U.S. POSTAL HISTORY
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"COVER SCAN"
Service
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HERE'S WHAT WE'LL DO...
We'll scan color images of any covers, postcards or other flat
paper items that are listed in our sales and transmit them to
you as attachments to an email message. All images will be scanned
at 100 DPI/100% (or LESSER DPI and LESSER percent, at your request)
and transmitted as "gif" file attachments. At the same
time, we will transmit a "carbon copy" of the message
and the attachment to our own email address to verify that the
transmission was correctly processed by our equipment and our
server.
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO...
First of all, read this page - right down to the last word. If
you request the Cover Scan service, you will be indicating that
you have read, understood, and agree to comply with all of the
conditions explained here. This page appears only on our internet
web site.
Next, verify that your equipment, your server, your browser and
your computer programs are all capable of displaying "gif"
files that have been attached to email messages. Our server assures
us that this is all of the information that you will need in order
to determine whether this service will work for you and whether
you will be able to view the scans.
Please DO NOT contact us with questions about your equipment,
your server, your browser or your computer programs. We are in
the postal history business, not the computer business, and we
are not qualified to offer any opinions about whether or not this
service is going to work for you. Those questions must be directed
to computer experts, not postal history dealers.
Once you have determined that you're equipped to use the Cover
Scan service, then do the following:
- Make a list of the lots that you want to have scanned.
- Via REGULAR MAIL ONLY, send that list, along with a check or
money order for $ 5.00 (U.S.) per each three items to be scanned,
and a SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE, along with your CORRECT
EMAIL ADDRESS, to:
Jim Mehrer
2405-30 th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201 USA
That is:
1 to 3 items: $ 5.00, plus a self-addressed stamped envelope;
4 to 6 items: $10.00, plus a self-addressed stamped envelope;
7 to 9 items: $15.00, plus a self-addressed stamped envelope;
and so on.
DO NOT phone in your request and DO NOT send it via email or fax.
USE REGULAR MAIL ONLY. We are unable to bill you for this service,
so you must prepay by regular mail.
On receipt of your request and payment, we will scan and send
the lots via email, and also send regular photocopies by regular
mail, just in case there is a problem with your equipment, service
or program that prevents you from receiving the attachment.
IMPORTANT!! READ THIS BEFORE REQUESTING THE SERVICE:
During the closing week of the sale, we may not have time to scan
and transmit the Cover Scan images. At our option, we will mail
the photocopies only, and refund the difference between the price
of the Cover Scan service and our regular photocopy service. Therefore,
your self-addressed stamped envelope MIGHT be used to send you
a refund of your payment. Be SURE that you include it!
ALSO IMPORTANT!! READ THIS BEFORE REQUESTING THE SERVICE:
We guarantee that we will provide the service that we have described:
to scan and transmit the images via email, as well as providing
regular photocopies. Once we have transmitted the images to the
address that you have provided, and verified delivery on our own
system, we cannot guarantee or ensure that any images will be
delivered to or interpreted by your equipment. We realize, however,
that things can happen in the system (for example, your server
shutting down), and we will retransmit the Cover Scans up to two
additional times, at your request. Requests for retransmission
must be made before the closing time of the sale.
ALSO IMPORTANT!! READ THIS BEFORE REQUESTING THE SERVICE:
You MUST provide your CORRECT EMAIL ADDRESS at the time of your
request. If your email address does not accompany the request,
or if we find it to be illegible, your payment will be returned
in the stamped envelope that you have provided. If your email
address is incorrect, we will not be able to transmit. In any
case, we are unable to contact you or wait for follow-up information.
AND FINALLY...
If $5.00 per three items seems a little expensive, consider this.
We tried a few tests of this service, just to see how long it
would take. We selected three random lot numbers, located the
lots, started up the scanner and its program, scanned the lots,
connected to our internet server, copied and pasted a form-letter
into the email form, attached the images, mailed the note, retrieved
and viewed our copy of the transmission, photocopied and then
refiled the lots. On average, this took 30 to 35 minutes from
beginning to end. In other words, we're charging about $10 per
hour for this service.
To go to our Postal History Net Price List, click here.
To see our list of Postal History Reference Literature,
click here.
To see our list of Supplies for Collectors, click here.
For information about consigning material for our Mail
Bid Sales, click here.
To see our Postcard Net Price List click here.
To see our Show Calendar for Collectors of Stamps,
Postal History and Postcards, click here.
To return to our Home Page, click here.
To see our Old-Time Postmark Calendar click here.
To go to our Phone Card page click here.
Comments? Questions? Email us at 
mehrer@postal-history.com
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