#507 USA 11/07/28

AW Welch sent me these nice FDCs from the USA. They were issued and posted on July 28 and arrived on September 7, 2011.

The FDC and stamps commemorate the US Merchant Marine and depict a container ship, a clipper ship, a liberty ship, and an auxiliary steam ship.

#484 USA 10/12/22

Willie sent me this nice cover from the USA, thank you! It was posted in Menomonie on December 22, 2010 and arrived on January 1, 2011.

Willie managed to attach some UN stamps again.

See also covers #434 and #418.

#434 USA 10/09/15

Thank you very much, Willie, for sending this marvelous registered cover from the USA!

It was posted in Menomonie on September 15 and arrived on September 22, 2010. Willie attached some UN stamps of the flag series, which were cancelled by US post too!

See also: #418 USA 10/08/10

#418 USA 10/08/10

Willie sent me this beautiful registered cover from the USA, thank you! It was posted in Menomonie on August 10 and arrived on August 19, 2010.

There are several UN stamps attached, which were normally cancelled by US post! Two stamps of the flags series, depicting the flags of Kampuchea and Honduras, and two stamps of the “Human Rights” set.

Two of the US stamps commemorate the Mackinac Bridge, which was issued on February 3, 2010. Three are part of the 2010 set “Animal Rescue”. The two top middle US stamps commemorate the Zion National Park, they were issued on June 28, 2009. The definitive in the middle commemorates the author Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896).

#317 USA 09/07/30

Thank you, Chele, for sending me this nice cover from the USA!

It was posted in Newburgh, NY, on July 30, 2009. The definitive stamp at the left is entitled “American clock”, and was first issued on January 24, 2003. The two right stamps are part of the 2009 lighthouse set, which was issued on July 23, 2009. It depicts the lighthouses of Biloxi, Mississippi, and Sabina Pass, Louisana. Unfortunately the right stamp got damaged during delivery.

#249 USA 09/10/1?

This nice cover from the USA was sent to me by Chele, thank you!

The left stamp is the definitive “American clock”, which was first issued on January 24, 2003. The middle stamp is the definitive “Purple Heart” issued on April 28, 2009. Finally the right stamp commemorates the famous actor Gary Cooper (1901-1961). The stamp is part of the set “Legends of Hollywood” and was issued on September 10, 2009.

#228 USA 09/12/12

This nice Christmas and Hanukkah cover was sent to me by Chele on December 12, 2009, from Newburgh, NY. Thank you!

#198 USA 2007/03/10

This USA cover was posted in Hellertown, Pennsylvania, on March 10, 2007.

The right commemorative stamps depict the “largest frog” (the American Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana) and the “largest reptile” (the American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis).

#163 USA 09/06/23

Thank you, Chele, for sending me this nice US cover, which was posted in Mid Hudson, NY, on June 23, 2009.

#141 USA 09/04/25

Kathy sent me this nice cover from the USA, thank you!

It was posted in Rochester, NY, on April 25 (?), 2009.

#119 USA 09/02/??

Postal stationery with additional stamps of the USA, posted in Prospects Heights, IL, in February 2009.

The stamps commemorate the authors T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) and Marianne Moore (1887-1972).

USA 2007/01/31

USA airmail cover posted on January 31, 2007 in Hellertown, Pennsylvania.

The left stamp commemorates the XI^th International Botanical Congress in Seattle, Washington, 1969. It depicts the desert plant Fouquieria splendens, which grows in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It has a face value of six cents.

The other two stamps are part of a mini-sheet depicting the motorcycles Harley-Davidson Electra-Glide (1965) and a chopper of 1970. The stamps were issued in 2006 during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. Both stamps have a face value of 39 cents each.