Ordering Off The $1 Menu On Ebay.

Every now and then I like to go bottom feeding on the cover sites on ebay.
There are several sites that have thousands of covers starting at $1. It's fun digging through them looking for treasure.

Of course one mans treasure to another one is trash. (so good for me)

Here are a few I recently received. I enjoy unusual and interesting.
Inexpensive way to spend a few hours.


San Jacinto Monument, Tex.: Mrs.Margaret S. McLean PM (Sept. 12, 1941)
Miss Jacolyn Alexander. PM changed (Dec. 31,1941)
Saw one reference was DPO 1967

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jacinto_Monument


I just liked the tied registration labels front and back.
Does anyone figure the red pencil marks are part of the postal process (registration) or just someones scribbles?




Always like a nice "Blue Flea" on cover. This one a few months into its use.
Discussion post
https://goscf.com/t/11081
(Referenced in above)
http://www.germanyphilatelicsociety...y/thumbnails

Company label "PAN" on reverse.



Nice US Civil Censorship roller - Munich



This one a bit grim.
Sender had asked for a last day of service postmark.
Seems the Loring office had been closed since April 17 due to the death of the Postmaster and no one else wanted the job.





Wanted an example on cover for the occupation.
Germany occupied Belgium from November 1914 to the end of the war on 11 November 1918
I think the blue cancel is a censor mark, but can't quite make it out.

Auslandstelle : Foreign Office
Freigegeben : released

vayolene:
Very nice & info much appreciated.
pat

Beautiful pieces of history!

Very interesting Patg, thanks for posting these. These are a great way to see history as it was lived by people day to day.

Here in my small town they're having to close the post office some days when they are short of people to deliver the mail. I guess there's precedent!

More off the $1 menu: Do it for fun!
pat

Nothing special on these, I liked the postage variety.

Not absolutely sure, but I think on mixed franking you would price to the highest single issue for the cover??

Briefe Katalog Deuthsland : Letters Catalogue Germany 2005/2006

Postcard rate (Inland):
Ortsverkehr = local
Fernverkehr = long distance - For time frame (1/1/22-1/7/22) 125Pf. (Before inflation took off.)

One copy = EF Some single use issues can be quite pricey.
More than one (same) = MeF
Mix of diff. stamps = MiF .

+5pf. - PAPIERPREISZUSCHLAG = Paper price surcharge on Postal Card







A long but interesting read on RPO service.
https://libsysdigi.library.illinois...yo00long.pdf
A nice cancel. - St. Paul & Spokane 3rd. Div. RPO

Town dump? "A BARE FACED STEAL"



OPP Doane Nov. 1, 1907 TYPE 2 No..1 14 Feb 1907 - 23 Dec 1911

Unityville - Hughesville - Muncy - Opp



Can drive it now in 24 min. Not sure if the PO can beat the one day service today.

Looking for $1 cards to add to the various sub-collections is always fun.
pat

A few more just received:


Confidence is an unincorporated community on State Route 108 in Tuolumne County, California, United States, with a population of 50 people. The town sits at an average elevation of 4,200 feet.
If you're familiar with going up 108 past Twain Harte, you know the "Confidence curve".
Confidence PO moved to Sonora in 1925


Nice Flag Cancel: In use 1922-1926.


Airmail etiquette tied on cover. (Northwest Airlines)


Nice big pointing hand.

Wonder if the1/2¢ really moved the cover from California to Illinois, or was a favor hand-back? No other sigh of postal transit or received cancel.
https://www.militarybases.us/navy/n...ente-island/

you have a good eye for interesting covers.

The one from Antwerp in the original post:

Valued friend Lollenveld,
Would you be so kind to inform me what you, maybe, could find out about the current position of the SS "Lynton Grange" that, according to the most recent received message, on 26 August 1914 arrived in Newport News from Rosario. Maybe, in due time, you could also write me something regarding the "President Bunge." We, already for considerable time, remain without news from my nephew/cousin (same word in Dutch) Paul Wansel(?).
Thanks in advance and best greetings,
Yours sincerely (literally "devotedly yours") PH(?) Verbeek

The company:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal...terdam_Lloyd

NSK- Thanks for the translation and information. Always nice to find out more details,
pat