Scott 65 Collection/Collectors

I love these and a very nice selection you have there! Here is a site you may find quite interesting?

http://www.3cent1861.com/

I see this mistake creeping up more and more often, and wish to set the record straight from time to time. Please pardon an aside from the theme of this thread.




The US Postal Service was created in 1971 from a previously existing government entity. Prior to that it was called the Post Office Department, reflecting its status as an arm of government, funded by taxes and fiscally accountable to the administration through a cabinet post, the Postmaster General who was appointed by the President.

The Postal Service is now privately funded and no longer the kind of protected arm of government that the POD had been. Nor is it subject to the vicissitudes of Congressional oversight for all its fiscal operations, as it was under the old structure.

It is as anachronistic to speak of the "Postal Service" in the 19th century as it is to refer to the Postal Service of today as the "Post Office Department." The buildings are still called by the old name, but the organization has changed. This is no slam against SavStamp, who is not alone in making this slip. I just think that as philatelists we should be clear about that, since we have a century and a half of literature that only knew of the POD.

Wow that's wonderful material you have assembled! Of course I'm partial to the Jersey shore cancellations as that's both where I hail from and my collections focus as I specialize in my hometown as far as covers and postal history are concerned anyway. Do a site search for Jersey Shore and you'll see your cancels on cover.

I_Love_Stamps - thank you for the link to the 3c 1860s issue site - wonderful color information. I would also love to have the Jersey Shore star cancels on cover!

Hello I am needing some information on a stamp I have. I know it is a Scott #65. It is on the original envelope of a letter to family from an imprisioned soilder in Charleston back home to NY. I have the letter and envelope with stamp. I was told the stamp was not valuable, only the letter itself. Can anyone please help me out. I feel it's worth something as well. Thanks in advance.

It is important to keep them together. The letter is probably worth more than the cover (envelope) but together they are worth more than apart and it preserves a bit of history.

Thank you so much for sharing this part of your collection, and the pages you have organized.

The comments that followed, regarding organization, are an invaluable input. I am, at the moment, struggling on how to organize my collection. The first part of it, at least through the 1800's - 1900's, was mostly collected by my great-grandfather. He collected for the cancels.

Seeing how other philatelists put their collections together, is of great help. I also enjoyed seeing the #65's you have, since I do not have any, and the cancels on them.

abranch1517 - I agree with KRelyea, your cover and letter would be best kept intact/together - even if the stamp is a common 65 (which may or may not be the case - it's hard to tell the color from the picture).

cet_gg - thank you, if you are referring to my pages shown! This stamp and the cancels found on stamps of this era are among my favorites to study and classify. My study will ever be continuing...

orstampman, yes, I was referring to your pages. It appears, thanks to Gramps, my study will also 'ever be continuing...' I look forward to learning from you, and others, of the cancels, as I move forward, in getting this collection in order.