Your Opinion On A Few Covers?

First, a 70 year old use of a #207 ??? The envelope is in rough shape.










Next, a 6 cent Columbian Z margin single, registered from St. Louis to Canada.







A very dark Chester Hill, Ohio postmark. Not as clean as another I found, but I guess they used some good ink there. Is "12mo/30" written inside, as opposed to Dec/30?


Another I found as reference > http://www.philamercury.com/covers.php?id=7544




Minneapolis Minn, Oct. 3, 1859. Three cents due? Very cool handwriting. I wish people didn't write all over them, as on the left side of the envelope.

THat is quite the anachronism on the first cover. Wonder if it caused any at the post office.

Can you please show backstamps on Chester Hill cover? What is the anachronism?

Pretty neat covers! I really like the Registered cover in the center scan. Great stuff!

Well I don't know what anachronism means but I think it's refering to a 19th century stamp being used in 1952

Hi stampcrow. An anachronism is something out of its proper time, so you were correct in your assessment.

Terry

I had never seen Min. as an abbreviation for Minnesota before seeing the cancellation on your Minneapolis cover. Does anyone else know if this was common for the period?

Min. is common for the early statehood cancellations in the larger cities. The last territorial abreviation was Min T. So they just dropped the T.

The Chester Hill cover is "Quaker-dated." Likely that the postmaster was a Quaker. They did not use the "Roman" names of months, as they represented pagan gods. So, they used the month number - 12 month / 30 for December 30th. Worth a slight premium over regular-dated postmarks (but we're not talking round-the-world cruise money here - more like round-the-neighborhood cab ride).

Thanks Terry!

CanadaStamp: There's no backstamp on the Chester Hill

Thanks everyone for your input!

Sorry ! Meant St Louis to Halifax

Here you go

Another recent acquisition, a cover dated August 2nd 1862.

Sent to MRS. Lieutenant George F French,

care of Ralph Wright Esquire...

From New Orleans...to Vermont.

I could only assume what that letter contained.

I purchased it on the cheap, because I thought it was an early pink/rose pair (the scan is darker than they appear), but they are well laid singles, and the New Orleans PM.

Beautiful handwriting on the last one.
Tom

The Chester Hill cover is also franked with a Type IV, Scott #26A.