Interesting APS Cover

kacyds
Administrator

Stamp Bears Supporter

Did you hear the joke about the unstamped letter? You wouldn't get it.

Posts: 16,132
Location (Country): United States

Interesting APS Cover Dec 29, 2014 16:14:21 GMT -5 Gordon Lee, darkormex, and 2 more like this

Quote

Post by kacyds on Dec 29, 2014 16:14:21 GMT -5

Received this in the mail today.....

Well, you probably looking and saying so what, its just an ordinary modern cover..... But wait!!!!

It has a CDS with a date of December 25, 2014 - Christmas Day. Yeah I know, Im sure this was put on the day before or even the day after Christmas, because no one was working at the APS on Christmas Day. Oh well, its still kind of neat. I had to adjust the brightness and contrast so that we could read the cancel better. For some reason the cancel wasnt as clear as it was on the cover.

Another thing, look at the stamp..... Its from the 2012 Lady Bird Johnson souvenir sheet (Scott# 4716). How many covers have you seen with a stamp from that sheet. I havent seen any until today.

So there you have it, one unique modern cover, with a Christmas day cancel and a rarely seen souvenir sheet stamp on cover.

Comments??

darkormex Stamp Bears Posting Dedicated Guru Posts: 5,729 Location (Country): United States of America	Interesting APS Cover Dec 29, 2014 16:23:03 GMT -5 kacyds likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by darkormex on Dec 29, 2014 16:23:03 GMT -5 That is a great cover and, no, I have only one example of any of these stamps on mail in an envelope of clippings given to me by colleagues at work. Rare to see them used.
	Darrin Lettinga Korea Stamp Society Member #1245 No longer in denial! I collect all of it...the whole world! Just printing and mounting as I go! Call me crazy.

Craig Gone But Not Forgotten Is your leg wet? Yikes! Sorry 'bout that ... Posts: 6,627 Location (Country): USA	Interesting APS Cover Dec 29, 2014 16:47:00 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Craig on Dec 29, 2014 16:47:00 GMT -5 Ja, gut!

Gordon Lee
Stamp Bears Posting Guru

Stamp Bears Supporter

I like stamps for the thrills, chills, screams, and laughs.

Posts: 2,656

Location (Country): Roanoke, Texass USA

Interesting APS Cover Dec 29, 2014 17:08:22 GMT -5 kacyds likes this

Quote

Post by Gordon Lee on Dec 29, 2014 17:08:22 GMT -5

Greetings Mr. kacyds
.
Yes it is unusual to find a December 25 cancellation on an envelope with a stamp from a souvenir sheet. But not unknown. First, except for the image of the souvenir sheet, the others are too small to see any details. Regardless, if the sender is associated with stamp collecting, it would not be rare to use a forever Lady Bird stamp. I know that I have. Second, the U.S. Postal Service did have employees working on December 25, 2014. (One of them rang my doorbell while delivering a package. -- Yes, I was surprised.) Thus, it is possible that your envelope was cancelled on the 25th. However, it is much more likely that your scenario is what happened. This is just my figuring on this subject.
.
Respectfully,

Gordon Lee

kacyds
Administrator

Stamp Bears Supporter

Did you hear the joke about the unstamped letter? You wouldn't get it.

Posts: 16,132
Location (Country): United States

Interesting APS Cover Dec 29, 2014 17:29:19 GMT -5

Quote

Post by kacyds on Dec 29, 2014 17:29:19 GMT -5

Dont know why you are seeing the first 2 images small, because they are big on my end..... icon_scratch

Anyone else having problems??? I use the website postimage.org to post my pics. As for the souvenor sheet, I ~~stole~~ borrowed that image from google.

Craig
Gone But Not Forgotten

Is your leg wet? Yikes! Sorry 'bout that ...

Posts: 6,627

Location (Country): USA

Interesting APS Cover Dec 29, 2014 18:41:30 GMT -5 kacyds likes this

Quote

Post by Craig on Dec 29, 2014 18:41:30 GMT -5

I've put together mailings like this on specific holiday dates for myself, but mostly for clients. It required me to turn them in, pre-stamped, a week ahead of time so they could apply the cancellation and they woukd drop the mail on the specific date. I've also used stamps cut from souvenir sheets on these. It's a humbug thing to do, so I imagine this APS mailing is out of the ordinary.

Craig
Gone But Not Forgotten

Is your leg wet? Yikes! Sorry 'bout that ...

Posts: 6,627

Location (Country): USA

Interesting APS Cover Dec 29, 2014 18:42:58 GMT -5 kacyds likes this

Quote

Post by Craig on Dec 29, 2014 18:42:58 GMT -5

Dec 29, 2014 17:29:19 GMT -5 kacyds said:

Dont know why you are seeing the first 2 images small, because they are big on my end..... icon_scratch

Anyone else having problems??? I use the website postimage.org to post my pics. As for the souvenor sheet, I ~~stole~~ borrowed that image from google.

No problem for me, Kris.

Philatarium
Linking Member

Stamp Bears Supporter

Posts: 927

Location (Country): Los Angeles area

Interesting APS Cover Dec 29, 2014 19:38:49 GMT -5 kacyds likes this

Quote

Post by Philatarium on Dec 29, 2014 19:38:49 GMT -5

I think the APS staffs that post office station themselves, so that they can make nice cancels.

I'm hoping it's like the way Craig described it -- that the cancellations were done a day or two ahead of time, and put in the mailstream on the 25th. But I suppose it's also possible that either a volunteer or even Ken Martin himself came in and did that on 12/25.

Pretty interesting cover nonetheless!

Last Edit: Dec 29, 2014 19:39:38 GMT -5 by Philatarium

Philatarium Linking Member Stamp Bears Supporter Posts: 927 Location (Country): Los Angeles area	Interesting APS Cover Dec 29, 2014 19:39:16 GMT -5 kacyds likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Philatarium on Dec 29, 2014 19:39:16 GMT -5 And no problem with small images for me, either.

Interesting APS Cover

Post by kacyds on Dec 29, 2014 16:14:21 GMT -5

Post by darkormex on Dec 29, 2014 16:23:03 GMT -5

Post by Craig on Dec 29, 2014 16:47:00 GMT -5

Post by Gordon Lee on Dec 29, 2014 17:08:22 GMT -5

Post by kacyds on Dec 29, 2014 17:29:19 GMT -5

Post by Craig on Dec 29, 2014 18:41:30 GMT -5

Post by Craig on Dec 29, 2014 18:42:58 GMT -5

Post by Philatarium on Dec 29, 2014 19:38:49 GMT -5

Post by Philatarium on Dec 29, 2014 19:39:16 GMT -5

Google Search

Thread of the Week

Announcements

News