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t360
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 Posted 05/16/2008 9:20 pm
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The Pan-American Exposition was a World's Fair held in Buffalo, New York,
from May 1 through November 2, 1901. A beautiful series of bi-color engraved stamps were
issued on May 1, 1901, in six denominations ranging from 1c to 10c, by the US Post Office
to commemorate the Pan Am Exposition.
Today I received this 1902 registered cover mailed from San Francisco to Saginaw Michigan.
It has the 1c, 2c, and 4c Pan American Exposition stamps neatly applied to a Columbian 5c
stamped envelope. The 4c shows an electric automobile in Washington.
It is hard to imagine someone who was not stamp collector or dealer creating this cover.
A little bit of googling revealed that E. F. Gambs was a stamp dealer in San Francisco.
A close-up of the stamps shows they are a little toned around the perfs.
Anyone ever tried to remove a little toning from stamps on a cover?
My inclination is to not try it.
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modern_who
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USA
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Posted 05/16/2008 9:23 pm
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Very nice item. You're right, covers like that don't just happen.
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"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies . . . If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] . . . will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered . . . The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."
-- Thomas Jefferson -- The Debate Over The Recharter Of The Bank Bill, (1809)
Larry, APS Member
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Dianne Earl
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t360
Moderator
USA
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Posted 05/18/2008 12:18 am
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Here is a 1901 Pan American cover I've had for about 20 years.
The 2c Locomotive Pan Am stamp, used on Lackawanna Railroad (Transportation Dept)
company stationary, is tied by a special cancel related to the exposition.
This triangle plus straight line cancel was used
in Buffalo, NY to advertise the Pan American exposition held there.
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t360
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USA
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Posted 05/19/2008 11:38 pm
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Here are two 2c and one 1c Pan Am stamps tied with a duplex cancel
to a cover postmarked at 10AM in White Plains, NY on July 15, 1901.
It is addressed to:
Dr. L. H. Greire
The Cliff
Mahableshwar
Satara District
India
and forwarded:
American Mission
Wai
The reverse has a number of interesting markings.
The 4 - PM July 15 receiving postmark in New York City reads New York, N.Y. FOR. BCH:
Next there is an August 4 SEA POST OFFICE postmark:
then an 11 AM August 9 BOMBAY arrival postmark,
and an August 9 BOMBAY DEP departure mark,
and finally an receiving mark 7 AM on August 10 in Wai, India.
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t360
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USA
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Posted 05/21/2008 9:42 pm
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2c Pan American on a cover sent on Sept. 10, 1901 from Fruitvale, Cal. to Clarksburg, California.
This cover will be sent free to the first person who makes a post here saying that they would like to have it!
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philb
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bobgggg
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t360
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t360
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USA
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Posted 05/22/2008 06:44 am
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bobgggg, your cover is in the mail and on its way to you! I put in a bonus cover for you which has a nice copy of the 2c trans-miss.
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bobgggg
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laswabbie
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Posted 05/22/2008 09:39 am
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To borrow a phrase from the fashion industry - "That is an absolutely stunning cover!"
And as always, I'm a week late and ten bucks short!
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Greg - (APS 184124 ~ GPS 10097 ~ AAMS 12098 ~ SIP 10541)
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justabeginner
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Australia
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Posted 05/22/2008 8:23 pm
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Dang I missed it.. These sure do look like Columbian Exposition Issues..  Maybe next time Tom... MWAHAHAHAH
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t360
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Posted 05/23/2008 10:59 pm
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Here is a 1900 cover advertising the upcoming Pan-American Exposition
to be held in Buffalo in the following year.
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Dianne Earl
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