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1913 Coal Advertising Cover With A Freight Office Marking

 
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Posted 08/10/2022   11:12 am  Show Profile Check 3193zd's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add 3193zd to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
What is the purpose of the purple marking? Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway.


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The oval marking was applied privately by the recipient as a receiving mark in their offices.
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Ahh... I missed the correlation with recipient and the marking! So it was for their railroad company records, nothing to do with postal delivery. At first I thought the cover went on the train.
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