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Another cover for August 8th. Not exactly a glorified highlight of US history, but a notable one just the same:  And the companion cover showing the August 9th inauguration:  |
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August 9 1951 CAPIX cachet from Canadian Association for Philatelic Exhibitions.  and it has this cindy on the back!  |
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For August 10th, a first day cover (Scott 912) from Washington, DC in 1943:  |
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August 10, 1948, this 'Immortal Chaplains' cover was postmarked in Norfolk Va.  Later that same day this cover was sent from the Charles Chapman Co. of London Ont.  The Chas. Chapman Company was established in 1855 in London by Charles Brightmer Chapman, a former school teacher and a landscape artist of some renown. The company manufactured account books, business forms and also provided book binding for magazines and repair of books. The company is now known as Heinn Chapman Corp. So there you have it. Chaplains and Chapman, all on the same day.  |
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Two entries for August 12th: the first sent from Chicago, IL in what appears to be 1885 and the second from Fort Worth, TX in 1947.  Here is a brief obituary on the sender of the above cover: Quote:
JANUARY 13, 1894 - Saturday P.M., funeral services of Dr. Charles Gilman Smith, at his late residence, 94 Calumet avenue, conducted by Dr. Barrows, with the assistance of the Church Choir. Dr. Smith's grave at Graceland is marked by a plain headstone, bearing the inscription, "Charles Gilman Smith, a Succorer of Many." For forty years, he had been prominently identified with the social, literary and professional life of Chicago. He was born at Exeter, N.H., January 4, 1828; prepared for college at Phillip's Academy; graduated from Harvard in 1847; came to Chicago in 1853. He was one of the six physicians who had the care of the Confederate prisoners at Camp Douglas during the war; consulting physician at the Hospital for Women and Children and the Presbyterian Hospital, and for some years was a Trustee of the Peck Home for Incurables.
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That's an interesting size envelope. I don't think they allow that size envelope in the mail today (at least not without paying a premium surcharge for an odd sized piece.)
I wonder if they still make that size envelope anymore? |
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My submission for August 19. This is marked as a first day cover for this Canadian Boy Scout stamp. Registered from Fort William Ontario.  But Unitrade lists this stamp as having been issued August 20th. Did someone manage to score some stamps a day early and get them in the post? |
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