Interesting! I’ve never seen one before. I assume that it contains, along with the stamp, the priority envelope and address sticker or stickers. It seems that I remember that our post office had a separate box to drop the envelopes into.
Thank you
Back in the 80s and 90s, the post office used to package up all kinds of items for their lobby vending machines. I remember buying State Birds and Flowers 20 cent commemoratives torn into a strip of 10, and folded up in a plastic sleeve, from my local post office vending machine. They sold all kinds of stamps that way. I am not sure if they were packaged up locally or sent to them that way from somewhere else. They probably sold your item also, but I do not remember.
Your item contains a beautiful express mail envelope, and a form that was addressed and stuck on the envelope. I have one that I saved from the trash can many years ago scanned below that is very similar to yours. The envelope is made of Tyvek, the same material that is stapled on the walls of a new house as a moisture barrier before the siding is applied. They revised both the envelope and the form many times over the years. There will be a USPS form number on the envelope and the form, but not on the package itself. The tape will continue to deteriorate on your item, just as tape does over time. The only way to know the exact USPS form numbers that you have inside, requires you to open it up.
Yours looks to be older than mine scanned below. I have no idea of the value of either one.
Hope this helps,
Linus
Linus
Thank you very much!
You said "The tape will continue to deteriorate on your item,", that is a very good point to consider, again thank you.
Let me ask you a question. What do you think the long term effect(s) on stamps with gum on them. When I say long term I think I mean something like 100 - 500 years?
My pleasure.
To answer your question, gum, and stamps have changed a lot over the years to get to where we are today. You ask a broad question. Older mint stamps made of paper are stable if you store them in a good environment. Current mint stamps, made of plastic, with gum made of some chemical compound, might age just as well, but that has yet to be seen. I think they will do just fine if stored properly, in my opinion.
Linus
Lovely cover, Linus.
I've been looking for a cover like that with Americana series definitive stamps, for my specialised collection.
David
Back when I was stationed at Sunnyvale Air Station (renamed Oniauka Air Force Base) one day went to the civilian Post Office to mail letters. There was one of those machine that sold stamps, and saw this (Scott Catalog #2394) and purchased it as shown in the scans. Went back to the barracks and totally forgot about this. Years later after I retired from the Military I found it again in the box I had packed it in. Fast forward today decided to look it up found what the catalog number is, and in Scott Catalog this package is not listed. I've never opened this Post Office packaged 2394, don't really know what is in the package. Now I wonder if other collectors saved one of these packages like I did. I'd like to say I had planned on keeping this package unopened, but really just forgot about it.
Does other StampoRama have this 2394 in an unopened package?
Does anyone know what is in the package?
re: Not Listed in Scott Catalog as Shown
Interesting! I’ve never seen one before. I assume that it contains, along with the stamp, the priority envelope and address sticker or stickers. It seems that I remember that our post office had a separate box to drop the envelopes into.
re: Not Listed in Scott Catalog as Shown
Back in the 80s and 90s, the post office used to package up all kinds of items for their lobby vending machines. I remember buying State Birds and Flowers 20 cent commemoratives torn into a strip of 10, and folded up in a plastic sleeve, from my local post office vending machine. They sold all kinds of stamps that way. I am not sure if they were packaged up locally or sent to them that way from somewhere else. They probably sold your item also, but I do not remember.
Your item contains a beautiful express mail envelope, and a form that was addressed and stuck on the envelope. I have one that I saved from the trash can many years ago scanned below that is very similar to yours. The envelope is made of Tyvek, the same material that is stapled on the walls of a new house as a moisture barrier before the siding is applied. They revised both the envelope and the form many times over the years. There will be a USPS form number on the envelope and the form, but not on the package itself. The tape will continue to deteriorate on your item, just as tape does over time. The only way to know the exact USPS form numbers that you have inside, requires you to open it up.
Yours looks to be older than mine scanned below. I have no idea of the value of either one.
Hope this helps,
Linus
re: Not Listed in Scott Catalog as Shown
Linus
Thank you very much!
You said "The tape will continue to deteriorate on your item,", that is a very good point to consider, again thank you.
Let me ask you a question. What do you think the long term effect(s) on stamps with gum on them. When I say long term I think I mean something like 100 - 500 years?
re: Not Listed in Scott Catalog as Shown
My pleasure.
To answer your question, gum, and stamps have changed a lot over the years to get to where we are today. You ask a broad question. Older mint stamps made of paper are stable if you store them in a good environment. Current mint stamps, made of plastic, with gum made of some chemical compound, might age just as well, but that has yet to be seen. I think they will do just fine if stored properly, in my opinion.
Linus
re: Not Listed in Scott Catalog as Shown
Lovely cover, Linus.
I've been looking for a cover like that with Americana series definitive stamps, for my specialised collection.
David