January 2019
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U.S Postal History, Ephemera,<br />
Documents, Diaries, Advertising,<br />
Photograph Albums, Scrapbooks, etc.<br />
Americana, History, Military, Ethnic, Women,<br />
Crime, Education, Transportation, and more<br />
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since her material would be delivered overnight. She knew this would cost more<br />
than an ordinary letter, but did not know how much more. As there was a bountiful<br />
supply of stamps to use, she picked two $3 duck stamps, affixing both onto the<br />
Priority Mail envelope right where postage should be placed. The stamp on the<br />
right is Scott RW33 and was valid until June 30, 1967, for hunting purposes. The<br />
other stamp is Scott RW36. It was valid for hunting up to June 30, 1970.<br />
We can only assume the sender did not notice or care about these expiration<br />
dates as she licked and affixed both stamps on the envelope. (Remember when we<br />
did this with all mail?)<br />
Her next move was to visit the Plainville, Connecticut, Post Office, a handsome<br />
building that dates from 1936.<br />
The window clerk dutifully canceled each stamp with a black double-ring device.<br />
Since tracking is a part of the Flat Rate service, a label was placed on the<br />
envelope. Finally, a postage meter strip with no value was added to indicate that<br />
this package had been accepted by a postal employee on the date shown.<br />
Like the customer, the postal clerk must have assumed a $3 stamp is a $3<br />
stamp. He or she did not know or care that duck stamps are not postage stamps.<br />
Also, the Priority Mail Flat Rate envelope fee in 2018 was $6.70, not $6. What<br />
about the other 70 cents?<br />
You may think the lady was lucky<br />
or cunning to save nearly six bits on<br />
postage. In fact, if she had consulted<br />
a Scott Specialized Catalogue of United<br />
States Stamps and Covers, she would<br />
have learned that the current catalog<br />
value for the two mint, never-hinged<br />
stamps is $165.00. A top duck stamp<br />
dealer currently offers RW33 and<br />
RW36 in fine-to-very-fine mint condition<br />
for a mere $125.<br />
Somewhere between the sender and receiver, an anonymous postal employee,<br />
ignoring the black cancels, used a red marker on both stamps. Had this person<br />
been a pro, he would have marked the envelope “Return to Sender – Invalid Postage<br />
Used.”<br />
All in all, this interesting envelope arrived safely at its destination in the Nutmeg<br />
State. Given that the two towns are 17 miles apart, it made the trip for about<br />
$7.35 a mile.<br />
Kurt A. Sanftleben, LLC<br />
(t/a Read’Em Again Books)<br />
http://www.read-em-again.com<br />
info@read-em-again.com<br />
703-580-6946<br />
Member: APS, NSDA, USPCS, MPHS,<br />
The Ephemera & Manuscript Societies,<br />
and The Antiquarian Booksellers’<br />
Association of America (ABAA)<br />
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