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Jan 1 1884 Postmark Universal Benevolent Association Cover?

 
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Posted 05/08/2013   10:03 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add matttodd1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Can anyone tell me anything about this cover? It's postmarked Jan 1 1884 (New Years Day!). It's evident the year is 1884 from the marking on the reverse, December 31, 1883 (New Years Eve!). Kind of cool to have New Year's Eve and New Year's Day on the same cover.

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Posted 05/08/2013   11:06 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
A rather dubious organization of the period (1881-1884) that was forced out of business by court order by the end of 1884:





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Darn "brazen humbugs"!
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So they basically took charitable donations and skipped out of town... Some things never change.
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Posted 05/10/2013   10:40 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add matttodd1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for all the great info. I actually found this cover in an APS sales circuit - it's not mine. If anyone wants me to buy it and send it to them, just let me know in the next couple of days. It's priced at $9. Anyone out there looking for a New Year's day cancelled cover?

Matt
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