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"G" Stamp

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1994 "USOPS Fables" First Day of Issue envelope featuring The "G" Stamp. "7th in a series of postal raises." Postmarked Washington, DC, Dec. 13, 1994. Signed and numbered #34 of 145 by Doris Gold. Copyright 1995 by Doris Gold.

This envelope has been particularly revealing for me because of two things I have examined more closely. One is that each envelope is uniquely (?) numbered by the artist. Was there really only one #34 of 145? The other is that the series celebrates the raising again of postal rates! Is this something to be celebrated? This time goldilocks is delivering porridge to three bears. Mama and papa are postal workers. Behind them is a postoffice building marked U.S.O.P.S. Is it true that the G stamp here is not enough to take care of this envelope, but needs an added stamp?

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Carlson Fable Collection

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“"G" Stamp,” Creighton University Libraries: Archives & Special Collections, accessed December 16, 2024, https://creightonarchives.omeka.net/items/show/1353.

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