ENCASED STAMP Detroit, Butzen's Postage Currency, 2¢

40mm. 2-cent stamp, backed by a printed card disk, under mylar(?) and bound with an aluminum ring. XF-AU or better. NO RESERVE.

Issued in the 1940s or '50s. An interesting issue, with several denominations, each a differnt color. Should sell for $25 (cheap!) to $40, altho I've gotten more at times.

In a couple months I should be eBaying the Bob Kincaid collection on Souvenir Encased Postage. Most of it came from the Carnegie Institute collection in Pittsburgh. It may be the largest such collection ever offered. There will be NO RESERVES. Don't even think of asking me to sell anything privately.

Please check the bottom of this page for direct links to my other Encased Postage --about two dozen, from  Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain (Civil War --actual encasements) and USA (souvenir issue)--on eBay this week. I expect to list 200-250 pieces this year, from many countries including USA, so if you are interested, please make me a “Favorite Seller”. If you have previously bought Encased Postage from me, you should be receiving eMail notices from me, with direct links to the listings.

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Some of my Encased Postage is listed on eBay-France & eBay-Germany. The below links will bring you directly to the listings. Your eBay.com registration works automatically. You will hardly know you are bidding on a foreign site. Postage is combined regardless.

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Postage is $2.58 insured in the USA, $13 (Air-Registered) overseas. Will combine shipping. An additional piece usually costs you NOTHING extra  in postage, even on overseas packages. Items may be examined and may be picked up BY APPOINTMENT in my street-level Manhattan store. (You can see the Empire State Building from my doorstep: Paul J. Bosco, 149 Madison Ave at E32nd St., New York, NY 10016; 212/758-2646; pauljbosco@covad.net. NEW WEBSITE: www.pauljbosco.com).