# Any charities still taking cancelled postage stamps? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 7, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-charities-still-taking-cancelled-postage-stamps/528000 "2010-02-07T04:54:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-charities-still-taking-cancelled-postage-stamps/528000/21 "2011-05-03T02:19:26Z")
> [@DavidHicks](#): > > …Sincerest apologies – dont know if I have emailed you since, but yes I did receive them thank you… Thanks. I’ll send you an email. ---
**Author:** ![wetwhiteandblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@wetwhiteandblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wetwhiteandblue)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-charities-still-taking-cancelled-postage-stamps/528000/22 "2012-01-19T17:50:33Z")
I’m new here - this is my first post and I know these threads are a bit old. However, I read with interest about where stamps goes to which charities and may I offer an alternative that hopefully will benefit both you and me. I am a collector of postmarks and am looking for a situation whereas someone has a business or is able to access large quantities of mail using current (and past) spray-on cancellations (both first class and large flats envelopes with those multi wavy lines) and meter stamps (Pitney Bowes, Neopost, etc). I’m looking for either complete or right half envelopes so I can cut down the complete cancellation to certain dimensions for my collection. I will pay 1 cent per envelope for any quantity including postage reimbursement. This may not sound like much, but it does add up with large quantities as I try to stay within my household budget. The money goes to you and you can directly send it to your favorite charity or keep the money for yourself. Please eMail me at [jonesbeach47@yahoo.com](mailto:jonesbeach47@yahoo.com) (“postmark” in subject) if you can help me with my collection and I can give you further details about it.🙂 Thank you very much! Frank W. Sutera ---
**Author:** ![constanze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@constanze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constanze)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-charities-still-taking-cancelled-postage-stamps/528000/23 "2012-01-20T10:37:44Z")
> [@wetwhiteandblue](#): > > I am a collector of postmarks and am looking for a situation whereas someone has a business or is able to access large quantities of mail using current (and past) spray-on cancellations (both first class and large flats envelopes with those multi wavy lines) and meter stamps (Pitney Bowes, Neopost, etc). I’m looking for either complete or right half envelopes so I can cut down the complete cancellation to certain dimensions for my collection. > > I will pay 1 cent per envelope for any quantity including postage reimbursement. This may not sound like much, but it does add up with large quantities as I try to stay within my household budget. The money goes to you and you can directly send it to your favorite charity or keep the money for yourself. It would help if you’d say which country you’re in - USA or elsewhere? And what’s a spray-on cancellation? ---
**Author:** ![wetwhiteandblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@wetwhiteandblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wetwhiteandblue)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-charities-still-taking-cancelled-postage-stamps/528000/24 "2012-01-20T18:15:13Z")
> [@constanze](#): > > It would help if you’d say which country you’re in - USA or elsewhere? > > And what’s a spray-on cancellation? You are correct! Never gave that any thought! I’m from the U.S. - St. Louis, Missouri. The following image is what I collect. The top image are from first class letters, the bottom image are found on larger flat envelopes. [![](https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/mineola/g.jpg) ](https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/mineola/g.jpg) [![](https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/mineola/FlatSpray.jpg) ](https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/mineola/FlatSpray.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![thomkat.2\_netzero.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@thomkat.2\_netzero.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thomkat.2_netzero.net)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-charities-still-taking-cancelled-postage-stamps/528000/25 "2012-07-06T06:48:09Z")
I am looking for free postage stamps cancelled for my jewelry designs.i am a bead artist from san diego area.i make bracelets and earrings out of them.i saw your ad.that was along time ago.hope u still have them.if not can u tell me where i can get them.donations from my sales go to my grandchild to pay for a insulin pump.any help in finding where i can get stamps would be greatly appreciated.thank you for your time.contact me at [thomkat.2@netzero.net](mailto:thomkat.2@netzero.net) my name is carol.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![andreaUK\_brimstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@andreaUK\_brimstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andreaUK_brimstone)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-charities-still-taking-cancelled-postage-stamps/528000/26 "2012-09-28T14:35:22Z")
yes, theres a site [http://usedstampsforcharity.weebly.com/](http://usedstampsforcharity.weebly.com/) which has a list of charities which take stamps, and is updated every couple of weeks or so. Hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![ClevelandProud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@ClevelandProud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ClevelandProud)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-charities-still-taking-cancelled-postage-stamps/528000/27 "2012-09-29T03:44:43Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > According to a friend who’s been an active stamp dealer & officer in stamp clubs, the whole stamp collecting hobby is dying out. Almost all current collectors are old men, with hardly any new, younger people taking up the hobby. > > If that’s so, it would seem that charities selling donated stamps would be directing their energies elsewhere, too. If you attend major stamp shows (and even minor stamp shows), you will find stamp collecting tables / areas set aside to turn people (especially youngsters) onto the wundebar hobby called stamp collecting. I do not think that the hobby is dying out … instead, it is “morphing”! Also … United States self adhesive postage stamps are almost impossible to soak off of paper … using strong solvents seem to be one way of removing the paper. ---
**Author:** ![ClevelandProud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@ClevelandProud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ClevelandProud)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-charities-still-taking-cancelled-postage-stamps/528000/28 "2012-09-29T03:53:36Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Even people who still collect stamps . . . how many collect common, everyday stamps that have been canceled? There are artists that can use common (definitives) postage stamps for things like collages. **Postage stamp collage:** \*"A retired art teacher has created a picture of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann using postage stamps. The 1m-high (3ft) collage took Peter Mason, 64, three weeks to make with more than 3,000 used stamps. …" \* [http://www.metro.co.uk/news/98231-putting-a-stamp-on-maddie](http://www.metro.co.uk/news/98231-putting-a-stamp-on-maddie) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-charities-still-taking-cancelled-postage-stamps/528000/29 "2012-09-29T03:58:12Z")
Thanks, everyone. I’ve been sending them to the Lions Clubs’ Stamps for the Wounded program. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-charities-still-taking-cancelled-postage-stamps/528000.md?page=1)