Never Seen A Cover Like This...?

hi guys..i know its not valuable, but can anyone tell me about this cover..?

Robert

I can't tell the maker, but it's probably on back. Fleetwood perhaps? It's a philatelic creation that was probably part of a much larger set - maybe even sold by subscription at an inflated cost. These days you can find them in dealer's $1 boxes as the after market demand is weak.

Aside from the fact that an envelope is used in the creation, I even hesitate to call this a cover - there's no postmark nor is there even a stamp actually affixed to the envelope. The 22kt gold is electroplated with probably just a few cents worth of gold. Something this is usually produced and sold to non-collectors. It's akin to framing stamps for decoration.

This is a 'Special' collection set produced (I think) by Postal Commemorative Society, advertised as a wonderful heirloom for collectors. Other than minimum value stamp w/ gold foil replica, Battlestamps is correct in that the value would be $1 at best (if you have the complete maybe less per unit.

Thanks guys.

Robert

Definitely Postal Commemorative Society. In fact, searching ebay brings up many of them showing an "asking price" of between $5 to $10, with no bids. One that did sell, sold 27 of them for $5.99, an average of 23 cents each:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/27-Great-Am...047675.l2557

There's a pawn shop here in town that has been tryin' to sell a whole bunch of those for about 2 years.
I offered $0.50 a piece, they declined and still have them. Maybe I'll go back and re-offer at $0.25 ea., then go up to 0.30, and use ebay as a comp.