The US & World Postal History Thread - No First Days

covers · January 19, 2008 12:29AM

Jerry - the study of postal history can be very rewarding to those who enjoy history and mental stimulation. I started last month a new census site for postal history PhilaMercury.. I have just been adding prices to my covers that are for sale - many times covers can be purchased for the value of the stamps, or even less.

Enjoy!

covers · January 19, 2008 1:41AM

One of my favorite pages:

LickThoseStamps · January 19, 2008 2:04AM

<< Jerry - the study of postal history can be very rewarding to those who enjoy history and mental stimulation. I started last month a new census site for postal history PhilaMercury.. I have just been adding prices to my covers that are for sale - many times covers can be purchased for the value of the stamps, or even less.

Enjoy! >>

Richard,

Your website is outstanding! The PhilaMecury addition is an excellent!

Thanks for sharing your research here. It may bring some life to this board!

covers · January 19, 2008 11:42PM

LTS - Thanks for your kind comments.

covers · January 20, 2008 9:19PM

A Confederate States #1 cover:

covers · January 21, 2008 10:57PM

A Confederate mourning cover:

covers · January 22, 2008 9:16PM

The First Official Airmail:

covers · January 23, 2008 9:58PM

1909 Lincoln issue stamp / coin:

LickThoseStamps · January 26, 2008 9:57AM

<< 1909 Lincoln issue stamp / coin: >>

Hey, thats a first day cover! I think you need to change the title of your thread!

covers · January 26, 2008 10:23AM

I was hoping nobody would notice (I like the page because of the pennies). Should change the title to "no junk first days" but that might show a prejudice ....

LickThoseStamps · January 26, 2008 11:15AM

<< I was hoping nobody would notice (I like the page because of the pennies). Should change the title to "no junk first days" but that might show a prejudice .... >>

No complaints here! I always look forward to your additions.

LickThoseStamps · January 27, 2008 5:37AM

<< The First Official Airmail: >>

I've always wanted one of those flight covers! I've read that the delivery was performed by dropping the bag of mail from 500 feet onto an "X" marked on the ground. Now, that is real air mail delivery!

Here is an Ovington letter in my collection.

covers · January 27, 2008 5:48AM

Nice Ovington letter - As it happens, that cover of mine is in the next Rumsey auction as lot #912 ($750 to $1,000 estimate). It took me a long time to find an example which I liked particularly as I wanted first day of airmail. Most of those Garden City covers are dated later.

LickThoseStamps · February 23, 2008 9:06AM

TTT

Don't want to lose this thread.

covers · February 23, 2008 8:44PM

LTS - I figured everybody had seen enough ... Here's another - cover makes a nice "go with" for the coin I think:

LickThoseStamps · February 25, 2008 10:30AM

<< LTS - I figured everybody had seen enough ... Here's another - cover makes a nice "go with" for the coin I think: >>

Absolutely not. It is *this* thread that keeps me coming back!

I always look forward to your covers. Each one is unique and tells a story. You can't say that about coins.

covers · February 25, 2008 10:22PM

OK - I' can show a lot of stuff ....

covers · March 1, 2008 10:46PM

The Panama-Pacific Expo:

edueku · March 3, 2008 5:30AM

Cool top quality stuff Richard. I still have a Columbian Expo station cover to Germany with the 1 thru 10c plus the E3. Too bad mine is not in immaculate condition like yours though.

covers · March 7, 2008 8:40PM

A modern one:

edueku · March 14, 2008 12:17AM

I have several of these bank tags from the same source(think I wrote you about them a few years ago). It's interesting to see what they were used to ship. I was very curious about that . Have you noticed that most of the dollar values on the tags(if you have looked at more than this one) are #478(or at least perf 10)? I thought that was interesting too. I guess since they didn't see as frequent use, this perf 10 issue was still being used well into the 20's.
Oh yeah and this post bumps you back above the Philately Snooze Blog : )

covers · March 14, 2008 10:39PM

I remember that there were a lot of those tags on eBay but didn't pay much attention to the stamps - I was looking for one where the total postage was near the $5 coin I wanted to show.

Below is a favorite. Shows usage of wallpaper cover after the war was over:

LickThoseStamps · March 21, 2008 9:51AM

I learn something new from each of your posts!

Thanks Richard!

covers · March 21, 2008 10:27PM

Here is a nice Hawaii usage to a scarce destination. Finding a solo usage of the 25c to match the quarter was no easy task (it may be unique):

LickThoseStamps · April 13, 2008 7:50AM

TTT, don't want to lose this thread.

I have some interesting covers that I will try to find and get posted to your other thread. I am finishing up three projects and have not had time the last few months to do anything hobby related.

In the mean time, I would hate to lose this thread.

StampAlarm · April 15, 2008 12:15PM

Just remember Richard, just because we are not commenting doesn't mean we're not looking. Just some
incredible items you're showing us. and a big Thank you!

Jerry

covers · April 15, 2008 10:02PM

Thank you. I've been busy working on a book on Costa Rica postal history.

One of my pleasures in handling postal history is when "old friends" return to me. The cover below just arrived yesterday having been purchased in an auction last week. The cover is from the George Hargest collection and is shown on page 143 of his 1971 book "History of Letter Post Communication Between the United Styates and Europe, 1845-1875". In my opinion it was the best cover Hargest owned and I purchased it, as well as several other Hargest covers, in 1983. I used the cover in an advertisement in the Classics Society journal and it was on the front cover of my auction #9 (May 1983). I think in all 58 of my auctions I only used an image of a cover for front cover illustration maybe 5 times.

It is a nice patriotic cover used through the Chicago exchange office to Wiborg, Finland. It remains the only cover from the US to Finland that I have seen prior to 1870.

covers · April 18, 2008 12:07AM

One thing I love even more than seeing old friends again is to see items I have never seen before. I found the cover below buried in a British sale of North Borneo stamps and covers:

#71, 30c Orange tied in combination with 30c "F" grill (#100, straight edge) to Cottle correspondence cover to Island of Labuan, China Sea, overpaid British mail via Marseilles rate, New York May 6 exchange backstamp, London May 17 transit, signed Ashbrook, PF certificate, probably the only reported example from US to Labuan before 1870's or even 80's

LickThoseStamps · April 21, 2008 1:18PM

Fantastic covers! Thanks for sharing!

crbatt · April 29, 2008 8:42PM

Just read this whole thing... great thread. Thanks!

covers · April 30, 2008 9:34PM

A Dutch gold coin that could have been used in upsdate New York to pay express charges on a letter:

covers · May 8, 2008 9:58PM

A cover recently purchased. It is ex Ackerman (sold in 1928 for $250) and ex Knapp in 1941. I had never seen it other than in auction catalog. The finest 1869 issue cover to China in my opinion

[L=Here]http://www.philamercury.com/viewcover.php?id=6873&num=1">Description

edueku · May 13, 2008 7:37AM

Richard you are going to have to do some work to catch up to the amount of post by "Welcome To My Philately(snooze) Blog" But I'm sure going for quality over quantity!

covers · May 13, 2008 10:56PM

Below is a 18 3/4 cent rate cover. Hard to believe that US Postmaster actually set the postal rates to corerspond to Mexican coins in circulation rather tha US coins but they did.

LickThoseStamps · June 4, 2008 10:23AM

TTT

covers · June 4, 2008 9:20PM

This cover shows the same 18 3/4 rate. When I started the project I had no idea what a "pistareen" was but soon learned. These saw wide circulation in the US.

covers · June 12, 2008 2:30AM

bumping them all but 1.

KentuckyJ · July 2, 2008 9:39AM

TTT

LickThoseStamps · October 12, 2008 12:34AM

Richard,

I notice that you started posting to the blog thread. In my opinion that was a mistake. I missed your posts completely, since I tend to ignore that thread.

I don’t think the Fan Ming visits this forum. His thread is automatically updated whenever he makes a change to his blogsspot.com post.

I wish you would resume posting here. I know there is not much participation by others, but your posts are always refreshing.

kiwidude · October 12, 2008 7:47AM

Hi all,i dont post alot but i do watch this link with the nice items.hope u rethink yr idea on stopping it richard.thxs peter

covers · October 12, 2008 8:07AM

Well, thank you all who commented. In case anyone missed it, the link below is an article I wrote last month about an interesting cover / letter:

With the Tibetans in Kumbum

heinlein99 · October 18, 2008 7:27AM

Man, some interesting items in this thread! I'm envious!

covers · October 19, 2008 2:27AM

The cover below just came in yesterday after much work and will go out to a happy buyer tomorrow. I can't afford to own this stuff but it is sure nice to be able to handle them.

Description: "FLORIDA" red straight line postmark on 1785 folded letter dated "San Agustin de la Florida" to Havana, Cuba, unpaid double weight letter charged two silver reales in Cuba, sender's instructions "por primera via" (by first way/ available vessel)
Only know postmark from Spanish Florida and the earliest reported town marking of any former Spanish colony in present day United States territory.

WoodenJefferson · October 19, 2008 4:58AM

Exellent presentation and history abounds.

The US &amp; World Postal History Thread - No First Days

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