Here Are Some Recent Finds/Purchases

Hope you enjoy. The 2 large envelopes I gave front and back pictures.

Form PS 301 postal savings is there anything of interest on its other side? If so, image please.

Hi Hoosierboy nothing on backside. This was an unused example. I have never seen one before and will be put in my collection as supplemental
material. I assume this was kept at the post office of the account holder. I make this assumption base on the text on the flap.

Instruction 1 on the front is clear that the depositor keeps the envelope and its contents as their deposits accumulate or change.
From the flap, if the depositor loses it, any finder should turn it over to the post office for return.

It was never intended to go through the mail, to be postmarked, etc.

For those not bringing the entire envelope/contents to the post office, they might carry this account number reminder card with them, the size of a standard business card:

I've received some great covers on recent purchases - I'll share those when I get home - for now, here are some of my favorite recently purchased covers.

I am not sure where this fits in my album, but it was just too gorgeous to pass up. The National Parks stamps of the 1930s are, in my opinion, the most undervalued main series US stamps. (The 19th century US revenues come in first overall, in my mind.)

It's got everything. Cancels that only cover a bit of the stamp, lovely paper, clean registration stamp, gorgeous penmanship, and a clean set of cancels on reverse documenting the transit of it to the recipient.




As for this, the reverse of the cover just made me smile.



Finally, this one simply intrigues me. Did it every actually reach Australia with only 1 cent of postage? There are no further markings than what is seen here.

Re: Grand Central Station to Australia:
Would have contained printed matter, which went unsealed, 3rd class. It is fully paid, even to Australia!
Normal procedure would have the date removed from the machine dial.

John -

Thank you for that information! I had no idea. Is that why one sometimes sees cancels with only the year on them?

Christopher

Yes, lower rate of postage + no date very often means printed matter, 3rd class, junk mail rates.

Here are some more covers of mine. Hope all enjoy and comment on any that you like. I will post in groups of 5 unless I show the back.

here is the next group. I wish the last cover had actually been mailed.

here is the next group.

Hoped you enjoyed the covers.

The airagram only has a message from the sender to the addressee to check this for his collection.

I really like the stamp-shaped frame that Osborne used. Also, yay for all the Ohio covers!

I'm new to the forum, but love to collect US covers related to music. This is my latest acquisition, a 1908 advertising cover from the Wm Knabe piano manufacturer. I am looking forward to sharing more in the future.

MusicalStamps, be sure to use the search SCF function (button near top of page) and search "music on stamps" and then go from there.