Harry Potter

[Ravenclawking97]

Seeing as cheaper 1st class stamps will have the same value once prices to up. I've bought about £40 worth of all size stamps to save me money in the future. It saves me about £15!

[jasongr1]

The increase is 30% which is crazy if you ask me. When you consider about 10 years ago a 1st class stamp was around 30p and there was 2 deliveries a day. At the end of the month it will be 60p a 1st class stamp and there is only one postal delivery a day. Has the service increased got that much better in 10 years???? I don't think so, considering all my requests are sent out in card back C4 envelopes with Please Do Not bend on them, I would say 2 out of 10 come back folded in half

Sorry rant over and probably a bit off topic

Jason

[clash6361]

The price hike on stamps is massive, for someone who sends out about 10 10x8 requests a week its going to add around £150 a year to my costs

Fon

You see I don't get that, why do members on here send so many requests?!

Do you really admire every person you send to? Because the most requests I've ever sent to in the same week is 3!

Normally I send a couple a month (in general)

But I send long letters, and I'm not collecting cast members or anything, so its slightly different for me :neutral:

[Blackhawks026]

The increase is 30% which is crazy if you ask me. When you consider about 10 years ago a 1st class stamp was around 30p and there was 2 deliveries a day. At the end of the month it will be 60p a 1st class stamp and there is only one postal delivery a day. Has the service increased got that much better in 10 years???? I don't think so, considering all my requests are sent out in card back C4 envelopes with Please Do Not bend on them, I would say 2 out of 10 come back folded in half

Sorry rant over and probably a bit off topic

Jason

Geez thats a huge price increase. We've been having some price increases too here in the US, but nothing like a 30% riase. UK mail prices were already high enough as it was

Like clash6361 said, I only send out a few a week at most... But I'm gonna try and get alot of my UK requests out in the next week, so hopefully they will recieve it and be able to send it back before the increase.

[kimmylee]

This is what I posted last week:
http://www.fanmail.biz/mboard/viewtopic ... 7&t=246200

I am also going to be stocking up on stamps

[Ravenclawking97]

Blackhawk! It's like forever stamps if they have 1st / 2nd on then they can be used forever so price change doesn't matter!

[ScottishDan]

A little update of my collection:

Authentics:

Trio
Harry Potter – Daniel Radcliffe x2

Hogwarts Staff
Albus Dumbledore – Michael Gambon x2
Minerva McGonagall – Maggie Smith x2
Poppy Pomfrey – Gemma Jones x2
Rolanda Hooch - Zoe Wanamaker
Horace Slughorn – Jim Broadbent x2
Severus Snape – Alan Rickman x3
Pomona Sprout – Miriam Margolyes
Sybill Trelawney – Emma Thompson x3

Students
Neville Longbottom – Matthew Lewis x2 + 6 Q&A cards
Luna Lovegood – Evanna Lynch

Order of the Phoenix Members
Aberforth Dumbledore – Ciaran Hinds x3
Nymphadora Tonks – Natalia Tena x3
Bill Weasley – Domhnall Gleeson x2 + note

Voldemort and his Death Eaters
Barty Crouch Jr. – David Tennant x5
Narcissa Malfoy – Helen McCrory + handwritten card
Peter Pettigrew – Timothy Spall
Fenrir Greyback – Dave Legeno x3

Other Witches/Wizards
Barty Crouch Sr. – Roger Lloyd-Pack
Cornelius Fudge – Robert Hardy x2
Xenophilius Lovegood – Rhys Ifans x3
Dolores Umbridge – Imelda Staunton
Stan Shunpike – Lee Ingleby x2
Mafalda Hopkirk – Jessica Hynes
Mr Ollivander – John Hurt
Rita Skeeter – Miranda Richardson
Bathilda Bagshot – Hazel Douglas x2

Hogwarts Denizens
The Fat Lady – Dawn French (received)
Moaning Myrtle – Shirley Henderson (received) x2 + letter
Sorting Hat – Leslie Phillips (received)

Creatures
Aragog – Julian Glover x2
Dobby – Toby Jones x3

Muggles
Vernon Dursley – Richard Griffiths x2
Dudley Dursley – Harry Melling x2

Production
John Williams – Composer
JK Rowling - author

Preprints:

Daniel Radcliffe
Emma Watson
Robbie Coltrane x2
Robert Pattinson
JK Rowling

Requests Sent:

Argus Filch – David Bradley
Filius Flitwick – Warwick Davis
Gilderoy Lockhart – Kenneth Branagh
Cho Chang – Katie Leung
Oliver Wood – Sean Biggerstaff
Fred Weasley – James Phelps
George Weasley – Oliver Phelps
Ginny weasley – Bonnie Wright
Pansy Parkinson – Scarlett Byrne
Remus Thewlis – David Thewlis
James Potter – Adrian Rawlins
Arthur Weasley – Mark Williams
Molly Weasley – Julie Walters
Lord Voldemort – Ralph Fiennes
Bellatrix Lestrange – Helena Bonham Carter
Lucius Malfoy – Jason Isaacs
Scabior – Nick Moran
Rufus Scrimgeour – Bill Nighy

[JonAQ]

Finally got around to taking some pictures of some recent aquisitions.

Bonnie Wright


James and Oliver Phelps


Also finally matted and framed my Richard Harris index card. I know the matting job isn't perfect, but I still love it.

[ScottishDan]

Sending out this week:

Jeff Rawle,
Pam Ferris,
David Ryall,
Simon McBurney,
Guy Henry,
Freddie Stroma,
David Heyman,
David Yates.

[nickmoore777]

I am actually going to Collectormania where Jeff Rawle, David Bradley and Natalia Tena are going. I am definetely going to see Jeff, but not sure about the other two.