JeffS
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What I collect: Oranges Philately, US Slogan Cancels, Cape of Good Hope Triangulars, and Texas poster stamps and cinderellas
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Post by JeffS on Oct 29, 2021 15:18:10 GMT
In 1960 the USPOD began its series of "American Credo" stamps which reproduced quotations from American statesmen -
I've been accumulating / collecting covers with these stamps for nearly 25 years,
and the results fill 6 3-ring binders of both FDCs and commercial mailings.
The Francis Scott Key needs to be split into 2 volumes.
I rarely pick up anything of interest as most covers which I find are single uses
for domestic mail, pairs for airmail and pairs for international surface mail.
This month I won two covers franked for 25 cents per half ounce airmail postage to Africa.
This rate was established in 1946 which replaced individual country rates, and continued into 1971, an amazingly long period of 25 years.
This rate also applied to other locations - Asia, Oceana, Australia, also the USSR beginning in 1961.
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hdm1950
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What I collect: I collect world wide up to 1965 with several specialty albums added due to volume of material I have acquired. At this point I am focused on Canada and British America. I am always on the lookout for stamps and covers with postmarks from communities in Queens County, Nova Scotia. I do list various goods including stamps occasionally on eBay as hdm50
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Post by hdm1950 on Oct 29, 2021 16:42:23 GMT
This month I won two covers franked for 25 cents per half ounce airmail postage to Africa.
This rate was established in 1946 which replaced individual country rates, and continued into 1971, an amazingly long period of 25 years.
This rate also applied to other locations - Asia, Oceana, Australia, also the USSR beginning in 1961.
Interesting that the cover to Kenya mailed from Princeton, NJ was from Canadian Stamps located there. |
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JeffS
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Posts: 2,607
What I collect: Oranges Philately, US Slogan Cancels, Cape of Good Hope Triangulars, and Texas poster stamps and cinderellas
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Post by JeffS on Mar 9, 2022 23:02:29 GMT
I don't often come across a cachet I need for my Credo collections, but last week I did well. These two FDC cachets are by Eric Lewis who prepared but a handful of each design; often not more than 10 and as few as 3 for each issue. His printing process is said to be by silkscreen. Most if not all are addressed to him. in his hand, in pencil. If you are a US FDC fan you might give Mr Google a tickle. 
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JeffS
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Posts: 2,607
What I collect: Oranges Philately, US Slogan Cancels, Cape of Good Hope Triangulars, and Texas poster stamps and cinderellas
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Post by JeffS on Mar 9, 2022 23:15:18 GMT
As I was putting the Jefferson Credo FDC away, I came across this unusual fabrication -
someone used a pristine example of the 1-cent Jefferson card of 1897 as the "cachet" for the FDC. |
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swvl
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What I collect: FDCs, plus some US modern and new issues. Topical interests include music, art, literature, baseball, space...
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Post by swvl on Mar 9, 2022 23:58:36 GMT
These are great, thanks for posting JeffS . The use of existing postal stationery for a new FDC, as somewhere in between a cachet and additional postage, reminds me of this Moby Dick combo I posted a while back. (Your example has a more impressive gap in dates of issue!) |
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JeffS
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Posts: 2,607
What I collect: Oranges Philately, US Slogan Cancels, Cape of Good Hope Triangulars, and Texas poster stamps and cinderellas
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Post by JeffS on Jul 6, 2022 23:09:56 GMT
Two additions received today:
Top: "Imperial" cachet for 4-cent Franklin Bottom: Maximum card for 4-cent Francis Scott Key, PPC of field cannon and powder magazine at Fort McHenry National Monument
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JeffS
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Posts: 2,607
What I collect: Oranges Philately, US Slogan Cancels, Cape of Good Hope Triangulars, and Texas poster stamps and cinderellas
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Post by JeffS on Jul 13, 2022 21:29:32 GMT
Thomas Jefferson, Credo First Day Maximum Cards:
I added the right card this week. Both reproduced from a portrait from American artist Rembrandt Peale.
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JeffS
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Posts: 2,607
What I collect: Oranges Philately, US Slogan Cancels, Cape of Good Hope Triangulars, and Texas poster stamps and cinderellas
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Post by JeffS on Apr 23, 2023 15:36:56 GMT
In the thread "Whatcha been stamping" I previously mentioned being on the trail of an item I had looked for for 20+ years. I was successful in my snipe bid and this is the item:
I have similar for the other 5 credos (I think) but this Francis Scott Key had eluded me. It is one of the early unofficial Souvenir Pages listed in Scott, this item number SP16. It is priced in my 2010 Scott Specialized at $75 and I suspect the price is about the same in the current catalog which I don't have. I paid nearly that and mention price as angore made a few comments about pricing in his opening remarks of his thread U.S. Souvenir Pages about these: These are souvenir pages issued by the USPS postal service that evolved from first day cancellations of Post Office posters for new issues. The name of the product has changed over time. Scott Number SP305. Catalog Value" $80 (ha). I have seen these listed on ebay but ebay shows no history of any sold at any price. I have had the souvenir pages of the other 5 stamps for quite some time and don't recall paying a quarter of CV at the time. But, if I didn't have a definite "need" (a highly overly-justified want) I certainly would not have sprung at the selling price. ... Closing at nearly the same time was this Plate Number block showing a severe perforation shift:
The Credo series apparently had trouble with the built-in perforator in the Giori press which produced these stamps. I have a few singles and pairs showing this shifting from various positions on the pane, but this plate number block is certainly an eye-catcher. I had hoped to dedicate the remainder of the year to my oranges, but the Greater Houston Stamp Show is but 5 months away. That leaves me about a month a frame to complete. The oranges are going to have to wait a bit. Besides I plan on living forever, so what's the rush? |
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