- TBS, Birmingham
- Poole Dick Associates, Bury
- SBJ, London
- Glendale, Chorley
- Simply MarComms
- Thompsons Solicitors, Chelmsford
- New School of English, Cambridge
- DHL Exel Supply Chain, Daventry
- Jewels Solicitors, Stafford
- Pre-School Learning Alliance,
Swavesey
Many others to be listed shortly...
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Buy Stamps From Us!
Please note we do NOT sell direct to dealers or
collectors, and therefore are unable to
deal with any direct enquiries.
We ONLY use eBay as a means of selling our stamps and collectables
(usually generates more money for the charity), now under our user name
'crytrading'. Stamps are usually sold
in 1/2 or 1 Kilogram lots for GB mainland stamps. Foreign stamps (incl. GB
offshore islands) are sold in smaller volumes.
Also Required!
We also welcome gifts of the following: First Day Covers, Presentation
Stamp Packs, Mini Sheets, Sheets of Stamps, Interesting Envelopes, Old
Postcards, Complete Booklets of Stamps, Philatelic Ephemera
(including anything related to the Postal Service/ Post Office), Foreign Stamped
Airmail Letters, Registered Letters, Old Postal Stationery.
Philatelic
Links:
- Ruskystamps - Illustrated Russia Stamp Album & Russian Stamp Sales
- Dauwalders - Dauwalders of Salisbury, the UK's biggest
provincial stamp shop
-
Stanley Gibbons - The most famous name in philately.
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