Stan Henderson used to send the 3-Muscateers Space Covers he produced (sometimes along with a newlsetter, see below) to his customers inside long envelopes, pre-printed with his return address. I’ve seen 3 different types of these long envelopes and a scan of each is shown below.
Type I – black Rodeo CA address – in use during 1978:
Type II – blue Rodeo CA address – in use during 1979:
Type III – blue Stockton CA address – in use during 1981:
NEWSLETTERS
Recently some original newsletters sent from Stan Henderson to one of his important Space Cover clients have come to light. I have scanned each issue and they are shown below. In my opinion, these newsletters are very important and really help to tell the story of Stan Henderson and his 3-Muscateers Space Cover brand. I can’t imagine too many copies of these newsletters would have survived over the years, so I am especially grateful to the original owner for hanging onto them for so many years (and in such impeccable condition), and for kindly letting me have access to them for this website.
Often when you open a 3-Muscateers cover, it will contain an unused but cut-down banking envelope, usually from the Liberty National Bank (2539 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110) and sometimes from The Chartered Bank of London (100 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104). Because of this, I always suspected Stan might have worked at a bank. Stans newsletter from around May 1981, shown below, basically proves this. He mentions having to move due to the bank branch where he worked changing ownership in Feb 1980. This also helps explain the lack of 3-Muscateers Space Covers issued during 1980, especially when you consider how prolific Stan was immediately before in the 1979, and again afterwards in 1981. Here is a copy of this exact newsletter:
I would love to hear from anyone who has more information about Stan Henderson and/or 3-Muscateers Space Covers that I could add here ! Thank-you.