Tuesday Treasures - March 3, 2026

 The ephemera shoe box at St. Vincent de Paul was refilled!

This time I got two 1985 Royal Mail (Great Britain) Presentation Packs.  $2.00 and $2.50  

The first is Christmas Pantomime.

From left to right the stamps picture Principal Boy (traditionally played by a girl), Genie, Dame, Pantomime Cat, and Fairy.

They open to a page on the topic.

Coincidentally, a few weeks earlier I got the Genie in a pile of world-wide stamps.  The postmark slogan reads "Be properly addressed," urging care in addressing outgoing mail.  There are other Royal Mail slogans along the same line.

The second is commemorating 350 years of mail service to the public.  The stamps, left to right, are urban, rural, town, and village delivery. 

In 1982 the USPS put out a series of state birds and flowers. I had few, until I found this, The Fifty State Birds and Flowers Mint Set!  It wasn't a steal at $12; about mid-range for what the asking prices are online. 

Complete with the book! 

The stamps are still sealed along with stamp mounts to mount them in the book.  

This is my state bird, the Western Meadowlark.  It's a popular state bird, with six states adopting it.  I question it being Nebraska's choice, that isn't a western state.  There are two states who have chicken breeds as their state birds.  I knew Rhode Island, as it's the Rhode Island Red, a common breed that lays brown eggs. The other is Delaware with the Blue Hen Chicken which lays blue eggs. 

Hopefully they'll part with more of their thousands of antique postcards soon.  Not holidays, I have quite a few, in fact, plenty of Christmas and Easter.  Real Photo or dogs would be great!