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Two First Day Covers I Didn't Know I Had!

 
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Posted 03/07/2009   7:19 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add chicken to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I found a couple Alexandria, Virginia bicentennial first day covers today.

This one is addressed to my father, and is a bit crumpled:



The one addressed to my grandmother is in much better shape:



I had no idea I had either of these until I found them this afternoon, while looking for something else among some old family pictures and letters.
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Posted 03/07/2009   7:22 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Dianne Earl to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Great covers chicken

Are'nt surprizes wonderful.

Dianne
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Posted 03/07/2009   7:54 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add chicken to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, makes me want to go through tons of old stuff to see if there are any other surprises lurking!
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Posted 03/07/2009   8:41 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add t360 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Great find! Is your Dad a stamp collector too?
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Posted 03/07/2009   10:24 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add chicken to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
When I expressed interest in stamp collecting as a child, my Dad is the one who got me an album and instructed me on the basics to get started. I believe he did collect stamps when he was younger, but I have no idea how extensively, or what happened to his collection. He died when I was 13, and this is one of those questions I never got a chance to ask.
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Posted 03/08/2009   3:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nuggethill to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Good find Chicken (or can I call you Chook ),It never seems to amaze me the stuff we end up with from passed relatives,I was going through some boxes that I received from my father's estate when he pass away a few years ago and found a dinning room manifest from the S.S.Taipai,My grandmother served on this ship as a nursing matron.
regards Harry
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Posted 03/08/2009   9:23 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add e7sara to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hi Chicken,

Do you think they knew anything about the collectability of first day covers or was it just a happy coincidence?
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Posted 03/09/2009   9:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add chicken to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
e7sara, my guess is that they were interested in these particular first day covers because my grandmother lived in Alexandria, VA.
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