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New This WeekThe Missouri list is in preparation and should be posted in about 2 weeks. Well over 700 covers are new this week. In U.S., please click on the category name that follows to see the new additions: 19th Century Commemoratives, First Bureaus, 1902 Definitives, Pre 1920 Commemoratives, Special Delivery, Parcel Posts and Ships. A good showing of Canada is new, including much Nova Scotia. Click here for the Canada. From other parts of the world. click on the country name below to see the covers India, China, French Colonies, Mexico and Spanish Colonies. Another 500 covers debuted last week. Please click here to see over 250 U.S. A.P.O. covers. Please click here to see Cuba covers and please click here to Egypt covers. As has been mentioned several times before, my production of U.S. state postal history lists is much, much slower now than in the past. As the majority of my business is now online, the standards of the internet must now apply. Whereas ten years ago a $500 town cancel could be sold with a one line description, a scan is now necessary to sell the least interesting cover. Making these scans takes time. It is actually less the scans than making sure the scans are named correctly to show on the site. Massachusetts took 3 months. New York and Pennsylvania will take 4-6 months each. Your patience is solicited. Now Open! A number of the features of this site make it impossible to offer less expensive covers. The scans, descriptions, free shipping and unlimited return privilege mean that most of the covers here are $10 and up. That doesn't mean there aren't lots of interesting covers and postal history that sell for less. I have a new website called Discount Covers. Enjoy browsing though thousands of covers priced at $1.25, $2.50 or $3.75. You'll have a good time. Please visit http://discountcoverstore.com. Don't forget to sign up for the email notifications so you'll know when covers are added. About 1700 covers will be new at about Noon July 20. The new additions are almost all U.S. covers. Most of the covers are from the estate of a long time Oregon dealer. There will be an excellent showing of Oregon covers with many D.P.O.'s, a good showing of other Pacific Northwest cancels, a number of Alaska covers and many 20th Century commemoratives on cover. Next upload will be on August 11. |
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Worldwide Postal History Browse here for the country of your interest. Covers begin in the 18th Century and continue to the modern era. The emphasis is on 20th century up to about 1950 for larger countries and to about 1960 for smaller countries, You will find International Airmail, Town Cancels, Auxiliary Markings, Stampless, Registered, Advertising, Censors, Special Delivery and just about anything else you can imagine. U.S. Postal History Explore thousands of U.S. covers arranged to be browsed by issue. The stock is strongest in foreign destinations after 1920, but you'll find a bit of everything including 19th century. U.S. Postal History By State Use this section to browse for covers based upon the place where they were used. Explore local postal history in hundreds of covers for each state, a bibliography of literature available for each state, and market analysis. Military Postal History Browse here for war covers I have over 75,000 military covers of all types, with a strong emphasis on U.S. World War II material. About 15,000 covers are now ready for your inspection. This includes over 5000 U.S. naval ship covers mailed by sailors, not created by collectors. You're welcome to use on-line copy of my book A Price Guide to U.S. A.P.O. Covers of the Second World War. Airmail Postal History Browse for first flights, catapults, zeppelins, crash covers, trans pacific and all range of international airmail.
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Upcoming Additions and Pricelists
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Coming Soon Which may I send? I will post these on this site on these Mondays, but I would be happy to mail you a copy. Mailings are staggered to try to assure arrival all over the world on these dates. |
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Help Wanted!
I have over 150,000 covers to add to this site. I need help doing the descriptions. I need people with a very basic knowledge of computers, a basic knowledge of a stamp catalog, and reasonably good perceptive abilities. Expert knowledge is not required, but you must be a stamp collector. The pay is good. You can expect to make $10 to $15 per hour. You will work at home, as many hours as you like. Please e-mail me to discuss how to start.
Do you live in Las Vegas? I need at least three people to scan covers. This work requires no knowledge of stamps or stamp collecting. It does require a flat bed scanner, quality image editing software, knowledge of the basic details of the image editing software, reliable transportation to pick up and deliver covers, and the ability to satisfy deadlines. The work is more easily done with a $50 scanner and $500 image editing program than with a $500 scanner and a $50 image editing program. The work pays per scan, you can expect to make in the $10.00 per hour range. Call 791-6828 after Noon.
