By Don on Jan 2, 2011 in Featured | 0 Comments
So what is postal history? I would say it refers to a branch of collecting such items as envelopes, postcards, and wrappers with postage affixed, sold by post offices around the world. Some people collect by countries, states, cities, post offices, cancellations, events, and the list goes on and on. Cover collecting is a wide open field and an extension of stamp collecting. A
“cover” is an envelope that has seen postal service. Many have “cachets,” a rubber stamped or printed impression or label placed on the cover descriptive of the event for which it was mailed.
Airmail postal history collectors will browse for First flights, Catapults, Zeppelins, Crash covers, Transpacific Airmail and all sorts of Commercial International Airmail.
Military postal history collectors will browse for war covers, APO covers, U.S. naval ship covers mailed by sailors, patriotic covers and other areas that pertain to military history.
There are so many areas to collect in there is just no way I can list all of them here. I haven’t even started on town cancellations, DPO’s, machine cancellations, flag cancellations, cities, states and many more collecting interest.
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By Don on Jul 31, 2008 in Home | 0 Comments
Robert F. Chambers (1887-1947) loved stamps, but he is also credited as one of the first American collectors to appreciate and amass stampless covers and postal markings. His extensive collection includes examples from the Colonial period through the 1890’s. Meticulously assembled, it contains most types of postal markings available for the 125-year period. such as [...]
By Don on Jul 31, 2008 in Home | 0 Comments
A forever stamp is valid for first class postage no matter what the rate. By concept, once purchased, a forever stamp is a perpetual stamp that never expires or declines in value. Although the U.S. has used non-denominated stamps in its history, they were not the same as a forever stamp. The U.S. Postal Service [...]
By Don on Jul 31, 2008 in Home | 0 Comments
A forever stamp is valid for first class postage no matter what the rate. By concept, once purchased, a forever stamp is a perpetual stamp that never expires or declines in value. Although the U.S. has used non-denominated stamps in its history, they were not the same as a forever stamp. The U.S. Postal Service [...]
By Don on Jul 31, 2008 in Home | 0 Comments
Robert F. Chambers (1887-1947) loved stamps, but he is also credited as one of the first American collectors to appreciate and amass stampless covers and postal markings. His extensive collection includes examples from the Colonial period through the 1890’s. Meticulously assembled, it contains most types of postal markings available for the 125-year period. such as [...]
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Its not surprising to learn that there was trouble delivering the mail from the beginnings of the General Post Office in the 1700s. What is surprising is that the new U.S. Congress considered this a high priority on its agenda, and in 1777 created the position of Inspector of Dead Letters. In todays politically correct [...]
By Don on Jul 28, 2008 in Home | 0 Comments
Robert F. Chambers (1887-1947) loved stamps, but he is also credited as one of the first American collectors to appreciate and amass stampless covers and postal markings. His extensive collection includes examples from the Colonial period through the 1890’s. Meticulously assembled, it contains most types of postal markings available for the 125-year period. such as [...]
By Don on Jul 28, 2008 in Home | 0 Comments
Its not surprising to learn that there was trouble delivering the mail from the beginnings of the General Post Office in the 1700s. What is surprising is that the new U.S. Congress considered this a high priority on its agenda, and in 1777 created the position of Inspector of Dead Letters. In todays politically correct [...]
By Don on Jul 28, 2008 in Home | 0 Comments
Robert F. Chambers (1887-1947) loved stamps, but he is also credited as one of the first American collectors to appreciate and amass stampless covers and postal markings. His extensive collection includes examples from the Colonial period through the 1890’s. Meticulously assembled, it contains most types of postal markings available for the 125-year period. such as [...]
By Don on Jul 28, 2008 in Home | 0 Comments
A forever stamp is valid for first class postage no matter what the rate. By concept, once purchased, a forever stamp is a perpetual stamp that never expires or declines in value. Although the U.S. has used non-denominated stamps in its history, they were not the same as a forever stamp. The U.S. Postal Service [...]
