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The Paducah Collection

Special Delivery Issues with Varieties (NH)

Grade Points: 97.25
Completion: 21.88%
Set Rating: 8.28

Registrant's Email Address: ticklescat@aol.com

Owner's Comments:
I have a great fondness for US Special Delivery stamps. I've often seen these stamps at work within the pages of my mother's diaries. My mother, born in 1922, started keeping a daily diary at a very young age. Many times I've seen a diary entry mentioning a Special Delivery letter had arrived from one of our family saying something like I'll be arriving in Paducah on the train from Lexington at a certain time/date. There are also several diary entries recording my mom or her parents sending a Special Delivery letter to someone. It's interesting to me this all happened back when the US Postal Service in Paducah delivered mail to your house on both morning and afternoon routes. Life in the USA was very different in those days. It seems USPS Special Delivery mail was probably more reliable and less expensive than making a long distance telephone call. As David Hall has noted, these stamps are big and beautiful. Their changes in design provide a perfect synopsis documenting the evolution of transportation in the USA mail delivery system. Special Delivery was the Express Mail/FedEx of late 19th century/20th century America.

The Paducah Collection
Item Scott No. Issue Date Denom Color PSE Grade Pop* Pop
Higher*		 J Pop
Higher*		 Condition Owner's Comments
10c     10c              
10c     10c              
10c     10c              
10c     10c  P12 No WMK            
10c     10c  P12 DLW            
10c     10c              
10c     10c              
10c     10c              
10c     10c  P12 SLW            
10c     10c              
10c     10c  P10 SLW            
10c     10c              
10c     10c  P10            
10c     10c              
10c     10c  P11            
10c     10c              
10c     10c              
10c     10c              
10c     10c              
15c E13  1925  15c  Deep orange  98  17  5  5  Mint OGnh   
20c E14  1925  20c  Black  98  29  16  14  Mint OGnh   
10c     10c              
10c E15a  1927  10c  Red lilac  95  89  98  1  Mint OGnh   
10c E15b  1927  10c  Gray lilac  95  6  2  0  Mint OGnh   
15c     15c              
13c     13c              
17c     17c              
20c     20c              
20c E20  1954  20c  Deep blue  98  23  8  0  Mint OGnh   
30c E21  1957  30c  Lake  98  46  28  0  Mint OGnh   
45c E22  1969  45c  Carmine & violet blue  98  11  4  2  Mint OGnh   
60c     60c              

* Pop (population) values are the number of stamps graded by Scott number and condition for each item listed.
Pop Higher values represent the number of stamps which are worth more points in the Registry, taking into account bonus points for Jumbos whereas 80J = 83, 85J = 88, 90J = 93, 95J = 97, 98J = 99, 100J = 102. J Pop Higher values are the number of Jumbos graded higher for each item listed.