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up at Post Offices should be encouraged. Normally first- day covers are addressed and there is no objection to "peel-off" labels being used by dealers for this purpose. They should pass through the post in the ordinary way. However, if the originator so wishes, a quantity of covers for a single addressee may be enclosed in one outer cover for a single addressee to protect them from damage and simplify handling.
Cancellation of Stamped Envelopes
Some collectors send stamped and addressed covers in bulk to Post Offices for cancellation and return 'through the post. There is no objection to this practice.
Cancellation of Stamps to Order
It has been normal policy in the past to oppose the supply of sheets of mint stamps that have been cancelled without being used, on the grounds that the stamps thus produced are not strictly authentic. However, there seems to be a growing acceptance of this practice, though the view is still taken that there is a considerable danger of its lowering philatelic reputations. Under the circumstances,
governments are strongly advised to monitor the reaction of the philatelic public, should they make cancelled to order stamps available. In no circumstances, however, should sheets of mint stamps be printed with any form of cancellation as part of the printing process. If cancelled to order stamps are made available, they should only be date stamped during the currency of the issue and with date stamps which are in general use at the time. Cancel-
led to order stamps should never be sold for less than face
value.
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Post Office Recommendations of Agents to Dealers or Collectors Members of Postal Administrations should not undertake the
responsibility or recommending private persons or firms to act as agents for dealers and collectors.
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