Hope you also do...
Joann
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Some
things
I find interesting. Hope you also do... Joann |
| Modern
US Postal History 1) How could a purple person ever resist a purple cover?  ( click image for a larger view) 2) The scarcest recent US usage?
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| Mount
Rushmore - Lenz Paper The full explanation has been published... click the image for the full story. 
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| Something Older
Ever wonder about those strange red seals found on letters and documents from the 1910s and 20s? Well, click on the image below and learn a little about the National One Cent Letter Postage Association (NOCLPA)  (Click image) An exhibit, presenting but also summarizing the material can be found by clicking <here> |
| Liberty Series
Postal History
- Usages I love to collect the Liberty series, the stamps and their usages. Click the image below for some interesting usages... especially of my favorite Liberty stamp, the 6¢ Roosevelt.  (Click image) |
| Postal Counterfeits
Postal Counterfeits are not created to fool collectors but rather to defraud the postal service. Which is the real stamp and which is the counterfeit? Click the image below to find out which is which and to learn about some other postal counterfeit stamps.  (Click image) |
| Yes, Virginia...
These are real
stamps Often called by different names such a computer vended postage, postage on demand or web postage, these are real stamps. While the look is similar to meter, these are true stamps which can be used at any time from any US location.  While the page is still under construction, click the image
above for a sneak peak. |
| E-COM - And its
forerunners E-COM mail was instituted by the United States Postal Service (USPS) on January 4, 1982. After less than four years of operation, the service was ended on September 3, 1985.  (Click image) Some of the whys and wherefores of this USPS venture into
computer technology
can be found by clicking the image above. An exhibit
of E-COM mail and its forerunners can be seen by clicking <here>
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| Modern Private Mail
Services
Have you ever seen and wondered about stamps such as these? Were they used by private delivery services, mail consolidators or some other type of service?
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| Stamps
Used on Prepaid Return Envelopes For years the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) has added low value stamps to the return envelopes included with the solicitation mailings. These covers not only provide a chronicle of modern US coil stamps but also document USPS mailing requirements especially for the recent 32¢ rate period. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then DAV leads the nation in applause from other non-profit mailers which have followed DAV's example by adding postage to return envelopes. |
Dead Letter Office
(DLO) Fees  |
| USPS
Priority Mail Tracking For several years the USPS has been testing a program to track Priority Mail. While the program was introduced nationally on March 14, 1999, look here for examples of labels/usages of the program when it was in its testing period. |
| This page is subject to change at a moment's notice. Please feel free to drop in anytime you are in the neighborhood. E-mail comments are always welcomed. |
| We collectors love to show and tell. For a link to see what's of interest to other collectors click <here>. That page is maintained by Matthew Liebson who would appreciate links to other collectors' philatelic show and tell pages. |
| I'm proud of my membership in these philatelic groups. Want to know more about them and how membership can help your collecting interests? Click on the logo to go to the site. |
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| United States Stamp
Society (Formerly Bureau Issues Association) |
Plate Number Coil Collectors Club | American Philatelic Society |
