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JohnnyRockets
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20 Jun 2018
04:03:39pm
Hi all,

Anyone collect by State?

I just started collecting all the Michigan stamps.

There are 217.

Just wondered if anyone else did this? It's a cool way to learn about a state or even your own state (if you live in the US).

My next Target will be our Southern neighbor of Ohio, and then Indiana.


Happy

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20 Jun 2018
04:40:03pm
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Sounds like a good idea, Johnny! I tried to check out stamps by English county - mine was Dorset.

There was 1.

Hope you have better luck. Happy

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dell4c

20 Jun 2018
05:58:22pm

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how did you determine the list? is there a site that has it?

thanks
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JohnnyRockets
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20 Jun 2018
09:12:36pm
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Hi Bob,

I'm a member of the ATA.

If you go here, you can see some of the "lists" that they offer for a very inexpensive amount.

Not sure if you can go here? http://americantopicalassn.org/pdf/checklists/alphabetical20180508.pdf


Johnny

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BermudaSailor
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20 Jun 2018
09:53:12pm
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The APS has a free set of Michigan album pages available on their web site.

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20 Jun 2018
09:56:27pm
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Good point, David!

Here's the link;


https://stamps.org/userfiles/file/albums/Michigan.pdf

And here is the supplement to it;

https://stamps.org/userfiles/file/albums/MichiganSupplement.pdf


Free to download and print!

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JohnnyRockets
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21 Jun 2018
07:16:05am
re: Collecting by State? Michigan

Hi all,

I was also going to post a link to those pages as well on Stamps.org!

I am using that Michigan album (on Stamps.org) as a "springboard" for my Michigan collecting.

The thing I am finding about the ATA lists is that they are SUPER comprehensive, to the point of not being fully related to Michigan in my way of thinking (my opinion only).

So I will probably only collect a subset of the ATA number of 217 for Michigan.

Mostly the ones that I would consider "Pure Michigan". Laughing That's a Michigan pun.


JR

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Tom in Exton, PA

21 Jun 2018
07:43:44pm
re: Collecting by State? Michigan

Hi Johnny. Speaking of state collections!

I live in Pennsylvania but I'm from New Jersey. As a lad I started a collection of New Jersey covers. When I got back to collecting a few years ago, I got back into this boyhood collection.

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Once I got going with the two pocket pages, I decided to create a comprehensive album... well I'm up to six albums so far.

The Barnegat Light cover is one of the originals I created as a kid. I started at "A" and was mailing covers to post offices for cancellation.

The Barnegat Park cover is rare, the post office was only open for 10 years about 120 years ago. So I grabbed it for less than $8, even though it's stained and mouse chewed. Never know when or IF I'll see another one. And if I do, I can always replace it!

The list I started in Excel has 2188 entries of post offices, discontinued post offices and name variations. Of those I have 746 or 34% of the total I am striving for.



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22 Jun 2018
10:47:57am
re: Collecting by State? Michigan

I had a suspicion Tom would talk about postal history and now I have to chime in as well.

I collect covers from each of Minnesota's post offices, and some other specialties like RFD cancels and National Airmail Week covers.

Here is an entry from my Minnesota collection.

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Before you say anything about the page being off kilter or not quite right, this was just a test run as I was planning out how I wanted my album to look.

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Tom in Exton, PA

22 Jun 2018
11:53:33am
re: Collecting by State? Michigan

That's cool Len!

I just started to crank out my pages this past month. I had done the design work a while back but never got to it! The covers were all just sitting in the two pocket pages. Some of the postmarks were faint and took some identifying every time I looked at my albums. With over 750 towns, it was time!




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15 Jul 2018
11:35:24am
re: Collecting by State? Michigan

"Anyone collect by State?

I just started collecting all the Michigan stamps.

There are 217.

Just wondered if anyone else did this? It's a cool way to learn about a state or even your own state (if you live in the US).

My next Target will be our Southern neighbor of Ohio, and then Indiana.


Happy

JR"



Jr, I plan on settling in the Grand Rapids area after retirement, in a couple years, and I have started a cover collection relating to the city. I've only got these few right now:

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GO BLUE

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15 Jul 2018
04:22:53pm

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If you want Michigan precancels ..just whistle !

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JohnnyRockets
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15 Jul 2018
05:34:17pm
re: Collecting by State? Michigan

Hi Youpiao,

Those are GREAT! Really nice set!


Hi Phil,

Not sure what that means, "precancel"... I'm a novice... So still learning.


Thanks!


JR

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15 Jul 2018
05:57:15pm
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Let me copy and paste from wikipedia, just to save time typing out an explanation.

"A precanceled stamp, or precancel for short, is a postage stamp that has been cancelled before being affixed to mail.

Precanceled stamps are typically used by mass mailers, who can save the postal system time and effort by prearranging to use the precancels, and delivering the stamped mail ready for sorting. Precancels were also used on newspaper wrappers in Canada, Austria and Great Britain. The postal administration will typically offer an incentive in the form of a reduced price for precanceled stamps in volume. Precancels cannot normally be purchased by the general public, although they are often seen in one's daily mail."

Most of the time you can identify a precancel by the 2 lines across the face, as shown. There may or may not be a city printed with it.

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15 Jul 2018
06:00:08pm
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As mentioned at the end of the wiki, the general public cannot buy these, and because the mail has to be presented in bulk by a commercial mailer, a regular Joe would not be able to reuse a precancel on his own mail.

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15 Jul 2018
06:26:38pm
re: Collecting by State? Michigan

Thank you for that great explanation!

That really helps!


JR

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JohnnyRockets

20 Jun 2018
04:03:39pm

Hi all,

Anyone collect by State?

I just started collecting all the Michigan stamps.

There are 217.

Just wondered if anyone else did this? It's a cool way to learn about a state or even your own state (if you live in the US).

My next Target will be our Southern neighbor of Ohio, and then Indiana.


Happy

JR

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Guthrum

20 Jun 2018
04:40:03pm

re: Collecting by State? Michigan

Sounds like a good idea, Johnny! I tried to check out stamps by English county - mine was Dorset.

There was 1.

Hope you have better luck. Happy

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dell4c

20 Jun 2018
05:58:22pm

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how did you determine the list? is there a site that has it?

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Bob

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JohnnyRockets

20 Jun 2018
09:12:36pm

re: Collecting by State? Michigan

Hi Bob,

I'm a member of the ATA.

If you go here, you can see some of the "lists" that they offer for a very inexpensive amount.

Not sure if you can go here? http://americantopicalassn.org/pdf/checklists/alphabetical20180508.pdf


Johnny

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BermudaSailor

20 Jun 2018
09:53:12pm

re: Collecting by State? Michigan

The APS has a free set of Michigan album pages available on their web site.

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20 Jun 2018
09:56:27pm

re: Collecting by State? Michigan

Good point, David!

Here's the link;


https://stamps.org/userfiles/file/albums/Michigan.pdf

And here is the supplement to it;

https://stamps.org/userfiles/file/albums/MichiganSupplement.pdf


Free to download and print!

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JohnnyRockets

21 Jun 2018
07:16:05am

re: Collecting by State? Michigan

Hi all,

I was also going to post a link to those pages as well on Stamps.org!

I am using that Michigan album (on Stamps.org) as a "springboard" for my Michigan collecting.

The thing I am finding about the ATA lists is that they are SUPER comprehensive, to the point of not being fully related to Michigan in my way of thinking (my opinion only).

So I will probably only collect a subset of the ATA number of 217 for Michigan.

Mostly the ones that I would consider "Pure Michigan". Laughing That's a Michigan pun.


JR

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Tom in Exton, PA
21 Jun 2018
07:43:44pm

re: Collecting by State? Michigan

Hi Johnny. Speaking of state collections!

I live in Pennsylvania but I'm from New Jersey. As a lad I started a collection of New Jersey covers. When I got back to collecting a few years ago, I got back into this boyhood collection.

Image Not Found

Once I got going with the two pocket pages, I decided to create a comprehensive album... well I'm up to six albums so far.

The Barnegat Light cover is one of the originals I created as a kid. I started at "A" and was mailing covers to post offices for cancellation.

The Barnegat Park cover is rare, the post office was only open for 10 years about 120 years ago. So I grabbed it for less than $8, even though it's stained and mouse chewed. Never know when or IF I'll see another one. And if I do, I can always replace it!

The list I started in Excel has 2188 entries of post offices, discontinued post offices and name variations. Of those I have 746 or 34% of the total I am striving for.



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22 Jun 2018
10:47:57am

re: Collecting by State? Michigan

I had a suspicion Tom would talk about postal history and now I have to chime in as well.

I collect covers from each of Minnesota's post offices, and some other specialties like RFD cancels and National Airmail Week covers.

Here is an entry from my Minnesota collection.

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Before you say anything about the page being off kilter or not quite right, this was just a test run as I was planning out how I wanted my album to look.

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Tom in Exton, PA
22 Jun 2018
11:53:33am

re: Collecting by State? Michigan

That's cool Len!

I just started to crank out my pages this past month. I had done the design work a while back but never got to it! The covers were all just sitting in the two pocket pages. Some of the postmarks were faint and took some identifying every time I looked at my albums. With over 750 towns, it was time!




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youpiao

15 Jul 2018
11:35:24am

re: Collecting by State? Michigan

"Anyone collect by State?

I just started collecting all the Michigan stamps.

There are 217.

Just wondered if anyone else did this? It's a cool way to learn about a state or even your own state (if you live in the US).

My next Target will be our Southern neighbor of Ohio, and then Indiana.


Happy

JR"



Jr, I plan on settling in the Grand Rapids area after retirement, in a couple years, and I have started a cover collection relating to the city. I've only got these few right now:

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GO BLUE

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15 Jul 2018
04:22:53pm

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If you want Michigan precancels ..just whistle !

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JohnnyRockets

15 Jul 2018
05:34:17pm

re: Collecting by State? Michigan

Hi Youpiao,

Those are GREAT! Really nice set!


Hi Phil,

Not sure what that means, "precancel"... I'm a novice... So still learning.


Thanks!


JR

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youpiao

15 Jul 2018
05:57:15pm

re: Collecting by State? Michigan

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Let me copy and paste from wikipedia, just to save time typing out an explanation.

"A precanceled stamp, or precancel for short, is a postage stamp that has been cancelled before being affixed to mail.

Precanceled stamps are typically used by mass mailers, who can save the postal system time and effort by prearranging to use the precancels, and delivering the stamped mail ready for sorting. Precancels were also used on newspaper wrappers in Canada, Austria and Great Britain. The postal administration will typically offer an incentive in the form of a reduced price for precanceled stamps in volume. Precancels cannot normally be purchased by the general public, although they are often seen in one's daily mail."

Most of the time you can identify a precancel by the 2 lines across the face, as shown. There may or may not be a city printed with it.

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youpiao

15 Jul 2018
06:00:08pm

re: Collecting by State? Michigan

As mentioned at the end of the wiki, the general public cannot buy these, and because the mail has to be presented in bulk by a commercial mailer, a regular Joe would not be able to reuse a precancel on his own mail.

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JohnnyRockets

15 Jul 2018
06:26:38pm

re: Collecting by State? Michigan

Thank you for that great explanation!

That really helps!


JR

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