The following stamp trade offers are “good ’til canceled”.  If you know of a good online trading community (other than stampboards.com) I’d be indebted to you for letting me know.

I’m an active member in good standing of several societies, a Linn’s subscriber, and an eBay and Delcampe seller.  If you are an active APS member, have eBay feedback exceeding 300, or can provide dealer references, that will be sufficient collateral for a simultaneous send.  Otherwise, I’d like you to send first.

All valuations in U.S. dollars.  I send quickly and use nice, lightly canceled, collectible stamps.  I can frequently accommodate requests for specific themes on the stamps I use, and I can arrange for the stamps to be socked-on-the-nose.

Conducting everything in USD is most convenient for me, but may not be for you, so I can work with you as follows:

Outgoing: I can send by PayPal; check; money order ($2 fee if you require an international postal money order); or U.S. notes.  Over US$25 I can obtain foreign notes from my bank; we’ll figure the amount in dollars, then I will send you whatever the bank gives me in exchange (I will send a copy of the receipt).  The exchange rate is usually pretty reasonable, but I need to ask you to shoulder the fees in this way, as you are approaching me about the trade.

Incoming: I can accept PayPal in any currency, any funding method; check from U.S. bank in U.S. funds (wait to clear); money order in U.S. funds (non-postal wait to clear); mint US $1 – $5 stamps; U.S. notes; or almost any modern notes at about 90% of XE (to cover my bank fees).

Email me first before sending: stamps@mcgees.org

The Offers

• Cabbage and cabbage seed advertising covers wanted.  Worldwide.  Send scans, I’ll send high offers.

• Foreign Traders: 100 different, used US Definitives, Specials, and Semipostals for 100 different, used Definitives, Specials, and Semipostals from your country.  Same for Commemoratives for your Commems, Above letter rate for your Above letter rate, and US$1+ face stamps (10 at a time) for (converted) US$1+ face of your stamps.  Airmail both ways.  Please use airmail etiquettes on envelope.

• Socked Machins Wanted (UK):  $0.30 apiece, or trade for what you want.  Must have readable town and date.

• Machin Booklets Wanted (UK):  Machine Vend and Folded Counter books.  Buy or trade.  No Window or Xmas books.  Let me know what you have.  Trade at MCC cat value, or I buy at 60% MCC (80% for full perfs) converted to US funds using xe.com.  Send scans (front cover and contents) and I’ll be happy to identify and price for you.

• Worldwide Booklets Wanted:  I am an active collector of worldwide booklets, especially Classic Era booklets.  I do not have many duplicates for trading, but I can trade for stamps (including high-value stamps), or purchase from you.  My collection is limited to moisture-activated stamps and excludes the philatelically-abusive Caribbean nations (you know to which I refer.)

• 22¢ North American Wildlife singles (Scott U.S. #2286-2335):  Buying.  MNH, 66¢ apiece.  Unused hinged or no gum, 40¢.  Up to ten of each animal at one time.  Full MNH sheets I buy at $35.

• Trans-Mississippi Reprints (Scott U.S. #3209): Buying any quantity of the souvenir sheets, MNH, for $5 each postpaid.  Hinged sheets or sheets with damaged selvage, $4.35 each.  Mint singles, face + 10% each stamp (round total up to nearest penny).

• Socked pre-1920 stamps wanted: Full 2007 SCV each, up to $5.  If you send stamps that cat above $5, let me know if you want them returned or whether you want $5 for them.  If you do not identify and sort your offerings by Scott #, there will be a turnaround time (maybe months) on this offer.  This offer on hold due to backlog.

• Airmail Etiquettes: Will send one large U.S. commemorative (used) for each different airmail etiquette received.

• International Reply Coupons: I collect UPU IRCs of Types I through 21, 31, and 32 (i.e., those with a country name pre-printed on the coupon, and not in the Lausanne style.)  Here’s an example of an IRC (specifically, Type II, Great Britain, unredeemed):

  

  May be blank, unredeemed, or redeemed.  Buy or trade.  I am especially interested in, and pay very well for, examples surcharged with postage stamps and tied with a CDS.