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Early advertisement ...

this ITEM OF THE MONTH was provided by GÜNTER PILZ

 

Looking at this early commercial cover with its meter cancel from Cincinnati, Ohio, postmarked on March 20, 1934 at 6 PM at a value of 3 Cts you might ask: What has that got to do with Volleyball ? 
Well, take a look at the backside (although I am aware of the fact that the philatelic value as a Volleyball item is not very high):

Now you can see that the P. Goldsmith & Sons Company produced and sold all kinds of sport balls, amongst them also Volleyballs. It would be intersting to know if this company still exists.

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details of the backside of the cover

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