Featured 1st Day of Issue From the '40's to the '60's?

That was part of it for my dad too. The other half was his "uncle Harry", who as it turns out was the son of his grandmother's best friend. Never could place him in the family tree ... but anyway, Harry had a bunch of old stamps he'd collected as a kid, and he gifted them to my dad when he was seven or eight.

 

my son always shakes his head when i break out the stamps lol , he knows how much of my time it takes up , late night dinners and such heehee , a lot of stamp books have fdc sections or ebay should have what you need .

 

Thanks Mak.......just not sure WHAT to do with them!!!! Definitely don't want to keep this stuff.....

 

airmail and world fair ones are good

 

Thank you for starting this thread, as I have always had an interest in stamps, but not the time/patience to get into it fully. I did have a collection when I was from about 8-12 years old, and wish I had it now. I now have a box of letters sent 'to home' from WWII and have been wondering if the stamps or the letters themselves have any significant value. Will post some when I have photos taken.

I had the privilege to work as a painter for Collins FDC in the late 90s/early 2000s, for about 4 years until he moved and dropped his NY artists (the work was dropped off and picked up in person). Best job I ever had. I had nothing to do one day a few years ago, and did a search on eBay for his covers. It's the weirdest feeling to see something you made on there. Most weren't selling for very much (too new-ish), but it will be pretty neat to see how they fare in the coming years/decades

 

error/mistakes stamps are the valuable stamps

 

Thanks, Lloyd!!!

 

Thanks, MOS!

 

I would have them appraised, just to see if there are any covers that may be worth something

 

yeah good luck with that lol, check ebay

 

merry xmas everyone

 

i have been disappointed with stamps too many times to count, i quit collecting them for profit , and now do it as a hobby.

 

and i think (pretty sure )first day covers are always precanceled on the day of issue

 

They are always pre cancelled on the day of issue, but they can have stamps added and have more interesting marks on them.
In most parts of the world you cannot use FDCs as postal envelopes.

 

Only because you see them once or twice in a lifetime

 

I recall seeing an upside down Jenny on display in either Macy's or Gimbels about 1957 or so.

 

I recently bought a collection of worldwide cancelled stamps in which I found a 19century stamp with an error, catalogued at huge value. I have no means to check it, but I know its 99,99 percent fake.

 

most have underwater marks, i l use lighter fluid to see the mark, and it doesn't damage stamp or glue

 

Underwater marks?

 

i call watermarks that because you have to put them underwater to see them and it sounds better than under lighter fluid marks lol