Philosateleia
Kevin Blackston
PO Box 217
Floresville TX 78114-0217
United States of America

Non-profit cover makes use of Ethiopian stamp images

Like a lot of people, I receive a decent amount of “junk mail,” including solicitations from various non-profit organizations. Some of those solicitations actually have stamps on them, mainly the Patriotic Nonprofit over the past couple of years, but probably roughly as many do not.

This cover that I received from Orbis International earlier this month falls into the latter category. It has a pretty enough border reminiscent of old airmail envelopes, but only a 13.5¢ meter mark to pay postage.

Front of envelope mailed by Orbis International
Orbis International cover front

Flip the envelope over, however, and there are four stamps—or rather, images (with denominations removed) of four stamps from Ethiopia!

Back of envelope mailed by Orbis International depicting four Ethiopian stamps
Reverse of Orbis International cover picturing four Ethiopian stamps

The stamps depicted are:

My guess is the graphic designer who put together this envelope probably found the images on some stock photo website and decided to use them simply to make the envelope more attractive. Whatever the case, it certainly added a bit of color to something I would otherwise have discarded almost immediately.

(As interesting as this cover is, it doesn’t even come close to fitting into any of my collections, so I’ve listed it on my online shop.)

Published 2018-12-25

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