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Post by de61 on Mar 20, 2020 18:47:01 GMT
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Post by de61 on Mar 20, 2020 19:00:31 GMT
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Post by de61 on Mar 20, 2020 19:13:30 GMT
Three advertising FDCs produced by the United States Lines Company. The first is for the #1258 issue commemorating the 1964 opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York.   The second one is for #1270 commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Robert Fulton, inventor of the first steamboat.   The last FDC is for #C76 commemorating the first man on the moon.   |
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Post by de61 on Mar 20, 2020 19:19:40 GMT
Three more advertising FDCs for the #C76 First Man on the Moon issue from 1969. The first is from a company called Intranet Industries. I was unable to find out anything about the company, but wonder if it was an early computer company.  The second is from the Pan Am Clipper Club.  ... and the last is from US Steel.   |
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Post by de61 on Mar 20, 2020 19:25:23 GMT
An FDC for the #1275 Adlai Stevenson issue of 1965 produced by the United Nations Association of the USA. As the UNA-USA group is a not-for-profit organization, I would imagine the envelope contained a request for a donation.  |
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Post by de61 on Mar 20, 2020 19:29:31 GMT
A #2448a FDC of 1990 honoring favorite classic movies from MGM/UA (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists).  |
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Post by de61 on Mar 20, 2020 19:33:48 GMT
Another FDC from 1990, this one from the Cabrillo Marine Museum of San Pedro, California, showing the #2511a block celebrating Sea Creatures.  |
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Post by stamphinger on Mar 20, 2020 22:06:55 GMT
Hi de61:
Great commercial usage FDC collection. I like 'em all, and especially those with collateral letters or inserts. I don't have a lot of those, but I'll be watching for them. Thanks for posting.
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Post by ohnomrbill on Nov 19, 2020 20:09:02 GMT
I have this one from the Republic National Insurance Company. Bill  |
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Post by ohnomrbill on Nov 19, 2020 20:11:10 GMT
Here is another from my Sagamore Hill collection that actually is cataloged in Mellone's as M-27 Bill  |
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Post by ohnomrbill on Dec 1, 2020 20:55:10 GMT
I have this one from a Pan Am post card. That ugly eBay is not on the actual post card only on a picture that originally was posted to eBay.  |
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Post by stamphinger on Feb 16, 2021 22:40:52 GMT
I acquired a couple of commercial usage first-day covers recently, both from publishers and both first-days for the same stamp, Sc. 1140, the Benjamin Franklin quote on the second stamp of the Credo Series of 1960-1961. Both covers were probably used as a form of advertising.
The Journal American prepared the first cover sent to a company whose name I cannot make out due to the cancel. The Journal American was a New York City daily newspaper published between 1937 and 1966. The newspaper had a stamp column and I suspect this cover carried a letter offering advertising close to the column.
The second cover originated at Grossett & Dunlap, a New York City book publisher dating back to 1898. Grossett & Dunlap is known for its publication of juvenile and children's literature and reprints. Among its popular series were The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, and many others.
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Post by stainlessb on Feb 16, 2021 23:41:35 GMT
10 East 40th Street New York, New York is the Mercantile Building built in 1929, previously known as the Chase Tower (up to 1938), and it was the last building to be removed from Edisons DC power grid
48 floors!
Company unknown, but it was a big building!
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Post by stamphinger on Mar 22, 2021 23:33:43 GMT
A recent acquisition for my commercial usage first-day cover collection, this one from the Columbia Envelope Company for the George Norris stamp, Sc. 1184, issued July 11, 1961. I found no evidence that Columbia Envelope is still in business. The Norris Dam was part of the Tennessee Valley Authority project begun in the 1930s as part of President Roosevelt's New Deal. Norris was a long-time politician from Nebraska, representing that state in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. The cover carries the usual admonishment for non-collectors to save the envelope or give it to a stamp collector.
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Post by stamphinger on Jul 16, 2021 22:58:14 GMT
My local stamp club sponsors a Philatelic Garage Sale midsummer and I found the below commercial first-day cover among this year's offerings. Given the lack of addressing, these covers were probably given to customers as advertising souvenirs. The cover came with the accompanying insert commenting on the stamps, the progress of the electronics industry, and anticipated value of the cover. The stamps U.S. Sc. 1500-1502 and C86 are attractive, but their appreciation in value as a first-day cover has yet to materialize. I paid less than 25 cents for this cover. Bluff City Distributing Company, founded in 1938, is still an active business in Memphis, TN, with six satellite outlets in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
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Post by stamphinger on Jul 31, 2021 15:07:36 GMT
This commercial usage first day cover from Steinfeld's Department Store in Tucson, Arizona is a recent acquisition. With the first-day issue of Sc. 1028, the 1953 3 cents stamp commemorating the Gadsden Purchase taking place in Tucson, it appears the store management used a monthly statement to give its costumers a philatelic souvenir. Tucson was within the Gadsden Purchase. The cover included a gold foil insert thanking the residents of Tucson for the store's prosperity. Also below is an internet photo of Steinfeld's in the 1950s.
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Post by JeffS on Aug 2, 2021 20:33:55 GMT
stamphinger - when I was heavy into US commemorative covers, commercial FDCs like this were always a treat to add. I have never seen this example before. (As many of yours are, I must add  )A nice find for sure.
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Post by stamphinger on Sept 3, 2021 16:15:07 GMT
I continue to add the Texas Refinery Corporation's commercial usage first-day covers to my collection. The company outdid itself on this one. One of its later covers (1964), it commemorates the first day of issue for Sc. 1250, the 4 cent stamp noting the 400 anniversary of William Shakespeare's birth. In addition to honoring outstanding company salesmen on the front, the cover includes illustrations on the reverse of Queen Elizabeth I and Wm Shakespeare, along with a five-page essay from Percy the ghostly sales manager, and William L. Moore, a corporation vice president, about Moore's love of Shakespeare's writings. The cover is addressed to W. L. Moore of Fort Worth, so it was apparently his personal copy.
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Post by stamphinger on Sept 19, 2021 17:15:37 GMT
The Great Dane Trailers company distributed this first-day cover to its business contacts to call attention to the1953 3-cents stamp, Sc. 1025, commemorating the trucking industry. Great Dane had its beginnings in 1900 manufacturing specialized sheet metal products. It turned to several types of truck trailers both open and enclosed, in 1934. It remains a leading manufacturer of specialized truck trailers and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Don StampHinger  |
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Post by swvl on Jan 22, 2022 0:40:02 GMT
What a cool thread! Here’s one I recently added to my collection: A promotional FDC for the 1970 six-cent Moby Dick prepaid envelope, Scott U554, created by the Moby Dick Restaurant in Las Vegas.  I love Moby Dick and all things Melville, so of course Sc U554 is an old favorite of mine. I just love the pairing of the great American novel here with a kitschy advertisement for a seafood restaurant in a casino. (“A whale of an envelope!”) No address - I wonder if it was handed out to restaurant patrons as a gift? Google tells me that this place was a notable addition to the Vegas dining scene when it opened circa the late Fifties: “The Stardust was one of the first [casinos] to leave the terra firma of chuck wagons, steaks, and sandwiches behind--it featured several niche restaurants. One of the them was Moby Dick, a seafood restaurant whose nautical trimmings provided a sea-worthy atmosphere not easy to find in the Nevada desert.” The Stardust was demolished in 2006. |
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Post by stamphinger on Jan 22, 2022 17:46:39 GMT
@ svl
Very nice Moby Dick cover! I've not seen that one before. StampHinger |
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Post by JeffS on Mar 28, 2022 21:20:57 GMT
Pulled from a recent lot:
Pony Express Envelope FDC with advertising contents. The "cachet" is an adhesive sticker. The "Honorary Pony Express Rider Card" mentioned in the letter was not present.
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Post by stamphinger on Mar 29, 2022 15:16:00 GMT
Nice find Jeff. I'm going to see if I can locate one for my collection. In my opinion, however, the cover is better than their whisky  .
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Post by JeffS on Mar 29, 2022 17:07:49 GMT
Nice find Jeff. I'm going to see if I can locate one for my collection. In my opinion, however, the cover is better than their whisky  .
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Post by JeffS on Jun 23, 2022 17:12:59 GMT
A recent addition to my American Credo collection, an advertising letter from the publisher of "Machine and Tool Blue Book" tells the recipient that this Franklin stamp is the second of the Credo issues; mentions that Franklin was also a printer and publisher; and, contemplates what Franklin's reaction would be to see today's publishing techniques.
My fifth such advertising FDC for this particular stamp.
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Post by swvl on May 15, 2023 0:02:50 GMT
Here's another Campbell's Soup commercial FDC to go with the one that stamphinger posted in this thread a few years back. This one is for the Betsy Ross commemorative of 1952 (Scott 1004), and it was sent to the proprietor of a Trenton, NJ food market that is no longer in operation from what I can tell. I don't have the enclosure. But I think it's so cool that companies used to think it was worth producing first day covers as promotional items. Someone ought to try that again, to appeal to the vast untapped market of FDC enthusiasts!   |
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)A nice find for sure. 
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