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October 5, 1898, a registered cover from Pierceville, Indiana. The addressee, J. M. Robinson, Norton and Company, was a wholesale dry goods dealer in Louisville, Kentucky.  |
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A bit about the J. M. Robinson and Norton Company. Must have been quite the firm back in its day. Being able to employ some 85 salespeople and generating more than $2 million in sales back in the 1800s must have been a remarkable achievement:  |
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Driving my daughter and two of her room mates back to university tomorrow after our Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend. A three hour trip each way, so I hope you don't mind my posting October 8 prematurely. I'll forget tomorrow. US Army Post Office 710 October 8, 1945  |
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Cover for the 2nd philatelic exhibition on Montgat, a coast small town (11.000 inhabitants)13 km North of Barcelona. Here, it's known for having the first railway tunnel on the Iberian Peninsula.  |
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October 9, 1847 from Lewistown, PA:  |
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| Edited by tomiseksj - 10/09/2012 10:47 pm |
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As it relates to the Official Business cover of October 9, 1922, as addressed to Robert C. Fergus, Esq., of Chicago, here's a brief biographical sketch: Quote:
ROBERT C. FERGUS
CHICAGO
Born at Chicago ; graduate of Yale Uni-
versity ; admitted to Bar, 1893 ; member
American, Illinois State and Chicago Bar
Associations, Chicago Law Institute, Chi-
cago Historical Society, Chicago Literary
Club and Yale Club of Chicago ; author
"The Influence of the Eighteenth Novel of
Justinian," two papers ; Editor, Interna-
tional Exchange. Postulant for Federal
Judge at Chicago, Seventh Judicial Circuit,
in 1909, 1911 and 1918. |
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That is very accurate information WT1, and I can verify that as he is my Great Grandfather who I am named after :) |
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Took digging through a couple hundred cover, but I finally found an Oct. 10th cover. Was hoping to find one from 10/10/10, but no luck.  |
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October 10 1945, Annapolis Naval Academy MD to Minneapolis MN An unusual positioning of address and stamps  |
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