It is still not cheap to get a red stamp
I started to trade my existing stamps for low digit stamps instead. That seems to work fine. Also 3 blue for a yellow,..
What kind of prochures do you mean? They had treatises (german "Abhandlungen") for sale but they are long gone and will not return. Same for FDCs.
What you can do if you are in Vienna is to go to a special post office and ask for the "red ink crypto unicorn stamp" for your crypto stamp. The "First Day Ink Stamp" (the little black square one) is no longer available with it (14 day rule or somthing), not sure if that is needed to make it an "official FDC" since the unicorn ink stamp includes the first day date.
Hope that information helps somehow.. I am new to the stamp world. Still wonder why there is no other english word for the actual crypto stamp and the crypto ink stamp you can put on it.. both are "stamps" right? So you put a stamp on a stamp
What I heard is that they got 200+ crypto stamps in Salzburg post office 2 weeks ago and much less in Vienna at only 1 post office each, the ones with the special stamp section.. was a big surprise (also where they came from) but those supplies are long gone again.
I do have one additional question.. some of my stamps show micro scratches on the plastic surface or even scratches on the scratch area (just like on the last picture posted here). Some packs of 10 more than others but I got them like this. Is that something to worry or normal? And do I have to mention such things when I ever sell some?
thanks!