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General Philatelic/Identify This? : What is this "Under Cover" P.O stamp

 

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Brando

27 Jun 2019
10:08:09am
I've been going through post cards looking for rare stamps for 15 years or more and I've never ran across this P.O stamp before and I've gone through hundreds of thousands of postcards on the various websites,anyone know what "UNDER COVER" means,I know it's probably not rare but wonder what it is,I can find anything about it online.Image Not Found

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ikeyPikey
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27 Jun 2019
10:30:30am
re: What is this "Under Cover" P.O stamp

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My *GUESS* is that the French PO did not feel that the card could be reliably marked for return for sender - or that, once so marked, it would bounce back'n'forth, and never get to its final destination - so they popped it into an envelope to return it for a better address.

http://www.postal-markings.org/ ... great newsletter! ... to which you can submit your item for comments

Cheers,

s/ ikeyPikey (proud member of the Auxiliary Markings Club)

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27 Jun 2019
11:47:09am
re: What is this "Under Cover" P.O stamp

I'm no expert, but think ikey is right. I've seen a couple of 1850s era letters that were forwarded by postmasters with the use of this "under cover" terminology.

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Brando

27 Jun 2019
12:16:39pm
re: What is this "Under Cover" P.O stamp

That's interesting,I think I'll send it to PSE for a cert,maybe a collector will want it,I collect stamps not these.

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ikeyPikey
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27 Jun 2019
01:32:41pm
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There are a lot of good reasons to cert an item, including supporting important institutions like PF & APS, but I'm not optimistic about recovering that cost from the marketplace ... but what do I know?

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/s/ ikeyPikey

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Brando

27 Jun 2019
03:48:45pm
re: What is this "Under Cover" P.O stamp

Hi,I've sent in 5-6 items that for me were not my thing I collect but thought they were probably interesting to others so I sent them in and put them on ebay for the cost of the cert plus $1,3 times they sold for the dollar,a couples of times around 20 bucks and once I got $600.

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keesindy
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29 Jun 2019
08:01:03am
re: What is this "Under Cover" P.O stamp

Here is one of the "under cover of" examples I have seen. It was addressed to Hillsboro, Wayn(e) County, Indiana. The post office at Hillsborough/Hillsboro was White River PO. This was received at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania post office from Charleston, South Carolina.

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27 Jul 2019
05:58:15pm
re: What is this "Under Cover" P.O stamp

Re: the Paris postcard -- there would be no way to return it if it was undeliverable, since no return address was included. The only way would have been to put it in an envelope and return it to the post office of origin.

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Brando

27 Jun 2019
10:08:09am

I've been going through post cards looking for rare stamps for 15 years or more and I've never ran across this P.O stamp before and I've gone through hundreds of thousands of postcards on the various websites,anyone know what "UNDER COVER" means,I know it's probably not rare but wonder what it is,I can find anything about it online.Image Not Found

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ikeyPikey

27 Jun 2019
10:30:30am

re: What is this "Under Cover" P.O stamp

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My *GUESS* is that the French PO did not feel that the card could be reliably marked for return for sender - or that, once so marked, it would bounce back'n'forth, and never get to its final destination - so they popped it into an envelope to return it for a better address.

http://www.postal-markings.org/ ... great newsletter! ... to which you can submit your item for comments

Cheers,

s/ ikeyPikey (proud member of the Auxiliary Markings Club)

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keesindy

27 Jun 2019
11:47:09am

re: What is this "Under Cover" P.O stamp

I'm no expert, but think ikey is right. I've seen a couple of 1850s era letters that were forwarded by postmasters with the use of this "under cover" terminology.

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Brando

27 Jun 2019
12:16:39pm

re: What is this "Under Cover" P.O stamp

That's interesting,I think I'll send it to PSE for a cert,maybe a collector will want it,I collect stamps not these.

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ikeyPikey

27 Jun 2019
01:32:41pm

re: What is this "Under Cover" P.O stamp

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There are a lot of good reasons to cert an item, including supporting important institutions like PF & APS, but I'm not optimistic about recovering that cost from the marketplace ... but what do I know?

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

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"I collect stamps today precisely the way I collected stamps when I was ten years old."
Brando

27 Jun 2019
03:48:45pm

re: What is this "Under Cover" P.O stamp

Hi,I've sent in 5-6 items that for me were not my thing I collect but thought they were probably interesting to others so I sent them in and put them on ebay for the cost of the cert plus $1,3 times they sold for the dollar,a couples of times around 20 bucks and once I got $600.

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keesindy

29 Jun 2019
08:01:03am

re: What is this "Under Cover" P.O stamp

Here is one of the "under cover of" examples I have seen. It was addressed to Hillsboro, Wayn(e) County, Indiana. The post office at Hillsborough/Hillsboro was White River PO. This was received at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania post office from Charleston, South Carolina.

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GregAlex

27 Jul 2019
05:58:15pm

re: What is this "Under Cover" P.O stamp

Re: the Paris postcard -- there would be no way to return it if it was undeliverable, since no return address was included. The only way would have been to put it in an envelope and return it to the post office of origin.

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