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Impulse Purchases
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){kind=spacer} I'm always interested in oversize envelopes. The one cachetmaker Ed Kee used for the 1934 Trans-Mississippi Philatelic Exposition souvenir sheet (Sc. 751) measures 5"x7¼". |
) First day cover cards, also known as "favor cards" or "maxicards," go back to the 1930s. One of the early practitioners was Clarence Reid. |
) This envelope was produced by Japan Post, presumably for its own stamps at the U.S. International stamp exhibition Pacific 97. It's about an inch shorter than a No. 10 and slightly wider, and someone used it for the two of the U.S. stamps issued at the show. |
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| These two Scott Joplin FDCs caught my eye, the first because, while I've seen other non-first-day cancels from Joplin for this issue, I haven't seen this one. The second has a seldom-seen cachet. | |
) The postal station at NAPEX was selling the West Virginia statehood stamp on June 2, 18 days before the June 20th release date. Perhaps the clerks didn't see the zero. |
) And since I had purchased a full pane of 20 of the stamps, I had some more fun with it when I got back to North Carolina, servicing a few predates at my local post office. |
) This last one wasn't actually purchased at a show, but a show made it possible: My wife and I toured Louisville before the start of AmeriStamp Expo in January 2013. One of the small museums was giving away these cards, regarding Louisville's role in the Civil War, and I serviced two of them. |
Lloyd A. de Vries
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