A138 And A139

Interesting information, Russ. Thanks!

By the way, here's the link where I picked up the cover image I posted. The seller has it described as a Cummins postmark rather than an International Postal Supply Co. Model D32. I guess it's just a mistake in their listing:

http://www.postalhistorystore.com/s...cific/Detail

wt1, the Cummins actually replaced the International in late 1910 and was in service until early 1913.

I would just like to say "thank-you" again to all that posted.

The information that you mentioned is fantastic and very much appreciated.

I have a few more here and I will give it a rest for now.

Take good care for now and hopefully talk again.

The Canadian card with the precancel "3100" is from Hamilton, Ontario.

The card "From the Home of Shredded Wheat" from Niagara Falls was recently discussed in SCF. Check out this thread for more information on that item:

https://goscf.com/t/22674&SearchTer...redded,wheat

To soak or not to soak, that is the question..... to paraphrase the bard.

Although today's collectors prefer entire covers, up until the 1970s a lot of collectors would trim the envelope down to a rectangle which showed just the stamp and postmark. Of course, doing so removed the corner card (return address), the address to which the letter was mailed and any ancillary postal markings.

If it's on a cover which is damaged, but it has a clear and interesting postmark, town or DPO (discontinued post office), cut it down to the stamp and full postmark. If it's a clean cover, or there are other postal markings, keep the whole thing as a cover. There's plenty of used single stamps out there; do we need more?