Cover The World

My Tuvalu cover was mounted in about 1984, so I have been using those corners for over 15 years and they are still perfectly fine. I will check the brand when I get home.

Smauggie, most (numerically) of the Indian States will be difficult to downright impossible on cover. Dungarpur is a shining example: the stamps are very uncommon at best, and covers are even harder.

However, if you'll accept postal stationery cards and covers, I have some spares of the very easy States you could have for free. Just email me.

That is a generous offer, and one I will not refuse.

OK, as promised, here are 3 scans of various albums I have created (and use).
# 1 this is the 6 x 9 pages I use for my postal stationery collection:




#2. This is a full 8 1/2 x 11 page from my 1946 issue collection:




#3. This is a full 8 1/2 x 11 page from my RPO (Railroad Post Office - Southern PaAcific) collection:




The first small page is the simple, put the card/envelope in the page, gravity holds it, and it can be removed to see the back if needed. The 2nd page has the stamps mounted with hinges. The 3rd page all the items are held with photo corners.

I have other pages done for other collections.

I hope this helps.
Bob

A few more from the collection.

I really like the cover from Odessa. It can't be a common cover and may indeed by very rare. The handwriting is fascinating.

I fell in love with that cover from Odessa the moment I laid eyes on it. I think I got it in a W/W cover lot in an auction.


Now, fast forward 60 years . . .

A few more

This is how I dealt with the Princely State of Kishangarh, thanks to some help from Tony.

A few of the Indian States that are going to prove a bit tricky to acquire:

Alwar State, also from the former Rajputana, now Rajasthan:



(Uncommon to find the 1877 and 1899 issues used together on cover)

Bundi State, also in Rajputana



A pair of the 'Sacred Cows' ¼ Annas

Jhalawar, also in Rajputana:



and my one and only cover from the dreaded Dungarpur



I know the stamp's damaged, but you can't have everything

Smauggie, when do you sleep?

Smauggie you are getting to be a man after my own heart with the covers...i should really write up my better ones for posterity..my wife offers to make the pages !!

138 Countries and counting. These are the ones I have covers for.

British Colony of Little Aden
British Colony of Antigua
Republic of Argentina
Commonwealth of Australia
Austria-Hungarian Empire
Second Republic of Austria
Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Kingdom of Belgium
British Overseas Territory of Bermuda
Federative Republic of Brazil
People's Republic of Bulgaria
Republic of Bulgaria
Republic of Cameroon (Ind.)
British Colony of Ceylon
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Republic of Chile
Republic of China
Manchukuo
People's Republic of China
Republic of Colombia
Republic of Costa Rica
Spanish Colony of Cuba
Republic of Cuba
Kingdom of Denmark
Faroe Islands (Autonomous Territory of Denmark)
Republic of Egypt
Republic of El Salvador
Republic of Estonia
People's Republic of Ethiopia
Republic of Finland
Second Empire of France
Third Republic of France
Fifth Republic of France
French Polynesia (Overseas Terr. Of France)
German Empire
German Empire, State of Bavaria
Wiemar Republic, Free State of Bavaria
State of Wurttemburg
German Democratic Republic
Federal Republic of Germany (Reunited)
Republic of Ghana
British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Hellenic Republic
Republic of Guatemala
Republic of Haiti
Republic of Honduras
British Colony of Hong Kong
People's Republic of Hungary
Princely State of Jaipur (Feudatory)
Princely State of Hyderabad (Deccan) (Feudatory)
Princely State of Patiala (Convention)
Princely State of Jind (Convention)
Princely State of Cochin (Feudatory)
Princely State of Holkar(Indore) (Feudatory)
Princely State of Bundi (Feudatory)
Princely State of Kishangarh (Feudatory)
Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir (Feudatory)
Princely State of Travancore
Princely State of Gwalior (Convention)
Princely State of Soruth (Feudatory)
Republic of Indonesia
Ireland (Free State not including Northern Ireland)
State of Israel
Roman States (Papal States)
Kingdom of Italy
Republic of Italy
Ivory Coast (Independent)
Greater Japanese Empire
Republic of Kenya
Kenya
Republic of Korea (South)
State of Kuwait (Independent)
Republic of Latvia
Republic of Lebanon
Republic of Liberia
French Colony of Madagascar
Federated Malay States, Br. Colony of Singapore
Ind. Federation of Malaya
Federation of Malaysia
Malta (Independent Administration, Br. Rule)
United Mexican States
Principality of Monaco
Netherland Antilles – Curacao
Netherlands
Papua, Territory of the Commonwealth of Australia
New Zealand
Br. Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
Nigeria (Independent)
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Republic of Panama
Republic of Paraguay
Republic of Peru
Commonwealth of the Philippines
Republic of the Philippines
People's Republic of Poland
The Azores (Territory of Portugal)
Republic of Portugal
State of Qatar
Br. Colony of Southern Rhodesia (Self Governing)
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Federal Ream of the British Crown)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Br. Colony of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Independent State of Samoa
Republic of Sierra Leone
Singapore (Independent)
Slovak Republic
Br. Colony of Cape of Good Hope
Union of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Nevis
Republic of the Sudan
Dutch Colony of Suriname
Kingdom of Sweden
Syrian Republic
Syrian Arab Republic
British Colony of Tanganyika Territory
United Republic of Tanzania
Tanzania
Kingdom of Thailand
Togolese Republic
Br. Colony of Trinidad and Tobago
Umm al Qiwain
Republic of Turkey
Ukraine (Independent)
United Arab Republic
United Nations
United States of America
Canal Zone (US Administration)
Okinawa (US Administration)
Ryukyu Islands (US Administration)
Vatican City State
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Vietnam (Independent)
Western Samoa
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
British Protectorate of Zanzibar