Those biplane cancels are great. I have a couple on loose stamps, none on cover. From what I understand, some folks collect air mails as a group with that cancel.
Yep! And I think you'd be surprised as to how many varieties of that cancel! Check it out-I retrieved this from the other site. http://www.rmpldenver.org/pdf_files/2010julaugscribblings.pdf
Very nice covers guys...and I've never heard of "crash covers"..learn something everyday! Here's a few pics of the latest 1s I found View attachment 742 View attachment 743 View attachment 744
Wow! nice covers. Good to see all those letters. View attachment 750 View attachment 749 View attachment 748
I just got a few Civil War era covers although none have the beautiful graphics on them, they're still neat. pics to follow. Henry J. SEIBERT -served as a member of the first County Court of Berkeley County; he was elected for the short term in 1880. Prior to that date, the county was governed by a Board of Supervisors, one man from each district, seven members for the county. Henry J. Seibert was elected for the long term — 6 years — in 1890. The first county court under this system was composed of Blackburn Hughes, Jacob Miller and Henry J. Seibert. On January 5, 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union. Calhounians joined the Confederacy during the American Civil War. On May 16, 1864, Calhoun was near the center of action as Union General William Tecumseh Sherman and Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston postured before the outbreak of the Battle of Adairsville during Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. Oakleigh, home of Dr. Wall, was saved and used by Sherman as the headquarters at that time. Conneautville -"The snow place" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conneautville,_Pennsylvania St. Nicholas Hotel, Broadway, New York Dining room of St. Nicholas Hotel. The postal card for Philip Becker & Co., here's more than you'll ever want to know about Mr. Becker. In a nutshell, he was a German immigrant, a grocer, the third millionaire of Buffalo at one time, and who successfully became Mayor of Buffalo, NY for three different terms. Quite an achievement in that day. Here's his portrait: ...and here's the link to a lengthy article about him and his terms as Mayor: http://www.buffalonian.com/history/...s/Becker.htm
Thank you. If that picture of that 10¢ brown Jefferson's color is even half right you might have a very pricey stamp. Check how many vertical lines are between the left side of oval and edge of the shield. If there is 4 instead of 5 you might want to get a safety deposit box. Looks to be a #209b black brown. Could you post a larger scan maybe? I actually have one and posted it in another thread. I'll repost a cropped image here of regular 209 and a 209b Black Brown. here- it's the one on the right compared to a regular 209 EDIT: Jefferson NOT Hamilton.
My scanner is not working right now and I can't seem to find either of my 3 magnifiers I didn't know there was a 209b...what kind of value are you talking about?
VF 2,500.00 +/- depending on condition. F 350.00 +/- Also it's Jefferson not Hamilton - my bad..lol (better go brush up on my presidents huh?)
especially seeing as how hamilton was never a president. wow, i had a similar conversation at work this morning. lol.
IMO the 'Holy Grail' of crash covers would be from the Hindenburg. I have only seen pics of one, but it was burnt very badly.
I got to see one of the most amazing collections of Airmail covers last week at the London Stampex, they were all from the first ever service in this country and most were to famous people of the day Unfortunatlly I forgot to take my camera along with me This year is the centenary of 1st UK Aerial post flight
