The Open Mind – The Open Mind 1969 LP Philips SBL 7893 Stunning NM / EX+

	£		1,500
	$		1,988

The Open Mind – The Open Mind, 1969 LP Philips SBL 7893.

The fully laminated cover grades as EX+ with just two TINY hints of creases in the laminate. There are no stickers or writing etc. There are no creases on the spine and the corners are not bumped / rubbed. On the front there is a very narrow strip at the very left edge (approx 2mm-3mm) where some air is under the laminate by the spine. There is no splitting at all to the laminate – no signs of any disturbance – and I have to assume that it has always been there.

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Despite the Free P&P notice shown on this listing it is not actually free to post of course! I have to pay to post them and each week / month / year I pay many thousands of pounds to my local post office. But for UK bidders the price you see at the end of the auction is the total price you pay.    If by some remote chance anyone out there - including the Bods at eBay who came up with the Free P&P notice - can tell me where you really can post items for free I would really LOVE to know.

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Worldwide Postage / Shipping. 

Upate - April 2013 - After huge increases last year that I had to pass on, this year Royal Mail have only really 'tweaked' air mail prices.    Nearly all of my postage rates remain unchanged since April 2012.  And please note that I have been able to reduce the cost of some of the heavier items like LP records!

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