Approvals:
Stamps sent to a collector for examination. Approvals must be bought or returned to the dealer within a specific time.
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APPROVALS: Stamps sent to customers by dealers for purchase or return after examination. (Mystic thinks this is one of the easiest, most convenient ways to build a fine collection.) ...
Approvals. Priced selections of stamps sent to collectors by dealers. Collectors pick what they want to buy, and return the selection to the dealer with payment.
Approvals: A set of items sent to the collector by a seller. The collector can buy whatever he wants & return the rest.
Army Post Office: A post office catering to the needs of defence personnel.
Approvals
Look before buying" opportunity where stamps are sent to a collector for examination. Approvals offer the collector a wide range of material to choose from and must be bought or returned to the dealer within a specified time.
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Unsolicited Approvals
APS Standing Resolution 3.10 discourages the sending of unsolicited approvals through the mail and specifies that any coercive pressure exerted by the sender of such material to secure payment thereof shall be considered ...
Many collectors, and especially beginners, simply request the dealer to send "approvals." In such cases the dealer will send selections of stamps he has available at regular intervals until such time as you request him to cease.
Parliamentary approvals
Arizona Proposition 204, 2006
Australian referendum, 1967 (Aboriginals)
Belfast Agreement (1998)
Bolivian gas referendum, 2004
Carinthian Plebiscite (1920)
Cypriot Annan Plan referendum, 2004 ...
Usually these ads offer "approvals," which means they will send you the free stamps advertised, plus an assortment of other stamps which you may either buy or return.
When given a choice between similar covers, however, most collectors take the time to examine the available items (via approvals through the mail, looking at shows or looking on the World Wide Web) to determine which would be the best example to add ...
Dale Malzahn, #5119
Wyandotte Stamps
PO Box 567
Trenton MI 48183
Email:
Specializes in Town & Type precancels; Black Hardings, classics. Approvals and collections available.
Another good way to fill holes is through approvals; stamps sent to you through the mail to look over. You buy what you need and return the rest. You'll be surprised how fast your empty spaces vanish.
Approvals - Stamps or other postal history and philatelic items sent on approval by a dealer to a customer who can study them at leisure whilst knowing the price asked. The customer buys whatever he chooses, returning the remainder with payment.
Approvals: selection of stamps or covers sent to a collector for examination; usually must be bought or returned to the sender within a specified period of time.
 See also: Stamp, Used, Album, Cancel, Condition
  
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