Commemorative Envelopes

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Unex­pect­ed and won­der­ful things can hap­pen when you stick your neck out, as I have done over Aus­trali­a’s pri­vate debt bub­ble. The “tall pop­py” syn­drome can still cut you down, but you also find that peo­ple are will­ing to assist in ways that you’d nev­er think of your­self.

One of those has just occurred with respect to the Keen Walk to Kosciuszko, where out of the blue Noel Almei­da has pre­pared a com­mem­o­ra­tive envelope–the sales of which will raise mon­ey for Swags for Home­less. Here is a sam­ple:

Noel has made a mere 23 for sale, and he describes the prod­uct in the fol­low­ing way:

Aus­tralian Post Office cov­er for Mark­ing the Occa­sion stamp, Van­cou­ver 2010 Win­ter Olympics stamp of Torah Bright, pic­to­r­i­al post­mark Mt Kosciuszko 23 April 2010, Cooma NSW 2010, over-print­ed by Noel Almei­da of Dan­de­nong Vic­to­ria, mark­ing the exact day when Steve Keen climbed Mt Kosciuszko after his walk from Can­ber­ra, size (110 mm x 190 mm), lim­it­ed edi­tion of 23 over-print­ed, post­marked , num­bered and auto­graphed by Steve Keen. All pro­ceeds from the sale of the cov­ers go to Steve’s des­ig­nat­ed char­i­ty , Swags for Home­less.

They are sell­ing for $35 each, and if you’d like to pur­chase one, please go to Aus­tralian Sports Stamps, where you can pur­chase them via Pay­Pal. Alter­nate­ly, you can send a cheque to Noel at:

Noel Almei­da,
P O Box 637,
Dan­de­nong Vic 3175

Thank you again to Noel for this unex­pect­ed ini­tia­tive. Thanks also to the many others–David, Col­in, Matt, Steven, Drew to men­tion a few first names–who have been assist­ing me in devel­op­ing the blog, the forum, an eco­nom­ic data­base, the T‑Shirts, and the Cen­tre for Eco­nom­ic Sta­bil­i­ty (in progress!) over the last year or so.