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Posted 07/10/2014   06:04 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add LarryBruce to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Tiny Letters - humm smurf mail?


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Posted 07/10/2014   12:50 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Jenny2U to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I like smurf mail Here'a few of my favorites:

1. "Ladies" embossed cover c. 1855 (2 1/4" x 3 1/2")



2. First flight CAM 9 1928 (2 3/4" x 3 3/4")



3. First flight USS Macon 1933 (2 1/4" x 5")



4. And the smallest envelope I have ever seen. Charity label probably early 1900s (1 1/4" x 2")



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Posted 07/10/2014   1:11 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stampcrow to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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Posted 07/10/2014   1:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Although I am not A FAM collector I held onto this kind of ratty cover for two reasons.

First, its diminutive 4" x 2.5" size.

Second, I believe it is actually the Earliest Known Use for a U509.

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Posted 07/10/2014   1:21 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Jenny2U to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Interesting - both first flight covers look like they were addressed by the same hand.





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Posted 07/10/2014   1:27 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add 51studebaker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, E.C. Titus is well known for these type covers.
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Posted 07/10/2014   3:51 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stallzer to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
About the size of a block of 4 PP stamps

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Posted 07/10/2014   7:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add I Brake For Stamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
There is a place that makes them to go. For occasions.

http://www.leafcutterdesigns.com/sh...letters.html


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Posted 07/13/2014   12:17 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add pjsstamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I got this! It is less than 1-1/2 x 2-3/4 and it is an actual envelope. I have scanned the back to show the envelope flaps.





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