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Show Me Your Airmail Covers, Envelope Designs

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DonSellos
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Posted 11/20/2019   07:14 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add DonSellos to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Moving to a category of borders that incorporate stars in the design. This 1928 first-flight cover used a paste-on strip of alternating rectangles and stars to designate the envelope as airmail.
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zepman
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Posted 11/21/2019   08:35 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add zepman to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Can go all day with stars.


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DonSellos
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Posted 11/22/2019   08:51 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add DonSellos to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
A star in each corner.
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DonSellos
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Posted 11/26/2019   07:57 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add DonSellos to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
A few stars to emphasize the Via Air Mail marking.
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zepman
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Posted 11/26/2019   09:25 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add zepman to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Variations on the theme



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Laurie 02
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Posted 11/26/2019   3:36 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Laurie 02 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
One of the most understated first flight covers I have ever seen!



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zepman
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Posted 11/26/2019   8:57 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add zepman to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I love that design, so Art Deco!
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Laurie 02
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Posted 11/26/2019   10:07 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Laurie 02 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Me too zepman and I have yet to see similar? There must be others out there.
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DonSellos
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Posted 11/27/2019   4:42 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add DonSellos to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
A few stars inside the top bar for decoration.
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DonSellos
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Another cover with just a few stars to separate the corner and center lines. This design is also fully reporduced on the reverse and I show it to illustrate R. Courtney's observation about how much of the border design's impact is lost due to the clutter caused by stamps, postmark, address, and cachet.

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ubiyca
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Posted 11/29/2019   12:50 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ubiyca to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Very nice stuff!
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Laurie 02
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Here's one I found I hope it's airmail!


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DonSellos
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Posted 12/02/2019   07:38 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add DonSellos to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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Here's one I found I hope it's airmail!


Hi Laurie;

I think a "free" franked letter would have gone surface mail, but, for me, still a nice cover for the "keep 'em flying" slogan bottom left. I have a small collection of those too. I would not categorize the inscription in the top left as an airmail designation, but rather "military service specific" stationery.

Don
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DonSellos
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A border with stars separating the lines at the corners and centers similar to the one posted on 11/29 above, except the lines on this cover are made with small rectangles and the border is not repeated on the reverse.
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DonSellos
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A couple of shooting stars designs five years apart. The design repeats on the reverse of both covers.

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