Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Apr 24, 2022 12:08:12 GMT
That's a very nice cover, Steve ( tomiseksj), thanks for posting. Just a minor comment, I agree on the Scott Catalogue number, but the image on the stamp is actually Andrew Jackson, rather than Jefferson. |
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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 Apr 24, 2022 12:19:14 GMT
You are correct -- must have been coffee-deprived when posting. After all, why would a Jefferson stamp be nicknamed Blackjack?
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Post by stamphinger on May 1, 2022 0:27:35 GMT
A commercial cover with a cachet promoting Gold Medal Flour. The sender of this cover, Samuel Bell & Sons, a miller in his own right, noted on the cover that it was a representative for Gold Medal.
Gold Medal flour had its start in 1880 when the Washburn & Crosby Co, won a gold medal at the Millers International Exposition in Cincinnati, Ohio. This success was the basis for the company to launch the Gold Medal brand. In 1928 The company merged with three other milling companies to form General Mills.
In 1924, the Washburn & Crosby Co purchased a Minneapolis radio station WLAG and designated it WCCO. On the reverse of this cover is an note urging readers to listen to "Gold Medal Fast Freight," a radio program sub-titled "The Tuneful Hour of Gold Medal Flour." I suspect it was broadcast over WCCO to listeners in the upper midwest.
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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 Jun 10, 2022 1:40:46 GMT
Here's a nice contemporary advertising cover received in the mail recently from the New York Landmarks Conservancy. The building depicted is the former TWA terminal at JFK Airport (now a hotel), a modern classic designed by architect Eero Saarinen.  |
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Post by stamphinger on Sept 7, 2022 23:41:11 GMT
This post card from the early 1940s is a nostalgia item for me. The Quiz Kids began in the summer of 1940 as a radio program hosted by Joe Kelly and consisting of a panel of five children under the age of 16 answering questions sumbitted by mail from the listening audience. After close checking by the show's staff, if a question was chosen to be asked on air, the person submitting the question received a Zenith portable radio as a prize.
The card is nostolgic for me in that the original show ran 13 years from 1940 to 1953 and was a favorite of my parents. As a result, I remember listening to it in the late 1940s and probably watched the sequel on TV. The TV show ran from 1949 to 1953.
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Post by swvl on Nov 29, 2022 14:55:02 GMT
One of my other hobbies is birding — not in any serious way, just learning about and trying to spot the birds in any part of the world I'm in. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is an invaluable resource for anyone like me, and I like this contemporary advertising cover that arrived in the mail this week with a fundraising request. The enclosed reply envelope has a nice cachet, too. I might have to save that as well and make any donation online.   |
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Post by stamphinger on Feb 13, 2023 18:07:04 GMT
I'm not sure if this qualifies as an advertising cover, but placing it here is probably better than starting a new thread. The cover looks like it may be from a U.S. retiree to Costa Rica, a popular retirement destination for U.S. citizens. It really doesn't fit into any of my collections, but I was taken with the neatly drawn illustration which is printed on the envelope. The franking is Sc. C268, the 65 centavos value with a portrait of Antonio Vallerriestra from the long set of nineteen stamps commemorating the War of 1856-1857. Don StampHinger  |
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Post by smauggie on Feb 13, 2023 21:01:07 GMT
A newer one from Minneapolis.  |
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Post by stamphinger on May 14, 2023 22:38:01 GMT
A couple of illustrated commercial covers for my Advertising Covers collection. The first from the Haverell Distributing Co, in Lansing MI. An internet search did not reveal any evidence that this company was still in business in the 21st century. Nor was there any indication as to what products it distributed. The illustration, however, suggests that it may have produced and sold a hot wheat cereal. I bought the cover for its illustrated advertising. The second cover from Alexander Marketing Co also drew a blank on the internet search. The illustration in this cover suggests that it may have sold fresh produce. I bought this cover for it illustrations of a tomato, onions, and an ear of corn. Unfortunately, my scanner did not pick up the onions well.
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