Philosateleian Post accordion stamp on first day cover

I began using Philosateleian Post’s new accordion stamp on May 30, and to mark its release, I prepared a first day cover bearing the stamp that I mailed to myself. That arrived in my post office box the next week.

To pay United States postage, I used one of the Ansel Adams stamps issued in May, the one picturing Monument Valley in Arizona. It’s tied to cover by my mailer’s postmark for Floresville, Texas.

Overall, the cover survived its journey just fine except for one thing: most of the lower quarter of my Philosateleian stamp was scraped and curled up by mail processing equipment! I was able to uncurl the scraped portion of the stamp and used some glue to affix that strip back to the envelope so that it doesn’t look so bad at first glance, but it’s too bad it didn’t make it through unscathed.

Published 2024-06-18