first flight covers
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Cancelling My Life No. 19 – Dec. 01, 1965
Welcome to the 18th installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a look at postmarked items in my collections, starting from shortly before my birth on December 3, 1965. For a more detailed look at my personal philatelic history, take a look at the first entry here. Today, we are looking at Continue reading
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Cancelling My Life No. 18 – Nov. 30, 1965
Welcome to the 18th installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a look at postmarked items in my collections, starting from shortly before my birth on December 3, 1965. For a more detailed look at my personal philatelic history, take a look at the first entry here. Today, we are looking at Continue reading
Adelaide, Algeria, American Samoa, apostles, Budapest, churches on stamps, Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, first day covers, first flight covers, France, French navy, French Polynesia, French satellite Astérix, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Jet Clipper Service, Manchester, Mers El Kebir, My Life in Stamps, naval covers, New Zealand, November 1965, Pago Pago, Pan American Airlines, Papeete, Post Now for Christmas, Postal Savings Bank, South Australia, St. Andrew, Tahiti, United Nations, Vladimir Lenin, Wellington -
Cancelling My Life No. 17 – Nov. 29, 1965
Welcome to the 17th installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a look at postmarked items in my collections, starting from shortly before my birth on December 3, 1965. For a more detailed look at my personal philatelic history, take a look at the first entry here. Today, we are looking at Continue reading
Antarctica, Delta DC-9, first day covers, first flight covers, icebreakers, Lake Tritriva, Madagascar, McMurdo Sound, My Life in Stamps, naval covers, November 1965, Operation Deep Freeze, population growth, taboos, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, United Nations, USCGC Southwind, USS Atka, volcanic crater lakes -
Cancelling My Life No. 9 – Nov. 01, 1965
Welcome to the ninth installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a look at postmarked items in my collections, starting from shortly before my birth on December 3, 1965. For a more detailed look at my personal philatelic history, take a look at the first entry here. Today, we are looking at Continue reading
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Cancelling My Life No. 7 – Oct. 29, 1965
Welcome to the seventh installment of “Cancelling My Life” in which I am taking a look at postmarked items in my collections, starting from shortly before my birth on December 3, 1965. For a more detailed look at my personal philatelic history, take a look at the first entry here. Today, we are looking at Continue reading
air letter sheets, Boeing 707, Ceylon, Colombo, Colombo Municipal Council, Cowboy Junkies, first day covers, first flight covers, Ike & Tina Turner, Jamaica NY, Jet Clipper Service, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Kenya, My Generation (song), My Life in Stamps, New York, nuclear bomb tests, October 1965, Pan American Airlines, PanAm, Sri Lanka, The Who -
A Birthday Cover
Not too long ago, I read a thread on the Stamp Bears forum which talked about one collector’s pursuit of covers posted on his birthday. Most of his covers were regular mail (what we philatelists like to call “postal history”) and he talked about how difficult it was to find such items while flipping through Continue reading
