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United States/Covers & Postmarks : My first cover !

 

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philb
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30 Jan 2022
07:53:17pm

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i have been a stamp collector since age 9 when i was at a classmates home and saw his Junior Edition Scott International album with the colorful African colonial stamps. I knew nothing about covers until i was a long way from home in the Air Force and picked up a copy of the New York Herald Tribune..perhaps it was in the base library. The newspapers had stamp columns in those days..i suppose stamp collecting was pretty popular. Anyhew, i saw where i could send away for a first day cover, cool and still had time to send in an envelope and a dime to pay for two 4 cent stamps to pay the airmail rate. I did not even know to put a "filler" in the envelope so it arrived a bit ragged. But i have it still.Image Not Found

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Tom in Exton, PA

31 Jan 2022
08:43:38pm
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Surely a keeper Phil... the one that got you in all this trouble!

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31 Jan 2022
09:44:55pm

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i have come half circle..i just won a cover with the 1936 sheetlet #778 Third International Philatelic Issue. And playing with the 7-1-71 covers...i am probably about 3 thousand short of completion. Cheers, phil

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01 Feb 2022
09:21:28am
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Phil:

A lovely cover and a really good keeper for your collection.

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Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop.

28 Nov 2022
12:33:13pm
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I still have the first stamp I put into my Ambassador album, a very common 80cts Spanish Franco. I never replaced it, even though I later got better examples.

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1898

28 Nov 2022
02:19:16pm
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philb

You look just like a bus driver

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28 Nov 2022
02:23:15pm

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i ain't driving the bus !Happy

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28 Nov 2022
04:30:07pm
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As a A2C they used to call us Bus driver because of the uniform, especially when wearing the blues, but not the 505's.

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28 Nov 2022
05:21:04pm

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The 505s were terrible...bush Jacket, shorts..even a pith helmet...i was lucky on a small site...wore fatigues 90 percent of the time

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30 Jan 2022
07:53:17pm

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i have been a stamp collector since age 9 when i was at a classmates home and saw his Junior Edition Scott International album with the colorful African colonial stamps. I knew nothing about covers until i was a long way from home in the Air Force and picked up a copy of the New York Herald Tribune..perhaps it was in the base library. The newspapers had stamp columns in those days..i suppose stamp collecting was pretty popular. Anyhew, i saw where i could send away for a first day cover, cool and still had time to send in an envelope and a dime to pay for two 4 cent stamps to pay the airmail rate. I did not even know to put a "filler" in the envelope so it arrived a bit ragged. But i have it still.Image Not Found

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Tom in Exton, PA
31 Jan 2022
08:43:38pm

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Surely a keeper Phil... the one that got you in all this trouble!

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31 Jan 2022
09:44:55pm

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re: My first cover !

i have come half circle..i just won a cover with the 1936 sheetlet #778 Third International Philatelic Issue. And playing with the 7-1-71 covers...i am probably about 3 thousand short of completion. Cheers, phil

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01 Feb 2022
09:21:28am

re: My first cover !

Phil:

A lovely cover and a really good keeper for your collection.

David

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Well, at least I got to have a haircut in the Penny Lane barber shop.
28 Nov 2022
12:33:13pm

re: My first cover !

I still have the first stamp I put into my Ambassador album, a very common 80cts Spanish Franco. I never replaced it, even though I later got better examples.

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1898

28 Nov 2022
02:19:16pm

re: My first cover !

philb

You look just like a bus driver

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28 Nov 2022
02:23:15pm

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i ain't driving the bus !Happy

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1898

28 Nov 2022
04:30:07pm

re: My first cover !

As a A2C they used to call us Bus driver because of the uniform, especially when wearing the blues, but not the 505's.

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28 Nov 2022
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re: My first cover !

The 505s were terrible...bush Jacket, shorts..even a pith helmet...i was lucky on a small site...wore fatigues 90 percent of the time

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