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Handwritten Postmark Date?

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Posted 04/26/2013 9:37 pm

Hi Everyone,
I have this very small old cover, with July 11 inside the postmark, looks like was handwritten? But I don't see a date. This is very very small and I put a ruler beside it, only 2 inches high, would not pass the standards in today's mail. Is this from 1800's?

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Posted 04/26/2013 9:43 pm

Yes, between 1861 and 1875, most likely.

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Posted 04/26/2013 11:39 pm

I have some of these.

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Posted 04/27/2013 08:02 am

Manuscript (penned) dates are common for this time period. To find year dates as part of the stamped postmark device are harder to find.

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