1893 Columbian Exposition Issues On Cover

2c Columbian used May 4, 1893 on hotel stationary from the Gibson Hotel
in Cincinnati, Ohio.





Newspaper boy trying to sell papers to men on horses.

Beautiful cover and what a fanciful looking advert! Very cool!

Thank you ILS!



I found another cover with a "Greetings from the White City" cachet, mailed on October 30, 1893.



The vignette is entitled "Columbus In Sight of Land".



A 5c Columbian paid the international rate from Port Byron, Illinois to Zurich, Switzerland.



The backstamp shows that the cover arrived in Zurich on November 11, 1893.

t360,

You certainly have one of the finest cover collections on the board.

My collection is certainly envious.

Now if I could only strike that lotto.

-P.Bear

How about on Parcel Tag ?

Those are some sweet parcel tags!

1894







2c Columbian used on an advertising cover from a
"horticultural engraver" based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.



Backstamped at the receiving post office in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

wt1, I noticed you own a cover that was addressed to my Great Grand Father Mr. William Kelchner in Mifflinville, PA. He was a Mohican American Indian and a steel worker in New York in his younger days and was adopted by my Great-Great-Grandfather Owen Kelchner who was married to a Crow American Indian himself! He eventually became an undertaker/mortician in the Trout run area of Pennsylvania and his son Owen and brother Ralph moved to Jersey Shore to start the Kelchner Funeral Home on Main St. and is one of the earliest business in that town. My Father Jeff Kelchner now lives in N.Carolina and we talk everyday. He & I being both coin collectors have been looking out for stuff like this but to no avail. I think this is a wonderful cover and a link to my Family's history! Thank you for showing it! It made my whole day brighten up.

Here is the cover I am referring to and the link to the page below it.



https://goscf.com/t/565&whichpage=8...o,exposition

For those interested in the columbian exposition - I'm currently reading 'The Devil in the White City' by Erik Larson - non-fiction detailing the building of the fair and its relationship with a serial killer who committed his crimes very near the grounds.

I don't normally read any true crime - but the details of the fair make for an excellent read.

Very good book !

It is a good book, its a little slow in places but still a good read.
Art

I only have three... The 10cent one hurts... I wish it didn't have that damage...

t360, you are my hero!

Thank you Zipper!

That engraving of that little girl is absolutely magnificent! Thank you for sharing these with us. I love to see them.