K1901

Numismatics

Currency

Subscriber-Only

Spring 2020 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 23 K1901 — Numismatics (8-13-91)

Since coin collecting is a close cousin to stamp collecting, I wanted this first day cover to be something special. I had found a perfect place to obtain the perfect first day postmark — Coin, Iowa. It was in the southwest corner of Iowa and was difficult to reach from the official city of Chicago. Note the full name of Iowa appears in the postmark. The hand painted cachet features several U.S. coins. A crisp looking cover and the Coin cancel is a Collins exclusive. A numismatics stamp with a coin first day postmark!

Summer 2024 Mail Sale Commentery 

Lot 15 K1901 — Numismatics — a Subscriber-only Limited-Edition cover — 8-13-91

The hand painted cachet features several silver and gold United States coins. A Columbian half dollar from the 1892 World's Exposition has a prominent place as I thought it would be appropriate during that period of time when we were celebrating Columbus's 500th Discovery Anniversary. It's a very distinctive, different, and eye-catching cachet. The big news is the cancel. I found a small town named Coin in the southwest corner of Iowa which made me very excited. After picking up the stamps in Chicago, they had to be put on the covers as quickly as possible. Then, with safety and speed limits in mind, it was a dash over and down to the town of Coin. A fine magenta cancel ties the stamp to the cover. A nice touch is that "Iowa" is spelled out in the postmark rather than the usual abbreviation. I was the only cachetmaker to obtain the "Coin" first day postmark on this coin collecting cover.