January 25, 2024
AFCO (EKKO type) radio reception stamp, WBNO, New Orleans, Louisiana
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AFCO (EKKO type) radio reception stamp, WBNO, New Orleans, Louisiana In the late 1930s, a Vice President of the Newark News Radio Club, Arthur Foerster, revived the radio stamp. The AFCO Company (presumably named after Mr. Foerster's initials) used the later EKKO stamp model: The long distance radio listener, or DXer, sent in proof of reception from a station along with return postage and a nickel, and AFCO responded with a stamp. James Drummond's Verified Reception Stamps includes one example, issued in 1935, but AFCO stamps are otherwise uncatalogued. The stamps I am currently offering are the first I've seen in nine years of specializing in radio stamps. Most appear to date from about 1938. AFCO stamps should be considered the rarest of all radio stamps.WBNO apparently began operations as WBBX in 1934. It left the air before 1942, presumably surrendering its hours to its frequency-mate, WJBW.Until the day more of these stamps surface, these two auctions are the last of my AFCO stamp inventory.Condition:No tears or thins; nearly full gum. _gsrx_vers_522 (GS 6.6.2 (522))
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