Used postage stamps - who wants some? MERGED

snazzy_2

hjb123 wrote: »

Hi,

I collect the used postage stamps for charity and just wondered what charities take them and also if any ME charities do as I suffer from this I would like to support the charity (so if anyone has old postage stamps or doesnt already collect them!!)

Hiya I put the wrong webiste addres it should have been WWW.Ilph.org


We save used postage stamps
PLease send them to
Mrs D Witney
Legacy Fund Raising Officier
ILPH
ANne Colvin House
snetterton
Norwich NR16 2LR

web site WWW.ILPH.org


thanks a million

Little_Chicken

I send mine to Hearing dogs for Deaf people. Love this charity. It helps people and animals!!! http://www.hearingdogs.org.uk/ :A

isualive

http://www.rspb.org.uk/supporting/campaigns/albatross/support.asp

All used stamps can be sent to the following address:

RSPB Stamps, PO Box 6198, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7

welshpolarbear

I send mine to:

Stamps for Smilie's
28 Orwell Drive
Aylesbury
Bucks
HP21 9JN
UK

Its a charity that raises money for children with Crohn's Disease. Known as Smilies club as the children who's symptoms are distressing and debilitating always seem to be able to keep smiling. And a group which is close to my heart.

http://www.groups.nacc.org.uk/content/groups.asp?g=90816145100020

LillyBloom

Hi,

I collect stamps for a small Charity in Kent which aims to provide opportunites for real change for young people, families and the elderly.

For more info, their website is www.marydollyfoundation.org.uk

Stamps can be posted to
The Mary Dolly Foundation
84 College Road
Bromley
Kent
BR1 3PE

xx

Fliss_Harper

I think Tescos takes them aswell.

RainbowChild_2

I know the Leprosy Mission also take them.

sanremo

My daughter and I collect, process and sell stamps for the charity we support. The charity is The Compassionate Friends, otherwise known as TCF. The charity is an organisation offering help, friendship and support to any family who have suffered the loss of a child. That can be of any age or from any cause. Part of the service we provide is a helpline. That is staffed purely by volunteers, all of whome have actually "been there" and know the feelings you are having. Space prohibits going into detail of all the services TCF provide. Please take a look at the charity main web site at www.tcf.org.uk there you will see exactly what the do. You will also find a link there for "ways to donate" if you follow that you will see "donate stamps" click on that link and you will go to the web site (very amature I am afraid) that my daughter and I have, to explain what we do with the donated stamps. If nothing else it will give you who are interested some idea how it works. So please, please please, send us your stamps, big or small lots welcome. Though some charities are no longer accepting stamps, we still do. They are a vital means of raising funds for us. The mailing address is on the web site mentioned above.

rwgray

pokem02 wrote: »

SANDS (see my post above) say...
"All you need to do is save your stamps, carefully trimming them from the envelope/package leaving about a 1/4 inch or 7mm border all around."

Funnily enough, I recently bought some of these from SANDS, along with material from other sources. Very nice, too.

The above is a Very Important Point. Too much bulk of paper adds too much weight, but if you try by hand or scissor to leave too little paper, any damage to the stamp tends to render it worthless. Some charity collectors still religiously sit trimming all those nasty perforations off of every stamp with their clippers!

And trimming by hand has such a high risk of tearing the stamp (I still make this mistake occasionally, after thirty-odd years) that they should only be scissor cut as above.

Keep up the Good Work.

Rich.x

ahai1

Do you have a website for Posted! Stamps for Charities? I can't seem to find one.