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Quiz Time! Why Did I Buy This 1880-S Cover To Germany?

 
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billw2
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OK,

Here's a quiz for you. I collect the 24 cent 1861 on cover, so mainly foreign mail.

So... knowing that... why did I get all excited when I saw this cover and why did I gleefully buy what's otherwise a common use in so so condition?
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You have an unhealthy infatuation with people named, "Olga"?



(I'll wait for more intelligent responses ... )
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revcollector
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I assume it is because of the Dutton & Townsend double oval. Is it a carrier handstamp?
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billw2
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Rev,

It's a merchant handstamp. Nothing philatelic about it.
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If it is a #205c, its probably worth big bucks.
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Does it have to do with the receiver, and her possible relationship to the aristocracy prevalent in Hamburg at the time?
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billw2
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revcollector is on the right path.

It's not a 205c, and I didn't even look at whom it's addressed to.
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I tried looking up the business "Dutton & Townsend". John Townsend was a prominent businessman and banker. He had something to do with Postal Savings accounts, but I filed to turn up any more info
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I'll cave.

Dutton and Townsend was where a huge percentage of the Gomez covers to Spain originated from.
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I'll admit my ignorance, what are Gomez covers?
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