1893 Columbian Exposition Issues On Cover

Yes, I love Columbians on cover! LOL It was right there...

Congratulations Justabeginner! You are the winner of this cover!

Thx Tom...

Owh Tom, you got my address right? Lol, you probably kept it beside your bed or something, seeing as you've sent me three things already....

Here is a very late usage of a 10c Columbian on a registered letter, which we can tell from the Lincoln stamps must be 1909 or later. Either the post office still had a few of them left, or perhaps this letter was from a stamp dealer.



The Columbians did not carry a premium over face value for many years, so it is not inconceivable that a stamp dealer in 1909 would use one as scrap postage.

Haha Tom, your fully into Columbians... Hopefully I can dwelve into your mind and share your obsession when the cover reaches me..

The twin blue Columbians on the Cleveland OH cover are really beautiful - especially since they match the blue emblem. Very, very nice cover.

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Columbus is on his way to Australia, justabeginner! Look for Star Wars stamps on the outside envelope!

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The twin blue Columbians on the Cleveland OH cover are really beautiful - especially since they match the blue emblem. Very, very nice cover.

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Thanks, laswabbie! Yes, that is what caught my eye and made the sale.

Thx Tom, hopefully Columbus doesn't take Australia like he did to America.. Just jking..

Here is a April 19, 1894 registered cover to Halle an der Saale, a city in the present day German State of Saxony-Anhalt.



It has the 1c, 3c, 6c, and 8c Columbians all tied by Cincinnati, Ohio oval cancels:

Very Nice Tom

I especially like the wax seal on the back and how clear the cancellations are.
Dianne

Thanks Dianne! I agree, the wax seal on the back of the cover adds to its charm.
The New York and German Halle(Saale)receiving marks are especially nice and trace its journey from Cincinnati to New York to Germany.
I wonder if the purple S in the circle is a steamship marking.

This 2c Columbian cover is in dreadful shape, but I still like it.



It was mailed from the National Bank of Cold Spring, on Hudson in Putnam county, New York, on June 5, 1893 to Reuben B. Gilbert of Mahopac Falls, New York.

Inside were some canceled checks written on Mr. Gilbert's account in 1892:



Perhaps originally there were very many canceled checks in the envelope (maybe for all of 1892) with copies of Mr. Gilbert's bank records.
In any case, the envelope was overweight, assessed 4c postage due and stamped with a straight line "POSTAGE DUE 4" marking with "cts" in manuscript black ink added.
On top of this marking, two Scott #J23 2c postage due stamps were affixed and canceled.

So despite that this cover is very worn and dirty, the neat combination of a Columbian 2c commemorative with postage due stamps makes it charming and full of character to me.

Hey Tom:

Now your hitting home, Cold Spring, New York, is about 14 miles from Buchanan, New York...