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| | Chapter 18 -- $2 Kerosene Lamp |
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Fig. 18-1. (select any pic to enlarge) |
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< Fig. 18-2 Fig. 18-3 > |
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Fig. 18-4 |
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Bonus 18-5 |
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| | Two $2 stamps with two Great Americans 40c stamps, a 4c stamp and a 3c stamp on 1st-class letter sent registered, return receipt requested, Jan. 14, 1985. Of the $4.87 total in postage paid, 60c would pay for the simplest return-receipt fee, leaving $4.27 to account for. Since this was mailed in the last weeks of the 20c letter era, the 7c of the amount hints of the 17c additional-ounce rate. As a two-ounce (28-57 g) letter cost 37c, then $3.90 remains for the registry fee. $3.90 happens to be the fee for indemnity of $500.01 - $1000.
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< Bonus 18-6 (front) Bonus 18-6 (reverse) > |
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| | Two $2 stamps with 3c stamp and three Prominent American 25c stamps on 1st-class letter sent registered, return receipt requested, May 3, 1982. Of the $4.78 total in postage paid, 60c would pay for the simplest return-receipt fee, leaving $4.18 to account for. Since this was mailed during the 20c letter era, the 8c of the amount hints of the five-ounce (114-142 g) rate, 88c. That would leave $3.30 for the registry fee, which was the minimum fee available (indemnity to $100).
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Bonus 18-7 |
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| | $2 stamp with three 30c stamps and a Great American 5c stamp with two 22c commemoratives on half-ounce (14 g) airmail letter sent special delivery to UK May 21, 1985. The 44c in commemoratives paid the airmail rate, with the remaining $2.95 matching the special delivery fee. Both rates were part of the rate changes that occurred in mid-February. |
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Bonus 18-8 |
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| | $2 stamp on insured five-ounce (114-142 g) 1st-class packet, April 24, 1986. 90c paid for the postage and $1.10 covered the insurance fee for contents valued at $25.01 - $50. Technically a "late use", as the Great American $2 replacement had just been issued on March 19 [W] (although post offices didn't have to order it if they still had sufficient $2 Lamp stamps onhand). (Note there is about a year's window before March 19 to find a more desirable postmark for this $2-stamp use.) Interestingly, the $2 Lamp was withdrawn from sale through the USPS Philatelic Catalog six days after this mailing. |
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Bonus 18-9 |
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| | $2 and 30c stamps on one-ounce 1st-class letter sent special delivery, date unknown. Like the normally postmarked cover in Figure 18-2, 20c applied to postage and $2.10 was the special delivery fee. However, incredibly for the amount paid for a one-ounce letter, there is no postmark date. With no need to be presented in person to a postal clerk, the item evidently missed cancelation in postal plant processing. The handstamp used is a special delivery receiving timestamp that was designed without a year date. Here, only a tiny smudge shows for the month (just to the left of the day "13"). |
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Contents (c) 2009,
Ronald Blanks. Contact by e-mail: rblanks_stamps@yahoo.com |
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