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there different quantities for all the covers in the 1000 cover series? For each upcoming ship/space event, Morris W. Beck serviced the number of covers he had on-hand for each collector.� For example, the 1962 Independence Day series consisted of covers postmarked on 201 different US Navy ships.� Many collectors didn't haven enough covers with Beck for the entire series.� All 201 covers were postmarked on July 4,1962.�� I remember how his service worked and I often received postcards from Beck stating that my cover supply was running low.� Sometimes I sent my stamped/address envelopes right away and sometimes it took several weeks for me to find time to send them. Most of the time I would send batches of 50 envelopes with my address and stamps affixed.� I send him a note stating how many covers I wanted for each future event� I also included a SASE postcard for him to tell me when my supply of envelopes was low.� Plus 2 or 3 cents (for each envelope) for his service. Mr. Beck printed the envelopes he had on-hand from collectors for each upcoming event. Beck printed differing quantities of covers for each Navy event because of the varying supply of envelope he had on-hand from collectors.� If a collector didn't have enough envelopes on-hand with Mr. Beck, he just printed what he had and sent the batch to the US Navy. He did not maintain a supply or inventory of back issues for sale. See some of his messages are below:
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