Mick
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What I collect: Worldwide used stamps and covers. Really anything that takes my fancy.
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Post by Mick on Feb 15, 2019 20:28:19 GMT
Halloween Party invitation postcard - San Rafael, CA - 17 September 1981.Years ago, before I started collecting stamps and covers, I bought a lot of postcards on a whim at an antique store. A good number of them came from the General Delivery of the post office at Rio Nido, California. Probably they had sat there for years before being sold off. I didn't really look at them again until relatively recently, when I noticed this lovely hand drawn card and absolutely fell in love with it. It's warm and charming, and I wished that I had been at that party. It's a pity that Ed and friend never saw this invitation, but I am glad that through the vagaries of chance it ended up in a Toledo, Oregon antique shop. I wondered if the party hosts had any copies of these invitations, and, if not, whether they would appreciate me sending them a scan. I imagined that they were young 20-somethings in 1981, and may welcome a reminder of what might of been a happy time. So I set about trying to see if they had any kind of internet presence, and after a lot of searching did find a business page for one of them. I sent her a somewhat awkward email, telling her what I had. She had forgotten all about that party, she said, but would indeed welcome a scan of the card. That was the extent of our correspondence, but I do feel pleased about how it turned out. And this card will always have a special place in my collection. 
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Post by stamphinger on Apr 25, 2019 13:17:44 GMT
Mick: That is a fantastic card! No pun intended, but I am drawn to hand drawn covers and buy them when reasonably priced. I picked up the two below on eBay a few years back. It turns out that they were produced by the addressee, he signed the Navy Heroes cover just under the left shoe of the seasick sailor. Dr. Davidson was a dentist in Newfane, NY and obviously a talented amateur artist with a sense of humor. Both of these covers are first days (it pays to check the posting dates)! The illustration on the one cent Navy cover appears to be over a name and address which leads me to believe both drawings are add-ons. I continue to watch for others that Davidson did, but have not yet seen any. If anyone has one or more, I would love to see them.
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Post by stamphinger on May 1, 2019 19:45:28 GMT
This cover comes out of my Aircraft on Covers collection, but I believe it is more appropriate in this thread. The illustration shows two Chance-Vought F4U's flying low over what I presume to be the Korean coast during the Korean War period (1950-1953). Many consider the Corsair as the best fighter to serve in the Pacific Theater during WW II. It entered service in 1943 and continued to be based on carriers and USMC land bases into the Korean War. It was used primarily for close ground support during the Korean conflict.
The cover was postmarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. Hornet entered active service in 1943 and served until 1947, mothballed and was reactivated in 1951. There is no artist's name on this cover and given the smooth transition between water colors and the postmark, I believe the illustration to be an add-on. The artist, however, apparently did not check USS Hornet's post-WW II service as it did not participate in the Korean campaign.
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Post by stamphinger on Jun 5, 2019 12:16:08 GMT
Undoubtedly a philatelic item, I collected this hand-painted Asian scene for its U.S. Marine Corps attributes. It was the 7th Marine Regiment postmark that motivated me to buy the cover. For me, it is an association item. Upon graduation from high school in 1956, I enlisted in the USMCR and choose a two-year active duty option. After boot camp and advanced infantry training, I joined the 7th Marines for the remainder of my active duty commitment. In 1956, the 7th Marines was stationed at Camp Las Pulgas, Camp Pendleton, CA. The Mail for a Marine label dates from the WW II period and is occasionally seen on regular mail and patriotic covers of the time. Regrettably, I have no information on the artist, or on the location of the scene. The 7th Marines was reactivated in 1941 an that may have prompted the creation of the cover. If anyone has information about the origins of this cover, I hope they will post it.
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
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What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Jun 5, 2019 17:09:21 GMT
I can't speak to the origins of the cover but according to A Brief History of the 7th Marines, the regiment was located at Parris Island, South Carolina at the time of its mailing. Having served there for 2 very long years, I can tell you with certainty that the image is not a depiction of the local scenery! |
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Post by jamesw on Jun 6, 2019 3:19:32 GMT
Posted elsewhere. Sent from Camp Lewis in Tacoma Washington on November 11 1918 (yes, the last day of WWI), this tattered envelope has a hand painted scene on the front.  |
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Post by stamphinger on Sept 7, 2022 22:47:23 GMT
Not much activity on this thread of late, but here is a recent acquisition for my Iowa Cover Collection, a handpainted cachet featuring a beaver and postmared at Beaver, Iowa. Beaver, Iowa, is a very small community (67 people in 2020) in Boone County close to the geographical center of the state. The signature in the lower left (Harrod, 1976) suggests that the cover was prepared by the addressee. My guess is the cachet was applied as an add-on after the cover arrived with a clear postmark.
I collected it for the attractive rendering of the beaver and because it reminded me of the unusual California place name cachets prepared by John Coulthard in the 1930s.
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banknoteguy
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What I collect: 19th Century US, High denomination US (> $1), 19th century covers US, Indian Feudatory States and most recently I acquired a BigBlue [with about 5,000 stamps] and pristine pages.
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Post by banknoteguy on Sept 8, 2022 12:23:19 GMT
Here is a postcard on leather. Apparently these were in fashion around the turn of the 20th century. This one was sent to a great grandmother. She was born in 1857 and died in 1931. Her name was Mary Eva Keith or Mrs F.W. Wood.
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