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Posted 10/20/2023   8:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add GregAlex to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Sweetest little letter ever!
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Posted 11/30/2023   1:57 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Latest addition my collection of tiny (I define tiny as under 3.5") covers;

This cover measures 2 3/4" x 1 3/4" and was carried on a December 1935 experimental rocket mail (explains the small size) service from New Jersey across the river to NY, and then on to Joliet Ill via USPOD airmail.
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Posted 11/30/2023   2:02 pm  Show Profile Check revenuecollector's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add revenuecollector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Neat! Love the label.
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Posted 08/11/2025   11:46 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ZebraMan to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Not record breaking but here are some of my smallest covers. 3 1/2 x 2 1/8 (88mm x 53mm) for the smallest.
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Posted 09/19/2025   3:35 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add since1965 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
3 1/2-inch-wide Halloween invitation address to Hazel. Maybe Witch Hazel?
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Posted 09/19/2025   4:52 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Parcelpostguy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Neat, Rocket mail, carried outside the US post office.
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Posted 09/26/2025   4:41 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Lalo.Man to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Here is my smallest cover (2.48 in x 3.35 in)
Could use some help identifying it .
Does the black border make it a "Mourning Cover" ?
It is a perf 12 , I'm thinking it might be a Scotts 358. blue/grey
The postmark is Sept 29 , 1910
Scotts 332 first print was Nov 1908 earliest documented Dec 2 , 1908
Scotts 358 first print Feb 16 , 1909 earliest documented Feb 23 , 1909
Scotts 375 first print Nov 23 , 1910 earliest documented Dec 3 , 1910
It is to early to be a 375 and maybe to late to be a 332 . Im thinking 358 makes more sense
Any thoughts from the guild would be much appreciated






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Posted 09/26/2025   4:50 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Ellie88 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, black borders on envelopes and stamps indicate "mourning".
Which guild are you refering to?
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Posted 09/26/2025   5:59 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Lalo.Man to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
By guild I meant the whole Stamp'n Community all of us . I have three of these "Mourning Covers"
Wasn't to sure if they had their own category then I read scotzm's post and thought 0hh maybe I should ask . Thanks , any thoughts on what Scott number might be tied to my cover ?
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Posted 09/28/2025   7:17 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add since1965 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Business card mail.

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Posted 09/28/2025   10:07 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Parcelpostguy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Wow,since1965, as a Defense postal history collector, all I can say is wow (at least until you get 50 posts). Yes I do things beyond parcel post.
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Posted 09/30/2025   11:40 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add vagonbrei33 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Loving this thread! I didn't care much for covers until I stumbled upon these two in a random kiloware. They're just so cute and whimsical!

My first submission measures 4" x 3.5". Not that small compared to most of these but small enough for me!



This one is even smaller measuring 4" x 2". And it still has the original (presumably) wax seal on the back! I love it!



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Posted 10/05/2025   11:34 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add GregAlex to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I really like that one from Austria! It looks to be from the 1850s. Were there any contents?
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