United States of America - Montana

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 Montana, lying in the northwestern region of the United States. It was the 41st state, admitted in 1889.

The stamps were affixed by me and come from the Flags of our nation, State birds and Greetings series and the stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of statehood. I sent the envelope to the post office in the capital Helena to be postmarked. It arrived back in almost four weeks with just one, but a perfect datestamp. To protect the envelope the Helena postmaster sent it back inside a transparent cover where my address was barely visible. Still it arrived.

Date sent: 24 May 2017

Date postmark: 13 June 2017

Date received: 20 June 2017

Number of days: 27

Envelope in collection: 177