Evidently the post office did as long as proper postage was applied to cover the new postage fees.
there should be no problem with reusing an envelope where stamps, now demonetized by the cancel, are present.
I do this quite often, and am always sure to present to a clerk and have them hand stamp things; I usually place new postage in a way that distances itself from original postage
I wish I had known this a long time ago! I've had numerous opportunities where I could have doubled a collecting recipient's enjoyment of my mailings. It would have been worth it to stand in line and get the handstamps........at least once in a while.................
There has to be a whole area of collecting on this subject. During war years, reuse of envelopes was highly encouraged.... Hopefully I can post a few examples before this tread goes stale.
A few minutes ago, as I was making approval books, I just came across this (front only) Penny Red over a 12.5c Canadian....
our friend Bob Ingraham has a collection of re-used covers, all with the idea of war-time economies.
our other friend, Lars, has made an art of re-using covers to make something special become glorious
I just reuse things because I'm frugal, think it useful, and am trying to keep my footprint small (and what's visible all the more interesting).
David
Ahhh yes......Lars will take things to the Nth degree.......
As far as reuse and recycle..... I have been toying with the idea of taking my over-sized covers and priority box fronts and making binder covers. I don't have one (yet) that I'm completely satisfied with enough to show off.
Mike
I thought it might be fun to share this card. I bought it on eBay and the seller included the Linn's article. Back when I got it I Googled the addresses and found that many of them didn't exist any more. In fact some of them where downtown on streets now lined with tall office buildings. Progress!
I downloaded this cover from a facebook group. It seems that it was sent from the University of Missouri to the University of Wyoming originally, then some time later, the University of Wyoming re-used it to send to Germany. A meter was used and placed over the original cancel, but left the original stamp visible. Would the Post Office allow a visibly used stamp to remain on the cover the second time around?
re: Recycled Envelopes
Evidently the post office did as long as proper postage was applied to cover the new postage fees.
re: Recycled Envelopes
there should be no problem with reusing an envelope where stamps, now demonetized by the cancel, are present.
I do this quite often, and am always sure to present to a clerk and have them hand stamp things; I usually place new postage in a way that distances itself from original postage
re: Recycled Envelopes
I wish I had known this a long time ago! I've had numerous opportunities where I could have doubled a collecting recipient's enjoyment of my mailings. It would have been worth it to stand in line and get the handstamps........at least once in a while.................
re: Recycled Envelopes
There has to be a whole area of collecting on this subject. During war years, reuse of envelopes was highly encouraged.... Hopefully I can post a few examples before this tread goes stale.
A few minutes ago, as I was making approval books, I just came across this (front only) Penny Red over a 12.5c Canadian....
re: Recycled Envelopes
our friend Bob Ingraham has a collection of re-used covers, all with the idea of war-time economies.
our other friend, Lars, has made an art of re-using covers to make something special become glorious
I just reuse things because I'm frugal, think it useful, and am trying to keep my footprint small (and what's visible all the more interesting).
David
re: Recycled Envelopes
Ahhh yes......Lars will take things to the Nth degree.......
As far as reuse and recycle..... I have been toying with the idea of taking my over-sized covers and priority box fronts and making binder covers. I don't have one (yet) that I'm completely satisfied with enough to show off.
Mike
re: Recycled Envelopes
I thought it might be fun to share this card. I bought it on eBay and the seller included the Linn's article. Back when I got it I Googled the addresses and found that many of them didn't exist any more. In fact some of them where downtown on streets now lined with tall office buildings. Progress!