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Penpals Letters Swap (International) #01

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Penpals Letters Swap (International) #01
Swap Coordinator:Blodwyn (contact)
Swap categories: Letters & Writing 
Number of people in swap:34
Location:International
Type:Type 2: Flat mail
Rating requirement:4.98 (unrated swappers allowed)
Last day to signup/drop:April 11, 2015
Date items must be sent by:May 2, 2015
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

If you're looking for potential new penpals, you're at the right place ! You will write an introduction letter for your 2 new penpals and if you want, feel free to answer to the letters you will receive... :)

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Here are the requirements :

  • The letter can be typed or handwritten ;
  • You have to write a 2 pages letter (use A5 stationery or paper) ;
  • If you don't have a lovely stationery, you can use a white simple paper but please, decorate the envelope and letter with stickers, washi tapes, drawings... whatever you want ;
  • You have to use a real nice stamp (no prepaid stamp)
  • You can write whatever you want but you must include the following informations : date of birth, age, job, status (married or not), hobbies, and where you live (city) ;
  • And of course your name on Swap-bot with the name of the swap.

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➜ I will allow newbies with a well filled out profile but I reserve the right to ban anyone that may be questionable (no recent or unexplained 1's & 3's). I will be checking before to assign partners ;
➜ Don't hesitate to message me if you have questions (I will answer more quickly than in the comments) ;
➜ Don't forget to rate your partners when you will receive the swap ;
➜ If you're not a newbie, a rating of 4.98 is required to join the swap ;
➜ And, of course, don't flake ! If needed, I will angel after you rated your partner with a 1's.

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Have fun everybody & Happy swapping ! :)

Discussion

CreativeJane 03/30/2015 #

Where do you get nice stamps in the UK?

mo13 03/30/2015 #

same in Spain… no idea. Even the post office uses a machine :(

Solstice3 04/ 1/2015 #

@CreativeJane you can ask for stamps at the post office - ask for pictoral stamps. Or if you buy your stamps in batch go to philatelink.co.uk it's a minimum spend of £20 but you get 20% off the value of the stamps so it's a cheaper option in the long run. I get all my nice stamps from there :D

RareBlue 04/ 2/2015 #

Just as a side note, I rarely talk about my job or what I do. I can give general terms, will that suffice?

Blodwyn 04/ 3/2015 #

@CreativeJane @mo13 : my penpals from UK or Spain always send me letters with real stamps so I didn't think it was difficult to have real stamps, sorry. At French post office, we can have real stamps if we ask for it, even if the post office also use a machine. That's all I know unfortunately. If it can help, it doesn't have to be necessarily a "nice" stamp but just a "real" one (a stamp not a sticker from a machine).

@Solstice3, thank you for your help and informations. :)

@RareBlue : yes, you can give general terms, it's enough.:)

secretterrabite 04/ 3/2015 #

You can get nice stamps in the UK, but when new ones are released each Post Office only has a limited amount, which they sell quite quickly. My post office automatically print a gold sticker for everything I send.

soleee78 04/ 4/2015 #

Hi! I'm new member :( From Argentina!

lakeleilani 04/ 5/2015 #

@Solstice3 Thanks for the Philatelink info. I was going to order new stamps from the Royal Mail website, but Philatelink is much better as you can choose the values you want, rather than buying a whole set.

okellyhh 04/ 6/2015 #

In spain buy the stamps at the tobacco stores dont go directly to correos :)

mo13 04/11/2015 #

Thanks for your help! I'm in :)

purtie26 04/11/2015 #

why date of birth? that is in our profiles.

fiicus 04/11/2015 #

Can I still join ?

purtie26 04/11/2015 #

also not all of us are able to talk about our jobs

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