Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
Discussion - Member to Member Sales - Research Center
funny, I only counted 1
1 Member
likes this post.
Login to Like.
Lovely airmail cover, Phil.
David
Login to Like
this post
That's about how many covers I have in my Minnesota Postal History collection.
Login to Like
this post
I had thought about counting the covers in my New Jersey town collection. I also wanted to scan the covers I have not so far. Everything I acquired since getting serious a few years ago was scanned as received, but much of the original collection has not. But I’ve had little motivation in lockdown.
My counts? From my spreadsheet I currently have 941 unique towns and varieties (5 more on their way via eBay) of 2212 recorded possible for completion of 42.5%
There are probably over 2000 covers and cards in my ten binders with multiple covers from many towns.
Login to Like
this post
Tom, thats an ambitious project you have ..its amazing if i draw a 6 mile circle around my home...the number of post offices that no longer exist..to name a few Upper Red Hook, Barrytown,Clermont,Madelin has been renamed Tivoli ! Postal history.
Login to Like
this post
and, Phil, in those 6 miles, if you find those PMs, they go dearly. I remember bidding on an upper red hook PM..... it went for $225, which, as you know, is just a tad outta my range
Login to Like
this post
Thanks Phil!
As you said indicated there are a lot less post offices today than there were in past years. It’s interesting to see old names and realize that there’ was once a post office somewhere there.
Login to Like
this post
" At what point/year do you consider a cover postal history ?"
Well, Phil, as each moment passes by it becomes history. History grows continuously, so I have no limits outside that definition.
1 Member
likes this post.
Login to Like.
Phil,
legal use of a parcel post on a PC paying the short-time post-war 2c PC rate, later rescinded (for the second time), from a dead PO.
so is Blue Store (or Stone) a place, town, or what? It's north of us, in columbia county, but I stymied google. Our area is lousy with blue stone.
anyway, brilliant cover
Login to Like
this post
David, Blue stores is about 8 or 9 miles North of Red Hook on route 9 ..its about a mile and a half South of where i grew up ,used to walk down there to buy a soda at the little general store. The biggest landmark is what used be known as the Blue Stores Hotel which was mainly a working mans bar. I had many a 15 cent glass of beer there in the late 1950s and early 60s. The place had a fire a few years ago and is under repair..
Login to Like
this post
Its HOT outside i decide to count my Guatemala postcards and covers..659 in 13 binders !
Might be 660 after Saturday s mail
Login to Like
this post
Phil:
I have NY State precancels of Red Hook, Tarrytown, Fishkill, and a few others in your part of Mid-Hudson, NY.
David
Login to Like
this post
DBSGiles , you force me to look at my precancel album. I have several Poughkeepsie and Kingston N.Y. precancels ...i could use a Red Hook precancel if you had one to spare that is not part of your collection.
Login to Like
this post
I have three different ones. They are tough to find. Will keep looking for one for you, Phil.
David
Login to Like
this post
re: Counting covers
funny, I only counted 1
1 Member
likes this post.
Login to Like.
re: Counting covers
Lovely airmail cover, Phil.
David
Login to Like
this post
re: Counting covers
That's about how many covers I have in my Minnesota Postal History collection.
Login to Like
this post
re: Counting covers
I had thought about counting the covers in my New Jersey town collection. I also wanted to scan the covers I have not so far. Everything I acquired since getting serious a few years ago was scanned as received, but much of the original collection has not. But I’ve had little motivation in lockdown.
My counts? From my spreadsheet I currently have 941 unique towns and varieties (5 more on their way via eBay) of 2212 recorded possible for completion of 42.5%
There are probably over 2000 covers and cards in my ten binders with multiple covers from many towns.
Login to Like
this post
Auctions
re: Counting covers
Tom, thats an ambitious project you have ..its amazing if i draw a 6 mile circle around my home...the number of post offices that no longer exist..to name a few Upper Red Hook, Barrytown,Clermont,Madelin has been renamed Tivoli ! Postal history.
Login to Like
this post
re: Counting covers
and, Phil, in those 6 miles, if you find those PMs, they go dearly. I remember bidding on an upper red hook PM..... it went for $225, which, as you know, is just a tad outta my range
Login to Like
this post
re: Counting covers
Thanks Phil!
As you said indicated there are a lot less post offices today than there were in past years. It’s interesting to see old names and realize that there’ was once a post office somewhere there.
Login to Like
this post
re: Counting covers
" At what point/year do you consider a cover postal history ?"
Well, Phil, as each moment passes by it becomes history. History grows continuously, so I have no limits outside that definition.
1 Member
likes this post.
Login to Like.
re: Counting covers
Phil,
legal use of a parcel post on a PC paying the short-time post-war 2c PC rate, later rescinded (for the second time), from a dead PO.
so is Blue Store (or Stone) a place, town, or what? It's north of us, in columbia county, but I stymied google. Our area is lousy with blue stone.
anyway, brilliant cover
Login to Like
this post
Auctions
re: Counting covers
David, Blue stores is about 8 or 9 miles North of Red Hook on route 9 ..its about a mile and a half South of where i grew up ,used to walk down there to buy a soda at the little general store. The biggest landmark is what used be known as the Blue Stores Hotel which was mainly a working mans bar. I had many a 15 cent glass of beer there in the late 1950s and early 60s. The place had a fire a few years ago and is under repair..
Login to Like
this post
06:00:18pm
re: Counting covers
Its HOT outside i decide to count my Guatemala postcards and covers..659 in 13 binders !
Might be 660 after Saturday s mail
Login to Like
this post
re: Counting covers
Phil:
I have NY State precancels of Red Hook, Tarrytown, Fishkill, and a few others in your part of Mid-Hudson, NY.
David
Login to Like
this post
Auctions
re: Counting covers
DBSGiles , you force me to look at my precancel album. I have several Poughkeepsie and Kingston N.Y. precancels ...i could use a Red Hook precancel if you had one to spare that is not part of your collection.
Login to Like
this post
re: Counting covers
I have three different ones. They are tough to find. Will keep looking for one for you, Phil.
David
Login to Like
this post