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The Postal Stationery of The 1967-1973 Centennial Issue

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Today's post is the last before I start a series of posts to bring all of the information that I have discussed in my previous posts together, to produce a comprehensive listing of all known varieties of each denomination in the issue, as well as to give tips for sorting large quantities of mint or used stamps with maximum efficiency. Before I get into that however, there is one last aspect of this issue that I need to touch on: the postal stationery.

The postal stationery of the 1967-73 Centennial issue is a very complex field in its own right, and contains some of the rarest and most sought after items in this issue. It consists of:


Pre-stamped envelopesPrivate-order stationeryElection envelopesLetter sheetsAerogrammesPostcards I only have a few items in stock and there are only a limited number of images available online for me to illustrate the complexity of this material. Consequently, today's post will serve as a brief introduction to this material. Then, as I get more m…