Prexie Advertising Covers

Thanks, Don!

And some more

Thank you for posting the lovely covers Hal.
I really enjoyed the various advertising and mixed usages!

Thanks, Ciletaliph… and I welcome you and ALL SCF stamp collectors. I'd like you to get to know a little more about the Prexie issue and introducing its postal history, to those who know about Prexie Postal History and would enjoy seeing more please click on the link below.

The link takes you to a presentation
The Presidential Issue of 1938: A Look at Rates & Usages

Illustrating "what" the stamps were issued to do…
and what they were not.
You'll see some very unusual usages.
You'll see the scarce, the uncommon,
the illogical and mind-boggling. Some humorous.
Some historical others serious.
Most, more than a little interesting.
Cover-nuts - - sit back and enjoy!
Non-cover nuts, see why we love covers
and postal history.

click on the link and sit back and enjoy: http://www.lcps-stamps.org/page5/fi...esof1938.pdf

And blcjr, and others seeking to learn what "postal history is about" or what other collecting areas "…may be explored" this presentation may just peak your interest to further explore this great subject." )(Hope this link works!)

Any questions -- please ask. The fun of collecting is sharing knowledge!

Hal, I enjoyed reading through the prexie history you provided. Great presentation. Thank you.

Hal,

I meant no disrespect to hy-brasil, and am sorry you took it that way. So yeah, let's move on. I'm enjoying the covers you are posting, and as I said, you've given me some insight into the attraction of prexies. I'm especially interested in any examples of unusual or significant rate usage. That's actually of more interest to me than the advertising corner cards. Don't misunderstand, I get the interest in advertising covers. A nice thing about philately is that it is such a huge "tent," with an almost unlimited variety of things to focus or specialize in. (One of my sub-interests is patriotic meter slogans of WW II.) But rate usage always interests me because I know it is one area I don't know too much about (outside of US airmails, special delivery, registered mail).

Basil

Hal - very nice display! I've always been attracted to prexie covers.

I hope I can take advantage of your knowledge. I understand that the 1 1/2¢ solo coil is uncommon on cover, but is it the horizontal or vertical coil?

1.5 cent Martha Washington coil on undated 3rd class mailing for the Sugar Creek Creamery.


Leap Day, February 29, 1940, a good day for coffee


The Purdue Band - another 1940 leap day cover.


A tabbed 3x5 card intended to get saved in the file-box. Not a very fancy ad, but it did get saved.

This "blind" (no date in its machine cancel) Prexie advertising window cover is from Stoll Stamp Service in Louisville, Kentucky probably around 1940.

I wonder if they were a philatelic stamp service......

--Jim
stampguyaps177-681

More Ad covers

OK, I admit it … I like covers just a little bit

John,
The "BACHMAN SISTERS" was a fantastic "direct response" advertising card and device. Thanks for posting that one, as well as the others. No wonder it was saved from all the other "junk mail" of there period.

Hal

Couple of Railroad covers.