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Evidently the post office did as long as proper postage was applied to cover the new postage fees.
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there should be no problem with reusing an envelope where stamps, now demonetized by the cancel, are present.
I do this quite often, and am always sure to present to a clerk and have them hand stamp things; I usually place new postage in a way that distances itself from original postage
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I wish I had known this a long time ago! I've had numerous opportunities where I could have doubled a collecting recipient's enjoyment of my mailings. It would have been worth it to stand in line and get the handstamps........at least once in a while.................
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There has to be a whole area of collecting on this subject. During war years, reuse of envelopes was highly encouraged.... Hopefully I can post a few examples before this tread goes stale.
A few minutes ago, as I was making approval books, I just came across this (front only) Penny Red over a 12.5c Canadian....
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our friend Bob Ingraham has a collection of re-used covers, all with the idea of war-time economies.
our other friend, Lars, has made an art of re-using covers to make something special become glorious
I just reuse things because I'm frugal, think it useful, and am trying to keep my footprint small (and what's visible all the more interesting).
David
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Ahhh yes......Lars will take things to the Nth degree.......
As far as reuse and recycle..... I have been toying with the idea of taking my over-sized covers and priority box fronts and making binder covers. I don't have one (yet) that I'm completely satisfied with enough to show off.
Mike
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I thought it might be fun to share this card. I bought it on eBay and the seller included the Linn's article. Back when I got it I Googled the addresses and found that many of them didn't exist any more. In fact some of them where downtown on streets now lined with tall office buildings. Progress!
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I downloaded this cover from a facebook group. It seems that it was sent from the University of Missouri to the University of Wyoming originally, then some time later, the University of Wyoming re-used it to send to Germany. A meter was used and placed over the original cancel, but left the original stamp visible. Would the Post Office allow a visibly used stamp to remain on the cover the second time around?
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Evidently the post office did as long as proper postage was applied to cover the new postage fees.
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re: Recycled Envelopes
there should be no problem with reusing an envelope where stamps, now demonetized by the cancel, are present.
I do this quite often, and am always sure to present to a clerk and have them hand stamp things; I usually place new postage in a way that distances itself from original postage
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re: Recycled Envelopes
I wish I had known this a long time ago! I've had numerous opportunities where I could have doubled a collecting recipient's enjoyment of my mailings. It would have been worth it to stand in line and get the handstamps........at least once in a while.................
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re: Recycled Envelopes
There has to be a whole area of collecting on this subject. During war years, reuse of envelopes was highly encouraged.... Hopefully I can post a few examples before this tread goes stale.
A few minutes ago, as I was making approval books, I just came across this (front only) Penny Red over a 12.5c Canadian....
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re: Recycled Envelopes
our friend Bob Ingraham has a collection of re-used covers, all with the idea of war-time economies.
our other friend, Lars, has made an art of re-using covers to make something special become glorious
I just reuse things because I'm frugal, think it useful, and am trying to keep my footprint small (and what's visible all the more interesting).
David
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re: Recycled Envelopes
Ahhh yes......Lars will take things to the Nth degree.......
As far as reuse and recycle..... I have been toying with the idea of taking my over-sized covers and priority box fronts and making binder covers. I don't have one (yet) that I'm completely satisfied with enough to show off.
Mike
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re: Recycled Envelopes
I thought it might be fun to share this card. I bought it on eBay and the seller included the Linn's article. Back when I got it I Googled the addresses and found that many of them didn't exist any more. In fact some of them where downtown on streets now lined with tall office buildings. Progress!
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