Monday, November 5, 2012

Postal Stationery and Johnny Bench?

I like postal stationery.  
I collected stamps as a kid, focusing mostly on US stamps.  
These days I'm drawn more to Air Mail stamps and postal stationery, meaning, those embossed envelopes and pre-printed postal cards.  And then of that group, I prefer pre-1970 stuff.  
I picked up a bunch of entire envelopes on Listia recently.




1956 UC25 6-cent FIPEX Commemorative Air Mail envelope with UC31 1-cent surcharge.
470 credits.  I then won a second one a little later for only 3 credits after just 2 bids.
Any traders?




1962 UC36 8-cent Air Mail envelope.
8 bids, 402 credits.




1958 U536 4-cent Franklin envelope with U545 1-cent surcharge.
6 bids, 301 credits.




1968 U551 6-cent Liberty envelope with U561 2-cent surcharge.
3 bids, 402 credits.



Also grabbed this little beauty:


A 1971 Topps Johnny Bench.
A bit trashed but after 22 bids I got it for only 2020 credits.


Paper missing on the back...but again, I didn't have a '71 Bench and now I do.
And it cost me no dough.




1 comment:

  1. cost no dough is great.

    having that bench is even more great. i have one too.

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