United States of America - New Mexico

In my World envelope collection I do not just want to have envelopes from stamp-issuing countries and territories, but also from other regions. This includes the 50 states of the United States of America. This envelope comes from the state of New Mexico, lying in the Southwestern region of the United States. It was the 47th state, admitted in 1912.

The stamps were affixed by me and come from the Flags of our nations and Greetings series and a stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of statehood. I sent the envelope to the post office in the capital Santa Fe to be postmarked. I got a very nice Santa Fe postmark, but somehow the post office clerk put it upside down. After Santa Fe my envelope went through a sorting and cancelling machine in Albuquerque. Back in the Netherlands the envelope went through two sorting centres, the one in Amsterdam (A-code) and the one in The Hague (G-code).

Date sent: 5 May 2017

Date postmark: 19 May 2017

Date received: 27 May 2017

Number of days: 22

Envelope in collection: 121