Surprise Inside A Sealed Cover

Hello, Every now and then I will cpme across a sealed cover that has something inside. I will hold it to the light to see if is just something to stiffen the cover or actual content. This past week I purchased a 1934 Maryland Tercentenary FDC and a 1933 General Oglethorpe FDC, both with content. I carefully slit them both open at the top and this is what I found.
When I opened the Maryland


I found these


A perfectly preserved postcard of the Hotel Albert in New York City and a newspaper clipping talking about the new Presidential stamp issues that were upcoming.

When I openrd this


I found this



A business reply cover for Irwin Heiman, a noted stamp dealer and expert on Mexican postage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_M._Heiman
My collection has increased by five items instead of two and I am quite happy about it.
Thanks
David

I guess it pays to look inside, eh?

I have a few fifties era US addressed and sealed FDC with stiffeners
inside but I never bothered opening them.

Maybe now I will though.

That "Hotel Albert" advertisement is quite interesting. Obviously, in years after that ad was found, the "Hotel Albert" was said to have been the location where the Mamas and the Papas wrote "California Dreamin'" and where the Lovin' Spoonful wrote "Do You Believe in Magic".

Actually, the building still stands and has quite a history behind it (117 pages worth if you're so inclined):

http://thehotelalbert.com/download/..._history.pdf

If that's "information overload" then here's a condensed version:

http://thehotelalbert.com/history.html

Back to stamps, that Maryland Tercentenary cover is displaying an Anderson cachet (Planty #30); the Oglethorpe cover, a Hux cachet (Planty #16).

wt1, Those were and still are two of my favorite groups growing up in the 60's and 70's. Both links are great and thanks for the info on the cachets. I had heard of Anderson before but not Hux.
Thanks
David

Great treasure trove David. Always fun to get a welcome surprise!