We've Been Around For A While...

Revenue collectors, that is.

While this isn't the earliest known revenue specialist dealer, I thought it was a neat item.

No doubt the "discount postage" of the day.

Great cover revenuecollector.

Sure is amazing what turns up every now and then.

Chimo

Bujutsu

It's a beauty! I like the late usages!

Certainly a nice cover.

On a history point, can anyone tell me where Coal Valley, Pennsylvania was located? The town doesn't exist today. Obviously, a discontinued post office. Surprisingly, there is very little information I can find on the internet on exactly where Coal Valley was located, however, it looks as if it was in Allegheny County.

NOTE: Jim Forte's Postal History website suggests that the Coal Valley, PA post office was discontinued in 1951. (The Postal Bulletin also suggests that mail from that point was redirected to Clairton, PA.)

It appears Coal Valley was subsumed by Clairton, PA. See http://cityofclairton.com/about-clairton/

Nice franking, but 10¢ for a domestic letter ? Philatelic cover ?

The cover was sent registered.

As previously mentioned, the cover was sent Registered Mail ("Reg. 13"). I'd love to have seen what the contents were...

Some expensive material no doubt, was wondering if the Reg 13 was for registered.

The Reg #13 is the 13th registered item sent from Coal Valley

For whatever it's worth, the addressee, L.E. Gruber was born Luther Ernest Gruber and graduated from the University of Michigan with a Pharmacy degree and was noted on a later census of having been employed as a "drug store clerk" (pharmacist) in Elmira, NY.

I wonder how much US revenues went for in 1900?

Very spiffy cover indeed.