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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4263204, member: 19463&quot;]I apologize to long term members here but when it comes to envelopes my favorites are those from the Bavarian collection as sold by NFA about 27 years ago.&nbsp; I did a page:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac16.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac16.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/feac16.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I got mine from Victor Failmezger about the time I was doing the photos for his book on late Roman bronzes from a lot he bought at the sale.&nbsp; The collection was largely ordinary coins that would interest guys like me but not most NFA customers.&nbsp; Each coin was housed in a home made envelope recycling paper available to a German collector a hundred years ago.&nbsp; Victor wrote an article for the Celator magazine explaining the matter.&nbsp; I prefer the idea that the collector was a disabled WW1 veteran who was on a budget and had plenty of time to kill.&nbsp; The one here retains a part of a German postage stamp from the envelope that was used to make the envelope.&nbsp; The tag is dated June 17, 1920.&nbsp; I only got one with a partial stamp.&nbsp; A few others had traces of other identifiable paper.&nbsp; I consider those do fit in the category mentioned by svessien as collectible in itself.&nbsp; I value this envelope above the coin it contains.</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/bava.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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