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@femmefan1946 wrote:Almost all my items are low value and I use Cookie Jar Insurance for most of them. (We are also covered by Hugh Wood Insurance for high value material, but I rarely sell that on eBay.)
Which means that for most things Letter rate is the way to go.
Never had a problem in nearly 20 years, that I can remember.
I also don't go near the PO counter with my Letter rate shipments.
Instead I drop them in the corner mailbox, on the basis that it is very unlikely that a human eye will look at them until the carrier picks them up from his terminal for delivery.
However, most of what I sell is printed paper. Books, sewing patterns, photographs, postcards. If it's under 500 grams and 2 cm it goes Letter rate.
There, my criminal career is exposed.
Someday, the booogie man will come for us both then ... lol
In case anyone may wonder what a tintype looks like here's a few examples. These are half the size of a postcard and are thin and flexible like poster / bristol board paper. The last two are interesting examples.
@kawartha-ephemera wrote:In case anyone may wonder what a tintype looks like here's a few examples. These are half the size of a postcard and are thin and flexible like poster / bristol board paper. The last two are interesting examples.
Actually, the tintype uses metal. Much sturdier than the ambrotype (image on glass) which was the popular photo choice before it came out. I have some of both (family heirlooms) and the ambrotype I have requires reassembling the glass pieces to view.
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Your last 2 tintypes look like studio photos, with the button-ribbon indicating a winner of a contest and the pants look like military or perhaps NWMP.
From wikipedia.org:
A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion. Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s, but lesser use of the medium persisted into the early 20th century...
@ypdc_dennis wrote:
Actually, the tintype uses metal.
Yes, very thin metal, which bends and flexes very easily.
Much sturdier than the ambrotype (image on glass) which was the popular photo choice before it came out. I have some of both (family heirlooms) and the ambrotype I have requires reassembling the glass pieces to view.
You are very fortunate to have had your family heirlooms survive, I'm sure you treasure those.
The ambrotype photos on glass are very interesting, I've seen quite a few variations in how the negatives were combined with other elements to produce positive images. The type you describe with your heirlooms accomplished this by using a dark material mounted behind the glass. Other types had the negative created on glass which was very darkly tinted, I've seen dark blue and black tinted glass ones. Yet another trick was to plaster a few quick brush strokes of pine resin over the back of the glass.
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Your last 2 tintypes look like studio photos, with the button-ribbon indicating a winner of a contest and the pants look like military or perhaps NWMP.
Fairly certain the men holding the spears were Free Masons, the ceremonial spears were used for initiation ceremonies. Apparently the spears were often carved wood with a tin overlay. Heck, the photographer was probably a member too. The area those photos originated from had a strong Masonic heritage stretching well back to the time of the arrival of the United Empire Loyalists in Prince Edward County and Bay of Quinte area.
From wikipedia.org:
A tintype, also known as a melainotype or ferrotype, is a photograph made by creating a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with a dark lacquer or enamel and used as the support for the photographic emulsion. Tintypes enjoyed their widest use during the 1860s and 1870s, but lesser use of the medium persisted into the early 20th century...
Here are some examples of ambrotypes, tintypes and finally a carte de visite
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