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The best-selling size glassine envelope
for stamps in my experience is Number 3 shown
here - 2½ x 4¼ inches (65 x 110 cm.)
They'll readily fit inside a standard mailing envelope,
with sets of stamps inside etc.
Many dealers arrange their show stock in this size. One
small dealer buys a few 1000 a time off me for that
purpose.
Local retail for the heavy quality thick grade glassine
American made ones, the
exact same size and brand as
I am offering here, is
$A135 per 1,000
as you can see:
http://www.renniks.com/main.aspx?pageid=17&cat=252&pid=3598
I'll sell these to my clients in quantity at under half
retail, i.e. $A70 a box of 1000 (larger discounts below)
plus normal post, which is
approx $15 domestic and $25 to Asia - plus Registered costs
where needed.
Or 2 boxes
of 1000 for $A130, 3 boxes for $A185, 4 boxes for
$A240 and 5 boxes for $A290. (Postage on more than one
box of 1000 within Australia is not much more than one
box! i.e. ONE box to Vic is $15 but FIVE boxes
is only $25 to most postcodes!)
I bought back 50 boxes of 1,000 recently as it is about
time I added glassines to my website. 1,000 is easy to
ship as they come packed in 1,000 USA factory boxes,
(with paper dividers each 100
if you want to sub-sell on ebay etc)
and a 1,000 box is about a kilo, so a good saving on
post occurs that way.
Maybe buy big and offer on ebay per 100 and double or
treble your money? Or buy a few boxes and offer them to
Stamp Club members to share the savings?
These come from me DOUBLE
boxed as per actual photo nearby of 2 boxes. You can
therefore neatly STORE all the glassines full of stamps,
in one of two of the correct size boxes you get with
each 1000.
With glassines, having many more than you
THINK you need
will never be a bad idea is my guess! I sell Lighthouse
stockbooks by cartons
of 10 only. Many folks say they only
"really" need 5 - but a month later are ordering
another carton
of 10. 
www.glenstephens.com/lighthouse.html
All envelopes are made from transparent virgin
30 pound
heavy grade Glassine in the USA.
Manufactured
to exact American industry tolerances, with un-gummed
flaps, strong seams, and they use
anti-tarnish adhesive,
which will not affect stamp contents.
CAUTION – someone tried to
sell me “glassines” made in China and you could near
spit through the paper used – it was featherweight. A
perfect example of lower price NOT meaning a saving as
they were near useless in my view.
One chap I know mails his ebay items out
in these glassines, and writes cat number and ebay lot
number and price on the outside with ball point pen - as
per example shown here.
He also puts his discreet
rubber stamp with ebay name and contact details on the
back. A very professional looking way to ship your
stamps, and the recipient can track which ebay lot this
was later on if needs be and what Cat number it had.
At a few
cents each it is also
FAR cheaper than a business card, and is
positive long term advertising for you, as collectors
NEVER throw away glassines! Your name-stamp remains on
the glassine forever.
Remember, very slight dampness
incurred in the mail stream
WILL cause mint stamps to
partially stick to most stockcards etc. Your
postman's daily delivery sack having a little rain get
in, or damp letters either side of yours, WILL see mint
stamp stick on most cases.
Glassine is a water repellent and
water resistant substance as we all know, and for
slightly damp outer letters and envelopes, the stamps
WILL be OK in glassine, and NOT be OK in black
stockcards .. which cost
many times
more than these anyway. For those in areas with high
humidity, storing stock and duplicates in glassine is a
sure way to minimise toning and rust.
As these come in a custom made
box of 1000 to this size, it allows you to sort things
by cat number in the box, and not have loose envelopes
all over the place. 
Remember
retail
locally is $135 a box of 1,000
for this 100% IDENTICAL brand US made glassine. My
super discount client price is: |
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