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Celebrate the Century - 1960s

Green Bay Packers

Collins Cover Announcement

"The Sixfies" 

CELEBRRATE THE CENTURY

Many of us have poignant and vivid memories of the 1960s. It was an almost unbelievable ten years when one considers the impact on our-nation. The fifteen hand painted cachets that I created for the Celebrate the Century 1960s series capture the momentous events and changes that transformed our country. I'm offering this set of fifteen at one cover per month at $11.00 each so that it will be within everyone's hobby budget.

As I list the following subjects that this set includes, just consider how meaningful each one really is. In space, man walked on the moon, and in fiction, the Starship Enterprise cruised the universe in television's Star Trek. In Southeast Asia, the Vietnam War raged, and in Upstate New York, hippies wearing the peace symbol gathered at Woodstock. Our collective social conscience was served by Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream and by the volunteers for President John F. Kennedy's Peace Corps. Technology leaped forward at a dizzying speed with the advent of lasers and the integrated circuit. Big boys drove Ford Mustangs and little girls played with Barbie dolls. In sports, the Green Bay Packers dominated professional football and met the Kansas City Chiefs in the very first Super Bowl, while in baseball Roger Maris was breaking the legendary home run record of Babe Ruth. And the world of music was changed forever when the Beatles arrived in New York City to appear on The Ed

Sullivan Show. What a decade it was!

There are a couple of reasons not to pass up this fleeting opportunity. First — the cachet design and hand painting make these covers the absolute finest produced by any cachetmaker for the Celebrate the Century set. Second — if the subjects mentioned above evoke special memories for you, it will prove a nice series with personal significance for your collection. Third — the individual covers are ones that offer much potential for increased value in the years ahead. It will be most interesting to see what the Man Walks the Moon, Star Trek, Vietnam War, Super Bowl I, Roger Maris, and Beatles covers will bring at auction a few years from now — not to mention the others in this set.

Please note that I have relatively few sets available. So, if you wish to sign up, do send back the order form within the next few days. Your first cover — The Beatles — is ready to ship immediately upon receipt of your order. I will then invoice and ship at the rate of one cover per month. Please note that, if you choose, I can send two per month. Due to limited supply, I can only offer one set per collector — and only to those individuals receiving this announcement.

From a cachetmaker's viewpoint, this set of fifteen exceeded my own expectations. It's the 1960s! I hope you will sign up for a set and give these cachets a place in your collection. You'll be glad you did. Thanks.