[Dx-qsl] Re: Sticky Tape for Envelopes

Fri Apr 6 23:46:10 EDT 2007

Hi Gang:

I found a double sided removable tape roll 8 ft. long at a $1 sale table 
in a hardware store here in town!! Talk about luck of the Irish! In tiny 
letters on the front it says: Sterling Accessory  MA054. The bar code is 
7   31015 06565 3. NOT A COMPANY NAME ANYWHERE.  Can't believe it, no 
company name, just  Double Sided Removable Tape. It advertises for 
posting notes, hanging keys, cards etc. I tried it on an envelope and it 
works fine. You should bend back a corner on the open side to help the 
DX station pull the paper off with a minimum of trying to find an end to 
start the pull. I wonder if double sided Scotch tape using wax paper (or 
something like it) on the "DX" side would work?? Worth a look see!
I don't need that card but fun to think about it! Happy Hunting!

73, gud dx

Don  WØDM  (335/335) (I ALWAYS use GS)
Littleton, CO  (But born in The Bronx)

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>   1. FW: [DX-CHAT] DX QSLing question (Ron Notarius W3WN)
>   2. Re: Thank you all for the assistance (was Help needed
>      tofindairmail envelopes) (Chris Codella, W2PA)
>   3. Re: airmail envelopes (Jack - K4WSB)
>   4. Re: Re: airmail envelopes (Jim Reisert AD1C)
>   5. JT1CO   RECEIVED (Bill-W2AY)
>   6. Re: Help needed to find airmail envelopes (Alan Zack)
>   7. Re: Help needed to find airmail envelopes (John Warren)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:21:02 -0400
> From: "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw at verizon.net>
> Subject: [Dx-qsl] FW: [DX-CHAT] DX QSLing question
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> If you can help, please reply direct to the message originator, KA5EJX
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> Subject: [DX-CHAT] DX QSLing question
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>
> I have been out of the loop for YEARS! I have not sent a card
> overseas for a long time, so I need to ask a couple questions.
> I need cards for 4O3T and KH8SI (going to Japan)
> What return envelope size do I need for either? Seems the
> Japanese stations always wanted an oversize return envelope.
> Also how many greenstamps do I need to send for the return postage for
> either country?
>
> Thanks!
> de
> KA5EJX
> Rod
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 08:37:53 -0400
> From: "Chris Codella, W2PA" <w2pa at arrl.net>
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Thank you all for the assistance (was Help
> needed tofindairmail envelopes)
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> Maybe this is a stoopid question, but:  these days, why would anyone
> need air mail markings on an envelope containing a QSL, SAE and return
> postage (GS or IRC)?
>
> I'd think air mail would be the default method, or determined by the
> amount of postage, and that "slow boat the wrong way around the world,
> then horseback", or any other method, would be something you'd have to
> specify if that's what you want.  I've been getting very fast returns
> with plain white envelopes for years.
>
> 73,
> Chris, W2PA
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:03:42 -0400
> From: Jack - K4WSB <K4WSB at arrl.net>
> Subject: [Dx-qsl] Re: airmail envelopes
> To: "Chris Codella, W2PA" <w2pa at arrl.net>, dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
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> When it comes to the post office DO NOT assume anything.  Sorters have 
> to
> look at over 100 envelopes a minute.  They are not necessarily going 
> to
> look at the stamp.
>
> At 08:37 AM 4/4/2007 -0400, Chris Codella, W2PA wrote:
>
>>Maybe this is a stoopid question, but:  these days, why would anyone 
>>need
>>air mail markings on an envelope containing a QSL, SAE and return 
>>postage
>>(GS or IRC)?
>>I'd think air mail would be the default method, or determined by the
>>amount of postage, and that "slow boat the wrong way around the world,
>>then horseback", or any other method, would be something you'd have to
>>specify if that's what you want.  I've been getting very fast returns 
>>with
>>plain white envelopes for years.
>>
>>73,
>>Chris, W2PA
>
> Jack Hartley
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 07:00:38 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Re: airmail envelopes
> To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
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> --- Jack - K4WSB <K4WSB at arrl.net> wrote:
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>> When it comes to the post office DO NOT assume anything.  Sorters 
>> have to
>> look at over 100 envelopes a minute.  They are not necessarily going 
>> to
>> look at the stamp.
>
> Does this mean I can keep using 39 cent stamps after May 1?
>
> ;-)
>
> But seriously, folks....
>
> Now is a good time to start putting an extra 2 cents on your SASEs, in 
> case the
> managers can't return your card before the US postage rates go up. 
> Why make
> them foot the bill?  They're doing YOU a favor.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
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> Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 13:00:54 -0400
> From: "Bill-W2AY" <w2ay at atmc.net>
> Subject: [Dx-qsl] JT1CO   RECEIVED
> To: "dx-qsl" <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
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>  sent direct - via Japan  27 Feb received reply today
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>      tnx  Chak  ....Bill / vw2ay
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 16:19:30 -0700
> From: "Alan Zack" <k7acz at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Help needed to find airmail envelopes
> To: "Steve Lund" <k6um.steve at gmail.com>, "Mark Lunday, WD4ELG"
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> Thanks for the info but they don't sell the Intl size of 4 1/2 by 6 
> 3/8 inch
> as used in most parts of the world outside of the USA.
>
> I have been using 4 3/8 by 5 3/4 inch Invitation envelopes sold at 
> Wal-Mart,
> Office Max, etc but they are a little smaller compared to the Intl 
> size.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Lund" <k6um.steve at gmail.com>
> To: "Mark Lunday, WD4ELG" <mlunday at nc.rr.com>; 
> <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 8:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] Help needed to find airmail envelopes
>
>
>> This is where I'm getting my airmail envelopes. The are not 
>> self-adhesive.
>>
>> http://www.jampaper.com/Envelopes/AirmailEnvelopes
>>
>> Steve, K6UM
>>
>> Mark Lunday, WD4ELG wrote:
>>
>>>Just a few months ago I chuckled when someone on this list asked 
>>>where he
>>>could find airmail envelopes.  "Lots of places," I thought.
>>>
>>>WRONG.  WalMart no longer carries them, OfficeMax and Staples don't
>>>either.
>>>
>>>I don't want the big 4"x9" or the 10"x13", I want the 3.625" x 6.5" 
>>>that
>>>are
>>>self-adhesive and perfect for QSL cards.
>>>
>>>Last time I bought them (before WalMart stopped carrying them in my 
>>>area)
>>>was in October 2006, and the product was AMPAD product #74064.
>>>
>>>Well, AMPAD is out of business and I can't find these anywhere.
>>>
>>>I have searched Google, Froogle, MSN Search, DogPile, and every other
>>>search
>>>engine I know of to find envelopes of this size and I have struck 
>>>out.
>>>Any
>>>suggestions or hints welcome.  I have a LOT of overseas QSL's backing 
>>>up,
>>>and I need some help.  Thanks.
>>>
>>>Mark Lunday
>>>WD4ELG
>>>wd4elg at arrl.net
>>>
>>>
>>>&quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've
>>>got...till it's gone.&quot; from Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) but 
>>>also
>>>true about QSL.NET if more users don't open their wallets and help
>>>financially. Please contribute TODAY !!
>>>
>>>
>>
>> &quot;Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've
>> got...till it's gone.&quot; from Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) but 
>> also
>> true about QSL.NET if more users don't open their wallets and help
>> financially. Please contribute TODAY !!
>>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 20:17:23 -0600
> From: John Warren <nt5c at texas.net>
> Subject: [Dx-qsl] Re: Help needed to find airmail envelopes
> To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
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> Alan K7ACZ wrote:
>
>>Thanks for the info but they don't sell the Intl size of 4 1/2 by 6
>>3/8 inch as used in most parts of the world outside of the USA.
>>
>>I have been using 4 3/8 by 5 3/4 inch Invitation envelopes sold at
>>Wal-Mart, Office Max, etc but they are a little smaller compared to
>>the Intl size.
>
> William Plum sells "nesting" airmail envelopes, the smaller of which
> is 4 1/2 X 6 1/4 (pretty close). The larger is 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. They
> are not self-adhesive, as some European managers have requested -
> Can't find those anywhere (airmail).
>
> John, NT5C.
>
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