Not all Nationals are junk, however.Īs you would expect, most Airline and Railroad covers, for example, That have no single specific location (city and state), as seen Wants anything, there are a few types of covers that are basicallyĬonsidered 'junk' within the hobby. Someone (out of the some 7.8 billion people in the world) who JUNK COVERS : Even though there is always Still be wanted, even in used condition. If the cover is old and in a desirable category, it may The matches, themselves, areĪlmost always removed by the collector, so if yours have alreadyīeen carefully taken out, there's no problem with that. Collectors are lookingįor unstruck, undamaged covers. CONDITION : Don't forget that, as with all collectibles,Ĭondition is an important factor in value.Most common, although Foreign Military and some others would Some interest.Cigarettes, Airlines, Girlies, Die-Cuts are the ThereĪre also various categories in Foreign that would always be of Has 'exotic' working for it, rather than against it. Mean, what's a collector supposed to do with a laundromat coverįrom New Zealand? On the other hand, something such as aĬover from the Abu Dhabi Sheraton And, most of themĪre not in the most desirable categories to start with. Sizes, which makes them difficult to house. Plus, foreign covers are often in 'non-standard' In other instances, it's the kiss of death! Covers in Arabic,Ĭhinese, Japanese, etc., for example, are completely unintelligible FOREIGN : In some cases, 'exotic' is a plus.That give those covers special value, and the fact that thoseĪre famous places and those are rare exceptions. There are exceptions, of course.The World TradeĬenter destroyed on 9/11, the Boston Coconut Grove destroyed That that hotel burned down 30 years ago or that restaurant wentīelly up back in the '50s doesn't add anything to the value of BusinessesĪre hit and miss affairs, here today.gone tomorrow. Majority of businesses advertised on matchcovers are gone. NOT BEING ISSUED ANYMORE : Be aware that the fact that "thatīusiness doesn't exist anymore" is meaningless.May be readily collectible for other reasons, but not for their The 1960s and beyond.forget it! Those covers In the 1940s and 1950s, we hit the Golden Age of matchcovers,īut, although they're 60+ years old, again.they're not really Even most Pre-War covers aren't that soughtĪfter. When the relatives come over, but to a collector it may be of Just come across might well be an interesting item of conversation Over the last 100 years, so that dandy little 1930s cover you've That there have been billions of covers issued Still, you could find a cover from the 1930s, and it might notīe of any great interest to collectors. They look old they feel old.but they're not. II, so it's not that difficult to find covers well over halfĪ century old. Hard to believe,īut it's already been some 77 years since the end of World War old! Old, in this hobby, begins with Pre-WW I know those covers you have are 30, 40, 50 years old, but they're NOT GOING TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE : Before we start treasure
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