With the postal rate increase earlier this year, I have noticed some traders scaling back their number of trades, or making sure enough cards are involved to make the cost of postage worth it. I have also noticed some traders being hesitant to ship to different countries. I always factoring in shipping cost when doing a trade. I make sure to use Paypal shipping whenever possible. It saves money and eliminates a trip to the post office. I also use a PWE whenever a few low value cards are involved. I have received as many as 15 cards in one for less than $2 postage, and all arrived in safe condition.
Yesterday I received two trade packages from Canada. Both arrived in less than 10 days. The first was a PWE from TCDB member forester7.
It always seem like a Canadian trade brings me O-PEE-CHEE cards. This Ozzie completed my 1988 set. The Torre is from the 1991 Swell Greats set. Although these are not worth a lot, I do not come across them very often. The yellow border is a bit much for me.
Canadian traders also seem to have a good supply of Panini stickers. The 2 1990 Ozzies knocked my set needs down to 1. The 1992 Ozzie in the upper left brings me down to 3 more to finish that set.
My second package came from TCDB member karsal. This one contained quite a few 2019 inserts that I intend to pass along to another trader. I did get a couple of Cardinals for my collection.
The Cardinals had 29 cards in the 2002 Topps 206 set. Quite of few of them are short prints or variations. I still need 10 more to finish it. Flaherty is my second 2019 Topps Gold Cardinal. Maybe this is the year I complete a gold team set. Doubt it, but I will try.
I sent the first trader a PWE containing 5 cards for $1.15. The second trader received a bubble mailer with 32 cards for $3.15. Shipping to Canada is not that much different if you package the right way.
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