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Post by jimwentzell on Feb 12, 2019 16:45:28 GMT
A friend saves these type covers for me; I like modern covers with hard-to-find (usually higher value) stamps......this one has an older $3.00 Mars Rover "Sojourner," a 41-cent Star Wars Yoda, and two $6.70 Ryodo Temple stamps:  |
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 12, 2019 17:34:23 GMT
So you are saying that I shouldn't have chopped up the APS StampStore mailings? I cut them up, not soak them. But they were on large envelopes...
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Post by renden on Feb 12, 2019 19:32:03 GMT
So you are saying that I shouldn't have chopped up the APS StampStore mailings? I cut them up, not soak them. But they were on large envelopes... I like to keep original envelopes, boxes etc with stamps on as "souvenir" |
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Post by jimwentzell on Feb 12, 2019 19:34:10 GMT
Hi brightonpete,
I make it a point NOT to tell collectors what to collect or what to do with their material, but for myself I like the fact that modern-day covers with stamps affixed are rarely kept these days. I like to imagine one day, perhaps in the year 2119 or so, someone will run across one or more of my covers (assuming there still will be postal history collectors!) and feel like they struck gold. There just are not that many covers franked with anything other than machine generated labels these days, and the fact that many larger covers just "don't fit" in an album or on a page for display purposes adds to their unpopularity, and thus, my appeal.
So I guess it's almost a "going against conventional collecting norms" approach that I espouse!
And besides, I have been mulling an "oversized cover" exhibit in my head--one day it will come to fruition!
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Post by jimwentzell on Feb 12, 2019 19:39:03 GMT
Particularly appealing (to me) are relatively well-known collectors who are the recipient (or sometimes the sender) of these type envelopes. Many, though, are to and/or from a philatelic expertisation organization, or a well-known stamp dealer or auction house. I like to try to imagine what was sent in the cover. As the covers I previously posted show, I block out the recipient's address, as some people do not wish their addresses (or even PO Boxes) identified.
A hundred years hence, in 2119, it might no longer be necessary, though!
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Post by brightonpete on Feb 12, 2019 21:08:32 GMT
This is true! Look at all the FLS's out there. I suppose looking at it that way, it makes sense to not ravage the envelope. Maybe I'll do that from now on. Unfortunately, with no one around me (family/friends) when I go, they'll probably just chuck them!
I'm leaving specific instructions though on what to do with it all! Whether they follow them or not won't be up to me though...
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