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Cover (philately)
Outside of a piece of mail with a recipient's address and evidence of payment or free delivery / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In philately, the term cover pertains to the outside of an envelope or package with an address, typically with postage stamps that have been cancelled and is a term generally used among stamp and postal history collectors. The term does not include the contents of the letter or package, although they may add interest to the item if still present. Cover collecting plays an important role in postal history as many covers bear stamps, postmarks and other markings along with names and addresses all of which help to place a cover at a given time and place in history.[1][2]
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