V1602

Futuristic Mail Delivery

Spacecraft

Collins Cover Announcement 

WORLD EXPOSITION SET

From November 17, 1989 to December 3, 1989 a World Philatelic Exposition was held in Washington, D.C. During the wonderful and hectic two weeks, I practically lived in Washington as item after item was issued by the U.S. Postal Service.

A $3.60 imperforate souvenir sheet featuring four ninety-cent Abraham Lincoln stamps sets the stage for what I believe to be a unique set of FDCs. I produced four individually hand-painted cachets for these four 90-cent stamps with the pictorial Lincoln Memorial cancel which was only available at the Exposition on Day of Issue. My cachets show Lincoln as a boy, participating in the Douglas debates, with his generals during Civil War and in the Ford Theater at the time of his assassination. There is also a portrait cachet with the entire imperforate sheet on the cover.

In addition to the Lincoln stamps, there were souvenir sheets of Classic Mail Transportation issues and Future Space oriented mail Transportation stamps. Traditional modes of travel such as stagecoach, riverboat, bi-plane, motorcar, railroad, and ship are represented as well as rockets, jets, robots, and space stations of the future. Again, I did individual cachets as well as ones for the full souvenir sheets. On those covers I obtained great pictorial First Day postmarks including Space Shuttle, Aviation Day and Old West Day all of which were available on site only.

Rounding out the COLINS "EXPO" set are two beautiful glossy picture postcards of the White House and Jefferson Memorial, each with individual Washington, D.C. pictorial postmarks. The final piece is the first United States hologram which is a space topical. This important issue was on the last day of the Exposition -- December 3rd. The hand-painted cachet is superb as an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut rendezvous in space.

This set is offered at $11.50 per cover. Each has my custom "World EXPO" logo, identifying it as a part of this COLLINS set. Items S1601 thru Z1601.

Spring 2021 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 19 V1601, V1602, V1603, V1604, and V1605 — Future Mail Transportation — 11/27/89

These are five different space cachets featuring future modes of mail transportation, V1601 has all four of the 45-cent stamps and a rocket cachet (not pictured). The other four covers have one each of the new stamps. The hand painted cachets include a rocket blasting off with a U.S. mail satellite on the nose; a space station with a U.S. mail capsule docking; a trio of futuristic delivery automobiles; and an ultra-modern jet aircraft. These are really neat cachets! The pictorial postmark features a flight of three jet planes, and you had to be there on issue day to obtain it. A crisp group of five futuristic covers that offer much upside potential in terms of future value. It's a great collectible set for space enthusiasts as well as Collins collectors.

Winter 2026 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 17 V1601 — V1605 — Future Mail Transportation (set of 5 covers) — 11/27/89

In late 1989, a World Philatelic Exposition was held in Washington, D.C. During the wonderful and hectic two weeks, I made numerous trips to our nation's capital to create a series of amazing first day covers including this wonderful set of five different space cachets featuring future modes of mail transportation. V1601 has all four of the 45-cent stamps and a rocket cachet. The other four covers have one each of the new stamps. The hand-painted cachets include a rocket blasting off with a U.S. mail satellite on the nose; a space station with a U.S. mail capsule docking; a trio of futuristic delivery automobiles; and an ultra-modem jet aircraft. These are really neat cachets! The pictorial postmark features a flight of three jet planes, and you had to be there on issue day  to obtain it. A great collectible set for space enthusiasts as well as Collins collectors.