Bulk Rate Permit #1 Brooklyn New York:

Posting because No 1 of anything is usually interesting:




Going by the prints, Grandma Moses Properties, Inc., N.Y.C. was the permit holder.

It is interesting. I'd venture to guess you'd be hard pressed to find another cover with a Permit No. 1 and P.O. Box 1, from Brooklyn, 1, NY!

That's three 1's in a row!

Thanks, wt1, I did not notice the other 1s. Do you know when the Bulk Rate classification of mail was established?

I don't know when bulk rate mail was established by that name, as it was also known as Third Class Mail, but I imagine it is quite dated.

As for the prints shown with the envelope container, it is reasonable to suggest that it dates back to the 1950s baesd on the fact that the return address shows "Brooklyn 1, NY", suggesting that it would have to be after 1943 (when Zone Codes were first introduced) and before 1963 (when five-digit ZIP Codes were implemented).

For what it's worth, here's a similar offering that recently sold on ebay showing the same prints and the same envelope. The seller suggests that the item is dated to the 1950s, which also sounds reasonable.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Set-of-4-Vi...047675.l2557

I suspect the item was a "mail in offer" from a newspaper or magazine promotion.

wt1, Thanks again.

Grandma Moses Properties, Inc. was founded in 1940. Her work really did not begin to gain this kind of attention until after the war, so about 1950 is probably pretty accurate. Amazing story, getting noticed at 78.

I wonder if it takes a LOOOOOONG time to get them? lol (sorry, I just couldn't resist)