Thanks for the really great question that had me thinking hard...
First I thought about my motorcycle related collection and a US cover from 1903 with advertising for MARSH motorcycles... then a motorcycle cover I have from France from 1900 because it was the oldest motorcycle related item I have... then something happened I didn't expect.
I remembered a cover I got from my father. It is postmarked "10 Jan 1868" and addressed to "Mrs Eliza Bedggood, Waimate, Bay of Islands" and it has a perferated full face Queen New Zealand stamp.
All that is ok, but what makes it my favorite is that my name is Gavin Bedggood and Eliza is my great great great grandmother.

Regards
Gavin
New Zealand, still living in the Bay of Islands!
