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Interesting. I've never seen these.
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added a few more, including backing sheets for the Pan-American inverts and B3, the semi-postal to support first responders
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and some Christmas, secular and religious
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I listed a number of these cards in several U.S. approval books and they all sold. I will be listing more of them in the future. Below is the short introduction that I gave about these cards:
Stamps are accountable paper, just like cash, and are sent under seal to the local post offices. When the Bureau of Engraving and Printing began shrink-wrapping bundles of stamps (booklets, panes) for shipping to post offices a piece of card stock was placed inside the shrink wrap on top of the bundles of stamps to identify the contents and with detailed instructions for the postmaster. This practice has continued as private contractor printers began to produce stamps and these pieces of card stock, known as top deck cards or deck cards, can come in a wide variety of sizes, colors and paper types. The cards often include an image of the stamp(s) in the bundle, an item number, how many stamps are included, a barcode and a pane position diagram and are created for all new issues.
Postal employees view the deck cards as paper waste and are usually discarded. Thus they are not easy to come by unless you can find a friendly postal employee to save them for you. They are not listed in the Scott catalogue and have minimal value, but make an interesting addition to a United States stamp collection.
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thanks for sharing that Fred; if you don't mind, I'll paste it in my descriptions going forward
if the auctions don't sell better, i'll use the approvals, too.
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I don''t mind at all. Happy to help.
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Thank you Agatha Watson
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I have about 50 of these with FDC I call them Top Deck cards? Here is one 
#4791-95 FDC New England Lighthouses 5 Top Deck Cards
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I'll be adding some early 21st century card stock used as the stamp sheet backing
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Interesting. I've never seen these.
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added a few more, including backing sheets for the Pan-American inverts and B3, the semi-postal to support first responders
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and some Christmas, secular and religious
https://stamporama.com/auction/auction_main.php?action=40&id=RAowJacsLQ7hQ&cnt=1
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re: Stamp card backing for bricks of stamp sheets
I listed a number of these cards in several U.S. approval books and they all sold. I will be listing more of them in the future. Below is the short introduction that I gave about these cards:
Stamps are accountable paper, just like cash, and are sent under seal to the local post offices. When the Bureau of Engraving and Printing began shrink-wrapping bundles of stamps (booklets, panes) for shipping to post offices a piece of card stock was placed inside the shrink wrap on top of the bundles of stamps to identify the contents and with detailed instructions for the postmaster. This practice has continued as private contractor printers began to produce stamps and these pieces of card stock, known as top deck cards or deck cards, can come in a wide variety of sizes, colors and paper types. The cards often include an image of the stamp(s) in the bundle, an item number, how many stamps are included, a barcode and a pane position diagram and are created for all new issues.
Postal employees view the deck cards as paper waste and are usually discarded. Thus they are not easy to come by unless you can find a friendly postal employee to save them for you. They are not listed in the Scott catalogue and have minimal value, but make an interesting addition to a United States stamp collection.
Fred
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thanks for sharing that Fred; if you don't mind, I'll paste it in my descriptions going forward
if the auctions don't sell better, i'll use the approvals, too.
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I don''t mind at all. Happy to help.
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Thank you Agatha Watson
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I have about 50 of these with FDC I call them Top Deck cards? Here is one #4791-95 FDC New England Lighthouses 5 Top Deck Cards
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