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Gallery of some of Fred Powis' work is here …
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Here is the magnificent Ben Hur horizontal daybill. Art by Fred Powis - no censorship or cast details.

in Rare Horizontal Style Daybills Comment by John August 2018
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(Quote) … and they offer a Certificate of Authenticity!
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Yes, we were commenting on different things. I think it is crazy that ebay is required to charge GST on all international sales to Australia but other sites are not.
Re Sven's purchases, there are also anomalies with customs as well. If … -
(Quote) GST is now supposed to be added to all international purchases. ebay has been required to implement this but other sites have not. The big problem for the government is how do they actually collect the GST on international transactions othe…
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(Quote) It is indeed ridiculous. How can they make ebay charge 10% gst on each and every international transaction but let others avoid it? What about sites like abebooks and other big selling platforms?
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(Quote) Yes, I was charged 0.31c GST on a low value camera lens from China.
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I'm still not completely clear on how all this will work but from what I can see ebay is charging/collecting GST on ALL overseas purchases irrespective of the value. If that is the case then surely all overseas non ebay sales should … -
(Quote) There are always requests from buyers asking sellers to declare a low value.
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Thanks for posting these articles Ves. Great historical information.
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I have a couple of queries on how this all works
What happens if there is no invoice included on the package?
How do they identify packages that already have had GST paid through ebay?
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(Quote) Calling it an error on Wells Fargo is a moot point but the much more glaring discrepancy is in the Angel poster in referring to the copyright date as 1935.
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(Quote) Are you sure that the Wells Fargo copyright 1938 is a mistake? It might just be referring to the Australian release date.
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(Quote) I cant recall any similar examples. Note the spelling error with Florence Bates' name.
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(Quote) This daybill was printed on both sides - for different films. Interesting that there are different printers
in Ghosting Poster Problems Comment by John July 2018
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(Quote) What do you think caused the discrepancy Lawrence?
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This poster for Hitchcock's Champagne is the best of my French posters ….

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(Quote) Quite a lot of the photos are from my site. Let me know if I can help with anything.
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(Quote) This does seem to be the case but the objective of most forums would be to promote dialogue between members as well as provide information. If 99% just consume, I would guess that they consume very little and just show a passing interest in…
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Bruce
HA have an option in their searches where you can see your entire bidding history. Just curious if that is something you could incorporate into your "My Bids" section. It would be interesting to see how much we have bid in total dollar am… -
Never seen that one before and you have done a great job in photographing it!
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I think this might be the only known copy...

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I have seen the Strangers on a Train daybill but cant find a picture. It was auctioned on ebay several years ago and I got outbid unfortunately.
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(Quote) I think you might have the only known copy Vesna!
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Sadly, there are quite a few posters that have proven very elusive for me. Strangers on a Train daybill and one sheet is one of them along with Dial M for Murder daybill and one sheet and some others.
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That's a great poster Vesna! Never seen it before.
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(Quote) They give many sellers free listings on a regular basis so it is not a level playing field. They constantly seem to have Free listing promotions by "invitation only".
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(Quote) They still have problems with it usually when people are using the app. There are many complaints on the ebay discussion boards