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If you go by the inscription, maybe the logo, the USPS has been around a bit longer that that.
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I realize that the US postal service has been around since 1775, However, it was elevated to a cabinet-level department in 1872, and was transformed by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 into the United States Postal Service as an independent agency. That is what this envelope signifies. Now, since it is issued by USPS and has been used postally, I still would like to know why Scott does not have a number for it.
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Because it is not a postal stationery envelope, i.e. not prepaid.
It is an unused cacheted envelope intended to be used for a first day cover for the issue of the inauguration of the USPS, as you have described. The stamp is Scott #1396
It was used at thousands of different towns.
From the Smithsonian website:
"To celebrate the reform and inaugurate the USPS, President Richard M. Nixon proclaimed July 1 as National Postal Service Day. An 8¢ first-class postage stamp depicting Loewy’s logo was released simultaneously all over the country. Customers could obtain free commemorative envelopes at any post office (or create their own), affix the stamp, and have it cancelled as an official souvenir of the occasion. Many philatelists still collect these first day covers of the stamp. There is a special catalogue devoted to them, and cancellations from some of the small rural post offices are quite rare."
Very popular for a while, I am seldom asked for them any more.
Roy
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Thanks Roy,
This went right over my head... I should have realized that without an embossed stamps or "stick-on" stamps, it was just a cachet. I got hung up on the event and not the actual item. Next time... Put brain in gear!
Thanks again!
Paul
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"Very popular for a while, I am seldom asked for them any more.
Roy"
I still sell them on eBay. The small towns usually sell, some with multiple bidders. People are still collecting towns for this stamp issue.
The later 1973 set of 10 were also issued the same way, but the few I own are just sitting in my eBay store.
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Can anyone tell me why the following envelope is not listed in the Scott catalog? It is available on eBay, but none of the listing have a Scott # associated with the item.
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re: USPS Inauguration July 1 1971 Envelope
If you go by the inscription, maybe the logo, the USPS has been around a bit longer that that.
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re: USPS Inauguration July 1 1971 Envelope
I realize that the US postal service has been around since 1775, However, it was elevated to a cabinet-level department in 1872, and was transformed by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 into the United States Postal Service as an independent agency. That is what this envelope signifies. Now, since it is issued by USPS and has been used postally, I still would like to know why Scott does not have a number for it.
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re: USPS Inauguration July 1 1971 Envelope
Because it is not a postal stationery envelope, i.e. not prepaid.
It is an unused cacheted envelope intended to be used for a first day cover for the issue of the inauguration of the USPS, as you have described. The stamp is Scott #1396
It was used at thousands of different towns.
From the Smithsonian website:
"To celebrate the reform and inaugurate the USPS, President Richard M. Nixon proclaimed July 1 as National Postal Service Day. An 8¢ first-class postage stamp depicting Loewy’s logo was released simultaneously all over the country. Customers could obtain free commemorative envelopes at any post office (or create their own), affix the stamp, and have it cancelled as an official souvenir of the occasion. Many philatelists still collect these first day covers of the stamp. There is a special catalogue devoted to them, and cancellations from some of the small rural post offices are quite rare."
Very popular for a while, I am seldom asked for them any more.
Roy
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re: USPS Inauguration July 1 1971 Envelope
Thanks Roy,
This went right over my head... I should have realized that without an embossed stamps or "stick-on" stamps, it was just a cachet. I got hung up on the event and not the actual item. Next time... Put brain in gear!
Thanks again!
Paul
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re: USPS Inauguration July 1 1971 Envelope
"Very popular for a while, I am seldom asked for them any more.
Roy"
I still sell them on eBay. The small towns usually sell, some with multiple bidders. People are still collecting towns for this stamp issue.
The later 1973 set of 10 were also issued the same way, but the few I own are just sitting in my eBay store.
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