COVER N.12 - Sweden

Postmark: absent, although the cover circulated normally
Posted on (?), received on the 14th June.
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Something of a mistery. I don't know how common this is, but the very nice cover I got from my good old friend Neil, from Sweden, landed on my mailbox without any postmark. This is a thousand times better than a cancellation by pen or pencil, as we sometimes see, but still it is strange to get a letter with no postmark at all. Makes an even nicer addition to the collection, in the curiosity department, though. Thank you so much, Neil.

Neil and I met because we share a common interest: Plastic scale models. And so he went that extra mile to find an interesting envelope on to glue the very colorful stamps he chose, related to another of his passions: motorbikes and motorbike riding.

The International Plastic Modellers Society was created in the UK, back in 1963, when plastic scale modelling was one of the most pursued hobbies all over the world. Those were the high days of brands that were well known to Santa Claus, so many were the mentions they got in the letters he received each year by November, early December: Airfix, Frog, Revell, Monogram; Aurora, Lindeberg, to name a few...

Neil tells me the envelope dates back to the 70s, so it is a rarity in itself.

The  nice colourful stamps are part of a 2002 (05OCT02) emission of 8 even priced (5Kr) stamps dedicated to Motorcycle sports. Apart from the stamps on the cover, illustrating the Motorcross, Trial, Enduro and Speedway disciplines, the set included 1 more stamp dedicated to motorcross and another 2 on the subject of roadracing.