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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 7645371, member: 97383&quot;]Donna, A kind old neighbor, Mr. Smith, tried to make a stamp collector out of me too when I was 9 or 10 years old but I never took to the hobby <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. He knew I was fascinated with strange looking covers &amp; gave me some real gems that I saved after all these years <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Pictured below are some of those covers. Click the photos for an enlarged view.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314610[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1314611[/ATTACH]</p><p>This was a hand canceled cover dated 1860 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314613[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314617[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1314618[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314619[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1314622[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314623[/ATTACH]</p><p>My mother saved this cover that I mailed from Viet Nam. I used to doodle cartoons on many of the envelopes; this one shows a Viet Cong chasing my letter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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