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I bought this entire sheet of 50 Independent Postal System of America stamps in an antigue shop for $1.00. Anyone else run across these.  |
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That is the Independent Postal System of America from their first issues (1969 or 1970). The first issues were in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cent. |
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For someone who has never seen them before, this excerpt from Wiki helps to explain the stamps: Quote:
In 1968, Thomas M. Murray (1927 - 2003) founded the Independent Postal System of America (IPSA)[2] as a nation-wide commercial carrier of Third and Fourth Class Mail, in direct competition with the United States Post Office (USPO), now the United States Postal Service (USPS). But in 1971, when the company entered the First Class delivery business, they endured a number of lawsuits brought against them, which finally led to the company's collapse in the mid 1970's. The company issued a number of stamps during the years of its operation, including commemoratives for Lyndon B. Johnson, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Charles Lindbergh before the USPS did. |
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A stamp dealer (from the past), who I knew personally, Roger Koerber of Southfield, Michigan, was the person behind the design, printing, promotion and sale of the IPSA stamps. Roger designed the IPSA stamps and then had them printed at the DeLaRue Company in England.
After the stamps were delivered to Southfield, Roger embarked in an extensive marketing campaign in LINNS, Western Stamp Collector, and other stamp papers of the time, offering stamps and First Day Covers. Some parcels and mail bearing IPSA stamps were "philatelically" used (travelled) between Southfield, Mi. and Salt Lake City, Utah IPSA offices; these were shown in LINNS or Western Stamp Collector in news releases -- they never officially carried mail in the US postal system. The "IPSA First Day Covers" and stamps that exist today were all conveyed by one stamp dealer--Roger Koerber.
IPSA attempted to fight the USPS monopoly on Mail Service in the courts on the same grounds that Federal Express and United Parcel had won its cases on the 4th Class Parcel Post, however, IPSA lost their case and was shut-down by the USPS.
Coverage of IPSA can be found in back issues of LINNS and Western Stamp Collector (and probably other stamp papers) during the period; from the start-up, press releases, lawsuit, and the eventual demise. Roger Koerber attempted to dispose of the stock IPSA stamps and First Day Covers for several years afterwards.
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Okay, I guess that I am lucky that no one took me up on the stealth giveaway, above.
A set of clean, unaddressed FDCs of the 5c-10c-25c went for U$D 42 at auction by Sam Houston Philatelics, 08 July 2015, lot #396.
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Nice, too bad I was not part of this Forum at the time of the Stealth Giveaway - I would have raised my hand for them.
I'm sure they'll have a nice home in your collection.
And yet another informative thread on the Forum has been digested by Stampalotapus.
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