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Stamped Envelope Albinos Through The Mails

 
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patg23
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Posted 06/11/2022   6:12 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add patg23 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Stamped envelope albinos through the mails.

One passed - One flagged for postage due.
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GregAlex
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That's quite interesting! In theory, albinos should be postally valid, just as any error stamp would be.
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jobi01
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The Post Master General is on record stating that albinos should be treated as normally stamped envelopes so the top one is ok and the handling post office screwed up on the bottom one. Not sure off hand which postal bulletin had the announcement.
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I have two or three albino envelopes used on registered covers one marked by sender(?) "postage inside". Are your covers totally albino; or, just folded backwards with the inked impression inside like my example? Will try to find it and post an image later.
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GregAlex
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It strikes me that the top one was clearly intended to create an oddity -- the sender couldn't have missed it. The lower one might have been done by a machine.
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GregAlex
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I was surprised to discover in an old cover album that I had a cancelled example myself! This one even came with an explanatory letter.



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patg23
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One more way for an 'albino" to go through the mail.

My guess:
They got knife cut. The inside envelope got stuck to the top envelope, then embossed, folded and sent on their way.
The inside seems as complete as the top, with top, bottom, and sides, but does not seem to have glue on the side flaps

Any other ideas as to how it would go through the process?
Thanks,
pat



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Here is an albino that went thru the mails that was marked "OK" by a postal worker (I have another albino and a badly smudged impression both also marked "OK").


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