1947 US Navy EMIL BILKA Designed Cover, USS NEW KENT APA 217, Attack Transport!

Description: USS NEW KENTOCT 27, 1947 CdsUnaddressedUSS New Kent (APA-217) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the US Navy in World War II. She was of the VC2-S-AP5 Victory ship design type. She was named after New Kent County, Virginia.In 1931 Crosby opened a Stamp, Coin & Curio Shoppe in San Pedro. He joined the North Bay Stamp Club (associate member #144) in January 1931, giving 104 Fifth Street, San Pedro CA as his mailing address. An IPMS April 1931 newsletter lists #178 as W.G. Crosby, 16 Locust Place, Long Beach, CA (collector-dealer) specializing in battleship postmarks, CAM & FAM covers, First Flights and odd postmarks. Both San Pedro and Long Beach addresses appear in Crosby advertisements. Crosby advertised a cover service in both the Western Stamp Collector (1928) and the Weekly Philatelic Gossip (1930). In the former, naval cover club members would sent self-addressed envelopes franked with postage to Crosby and he would forward them to his mail clerk friends for cancellation.As a member of the Long Beach Stamp Club, he produced #10 cachet cover publicizing their first annual philatelic exhibit, his place of business and his store merchandise. Crosby was very active in the new hobby of navo-philately. He began to service covers for sale to collectors i.e. Last Day Service, Last Day in Commission, First Day Service, First Day in Commission. Covers from TEXAS and PENNSYLVANIA transferring the Flag (15 SEP 1931) sold for fifty cents each. Crosby with Robert Beazell experimented with photographic paper folded into envelopes. They produced special battleship covers posted aboard the ships from various ports. They sold (set of 16) for five dollars.Crosby’s wife name was Emma. They had two children, a son Rewalt and daughter Jane. Crosby passed away September 28, 1947. He is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in California. His wife continued the business for a time with the help of Ralph “Shorty” Burkholder (#1336). Eventually, William “Duke” Gmahle (#2753) purchased the rights in 1949 to produce Crosby type covers (1949-57) Ray St. John purchased most of unused printed envelopes. Emil Bilka (#2670) also produced Crosby type covers (1947-52). You may distinguish “Bilka” covers from those produced by Crosby or Gmahle by the fact that “Bilka” coordinated the cachet color with the color of the stamp and often used a colored ink for the cancel.All important contents scanned if any.Additional scans on request.Thanks for looking, and thanks in advance for your bids or purchase!Covers from this collection are in mixed condition.Generally Fine to Very Fine or Better, Some Flaws as Shown. In general, postal history items will be in fine / very fine condition. Many like FDC's will be in excellent condition. Standalone stamps will be described. Additional information upon request. Just message me! Thanks for looking, and thanks in advance for your purchases!************************************SHIPPING & HANDLING FOR MY ITEMS(I will happily combine shipping for you)At Checkout, You Will (Hopefully) Have These Shipping Options.IF YOU WANT TRACKING, YOU NEED TO PAY FOR IT.$1.00 = USPS First Class - No Tracking$4.50 = Parcel Post with Trackingor for Insured Mail up to $100.00.$5.00 for USPS Certified Mail$15.00 = Registered Mail (USA Only)$19.00 = Registered Mail to CanadaJust $1.50 First Class to Canada!Please allow a little time for me to invoice you!_____________________________________________OVERSEAS ORDERSJust $3.00 Airmail For Overseas shipping & handling for regular sized covers!Large covers will be a dollar more. $2.00 more if much larger.(You can pay for Registered Mail for any purchase of any amount. Recommended if you live in a country where item's are lost much of the time.)Buy as many items as you wish with NO additional shipping charges per package up to $75.00 in value!Just $22.00 For Registered Mail! Multiple items may be combined, and may cost up to $25.00 total in some cases.REQUIRED FOR ITEMS OVER $75.00 Going Outside the USA.CHECK TO SEE IF YOUR COUNTRY TRACKS REGISTERED MAIL!Only 35 do! I Can Invoice You For The Items With Correct Combined Shipping. Please message me!Since PayPal charges per transaction, I cannot refund you if you pay for individual items before I have a chance to invoice you with combined shipping.THANKS! Sincerely, Dave I Sell All Kinds of Postal History & Some other things too!1800's stampless, 19th Century stamps on and off cover,Stamp Dealer Covers, FDC's, Collins' covers, DPO's, RFD's, single prexie and multiple prexies usages, Transatlantic airmails and ship covers, fancy cancels, naval, world exposition, celebrity, aviation and space autographs, Advertising, Airmail, Graf Zeppelins, USS Akron & USS Macon, Railroad RPO / RMS and more!Follow my listings to see more of them! They will be priced to sell!NEW AUCTION LISTINGS -Usually 5 Days a Week! Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

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