1869 Pictorial Issues On Cover

Thank you, Dianne and sfgoda.

Cimarron_Warrior, we are looking forward to seeing your covers!

Here is a 3c 1869 on an "all-over" advertising cover from the State of Maine Education Department,
canceled with a "May 10 Augusta ME." postmark.

I must have missed this topic t360. Very nice covers as I enjoy the postal history ones. Thank you for bring back this one topic on pictorials.

grrreat! I will post a few more.

Here is a 3c 1869 locomotive stamp on an all-over advertising cover from Burton and Co. Looking-Glass Works.



Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) by Lewis Carroll was the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865).


There was an enclosure which describes a check payment for some stock.

Yarmouth is a town located in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. In the 19th century it was a major shipbuilding center.



This cover was sent from Lynn, Massachusetts to Capt. James Kelly, Green Cove, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.



The 6c 1869 pictorial issue featuring Washington's portrait paid the 6c rate from US to Canada.



It is easily to see the grill on the stamp just below George Washington's eyes.

Really wonderful covers Tom.....


Is your set of proofs on card stock or stamp paper ? It is a striking set, the colors are fantastic.

Thank you. The proofs are on card stock. I did get another 1c proof which is better centered.
However I couldn't bring myself to break up the original set assembled by Hearst. So I just kept both of the 1c proofs.

Here is a 12c 1869 pictorial issue on a transatlantic cover sent from New York to Bath, England and forwarded to Bristol.
The steamship "Russia" is indicated in the upper left corner with a sailing date of June 2 (1869) and there is a July 14, 1869
receiving mark at Bristol, England on the back. There is also a red New York "Paid All" June 2nd cancel and the stamp is
tied by a "circle of wedges" (or "pieces of pie") fancy cancel.



The 12c value in the 1869 pictorial series (Scott #117) shows the steamship Adriatic, which was launched in 1856.
The steamship Adriatic is easier to see on my used single. On this copy you should be able to see part of the grill -
look for a line of squares in the ink just above the smokestacks.

John Grimes Walker commanded the US frigate Sabine on a special cruise in 1869-1870.
This cover, sent from Cambridge, Massachusetts to London, England on September 24, 1869,
is addressed to Commander Walker while he was on that voyage. It has "Sept 20 Boston Paid",
"4 Oc 69 London Paid" and "Oct 4 1869 B. F. Stevens, London, United States Despatch Agent"
markings as well as a London receiving mark on the reverse.



There were reports of a MUTINY on board the United States frigate Sabine, which were laid
to rest by Commander Walker in a letter to his wife (dated Sept. 4th), which was published
in a New York Times article on September 27th.

This registered cover has an 1869 15c Landing of Columbus pictorial issue (#119) used together with an
1869 3c Locomotive stamp (#114). It was sent from the Henry Boynton, Pension Agent, at the United
States Pension Agency in Augusta Maine to Mrs. Pinkham in Weeks Mills, Franklin County, Maine.



The cover is a bit soiled, but it has a pretty nice 15c stamp.

Great covers Tom

Thanks for sharing them with us.

Dianne

Tom your blessed mate these cover a great love the history behind the stamps mate thanks for sharing regards Harry

Thank you Dianne & Harry

This cover also bears a 15c Landing of Columbus (#119). It was sent from New York City to
Friederich Schniewind, Esq. in Elberfeld, Prussia. It has "Prussian Closed Mail" in manuscript
across the top with a New York Paid All Br(itish) Transit marking dated Nov 6th and a Verviers
(Liege, Belgium) transit marking on Nov. 20th.



Prussia (shown in blue) was part of the Northern German Confederation in 1869.



The reverse shows the cover arrived on Nov. 20th in Elberfeld.



Elberfeld is now part of Wuppertal on the Wupper river which is a tributary to the Rhine river
in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany near the western border with Belgium.