Used Stamps help Save the Bogs

Don’t throw away your old stamps - the Irish Peatland Conservation Council need them! Why? - to help save bogs of course.

That’s the message from the IPCC as we enter the Christmas Season and millions of cards are about to be posted to homes throughout the world.

IPCC turn used stamps into money by sorting and trimming them, and then making them up into packs for sale in IPCC’s Enviro Shop or by selling them in bulk in Ireland and overseas to stamp dealers.

In 2003 IPCC raised more than 10,000 Euro from its stamp collection scheme.

There’s no need to lift stamps off the paper, but if you have time to trim them leaving a 1cm or half inch margin of paper around the stamp, it helps IPCC.

If you can help, please put your used stamps into an envelope and send them to:

IPCC, 119 Capel Street, Dublin 1.

So this year recycle all that waste paper rather than throwing it away after the holidays and do your bit for the environment!

For further information please contact

Oscar Duggan, IPCC, 119 Capel Street,

Dublin 1. Tel/Fax: 872 2397 or email bogs@ipcc.ie www.ipcc.ie