Woman's Suffrage

This cover was sent to my grandmother (enclosure just a friendly chat letter) in 1913. Notice the campaign stamp in upper left corner. It was not until 1918 that Congress passed legislature which, after state ratification, became the 19th amendment in 1920.



Sadly, when the envelope was opened, it was torn across the front of the envelope. Luckily, it did not tear across the campaign stamp.
Other than having removed the rather thick enclosure and keeping the cover within a cover sleeve, I have done nothing else to it. If you have additional ideas as to how to handle this type of damage, I would be interested.

Nice cover. I have a number of similarly torn covers and face the same dilemma you have. I store them in a box, figuring they are already damaged and no further harm can really come to them. In your case, however, I would want to keep the cover in a sleeve so as to protect the campaign stamp and not risk any further damage.

Although I don't possess this Cinderella (wish I did!) I downloaded this Cinderella/Poster Stamp from the Library of Congress web site, I believe, that also addresses the Women's Suffrage movement. Interestingly, this example seems to have been postmarked New York, NY in 1903, (probably placed next to a stamp in the upper right hand corner of the envelope).



As I have never seen this one before other than from a library/museum web site, I wonder if it's a common or rare piece? Anyone know?