File : STAMPS.TXT Author : Pharlap Johnson BBS : The Banana Republic BBS CHEATING STAMPS v2.0 as directed by Pharlap Johnson Just a quick note to those who are exceptionally dumb. The contents of this file are about illegal things so if that turns you off then reset your computer now! Stamp cheating is fraud and if you get caught then you could be in real shit.....but if you do get caught then you are a poor criminal. Always remember, if you can't do the time, then don't do the crime! The Glue Method: Cheating stamps is real easy and there are a few different ways of doing it. Basically what you are trying to achieve, is to put something on the stamp that can aid the removal of the post mark. The obvious thing to think of is sellotape but sellotape looks very obvious so forget it now. More guys have been caught using sellotape than anything else. The best thing to use is GLUE! The sort of glue you want is paper glue and comes in the form of a pen for easy application. All you do is cover your stamps with the glue and when it dries it leaves a nice thin plastic coating. You should experiment around so you can get the optimum layer of glue on your stamps. You neither want too much glue which can look extremely obvious or too less glue in which case the postmark, when stamped, will go straight through your plastic layer and mark the stamp. Different brands of glue give totally different results. When I started out I was using a poor brand of glue that was extremely obvious and you needed to apply heaps of it to protect the stamp. New Zealanders are advised to use Sprite Paper glue but you overseas guys will have to experiment around to see what brands are best. So there we are, it is very simple. If you should get caught then you must be a real idiot! It is so easy to do this and get a perfect coat that is close to invisible. I reckon that you should get about 10 uses out of each stamp and one cannot complain at that! Miscellaneous tips: - a lot of the time if you send a pack with defficient postage it will get there safely anyway. A good example of this is I have about 10 Swedish contacts and the amount of postage they put on similar sized packs varies from 2.50 krone to 15 krone! That is a fair saving. Unfortunately some Post Offices are strict and won't let stuff with a large amount of defficient postage go the service that is required ie they may send it surface mail instead if air-mail. - If you are not gluing your stamps then place them all over the envelope. Post Office workers usually cannot be bothered stamping about 10 different stamps and will probably just postmark a couple of them. - Always look closely at stamps that you receive. Sometimes, like above the Post Office will miss postmarking a couple of them or alternatively they will only catch the corner of it. This is good becuase if just the corner has been nicked then you can reuse the stamp. Either rip off the corner or carefully when putting stamps on envelope/package, lay another stamp just over the postmark to cover it up. The Ultimate: The ulitmate thing to be able to do is soak used, postmarked stamps in a solution that gets rid of the postmark but leaves the stamp in perfect condition. I know that this has been done and an English guy was caught doing it in late '89. Just imagine the endless possibilities! There is another method that can be done and is what we use but that is top secret and I only tell my close friends. Happy cheating and catch you on the Banana! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUTHOR : Pharlap Johnson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to the WORLD by the Banana Republic BBS, Auckland, New Zealand. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------