Saturday, August 26, 2023

Four 'cents' 1938/9 covers to various destinations

In some cases, it is obvious that the cover is philatelic. In others, it's not so obvious. These four all seem to be philatelic. Use of the 1/2 centavo and 2 1/2 centavos stamps on non-philatelic covers are almost impossible: for the 1/2 centavo, it fulfilled printed matter rates, and the 2 1/2 centavos stamp was supposed to be used on Braille mail (for the blind), for which use I have not seen a cover, and I have been collecting this series since the early 1990s. 

The first cover is to Chile.






A covet to Belgium.






Another cover to Belgium, this one to a stamp dealer.






A cover to the United States. Curious posting of the stamps upside down.