Questions On Odd Cancellations On A Wells Fargo From Mexico To Chicago Over Texas

i have this cover

send from mexico om 13 DIC 1894
recieved El Pao on 16th and I belive sent to or recieved chicago dec 17th

i an curious why this cover does not seem to have an adress it was send to

also I can only find 1 other "chicago money dep't " handstamped wells fago cover (see below)

what does this handstamp mean?

what else do I see?
revalued from 15 cvos to 20 cvos
double "para carias 1 oz a los estados inidas exclusivamente" handstamp

I did check John F Leutzingers book on handstamps of Wells Fargo but no luck



NOT MINE, ONLT ONE I COULD FIND:
H.R. Harmer GPN, Inc. Sale - 3031
United States, British Commonwealth, and Foreign Stamps and Cover - June 16-17, 2020



this was the auction description of the cover,
Wells Fargo& Co,. Express, Domestic Frank "Columbian Issue", blue printed company frank (Type H), on 2c (U349) entire to Canada, purple Wells Fargo, Sacramento, oval handstamp, additionally franked with 2c (231), light gum soiling around perfs, tied by Chicago duplex, magenta "Chicago Apr 4, 1894 Money Dept" straightline handstamp, Toronto backstamp receiver, VF, unusual cover.

Can you post a scan of the back? It might be a paste-up

here you go

Certainly looks to be a paste up. Sometimes two or more covers were pasted together or sometimes a cover was pasted on a package so the address may not appear on the cover.

yep, a paste-up. If you were sending a double-weight letter, sometimes the sender pasted a second envelope to the back of an envelope to pay the express company the second postage rate (and the government post office second rate). Or it could have been on a package as jobi01 noted above.
Collectors and dealers separated most of the past-ups to have two covers to sell instead of just one.

Thank you both Jobi01 and SPQR, interesting learning, as I did not know this

anyone any idea what the: chicago money dep't handstamp was for? as it is on the other cover as well I presume it is from wells fargo

sorry - no idea about the Chicago Money Department Handstamp

I suspect that that handstamp is not postal in origin. Office receiving mark.

Revcollector, this is of course an option, but I kinda dismissed it when I found the second cover that was adressed to canada.

Since the second cover appears to have been sent from Chicago, the people sending the cover might be the same ones who got the first cover.

The handstamp is most likely a bank office or clearing house receiving mark and not postal . If the package was delivered to a WF office it could be their receiving handstamp.

(Edit: snip)

I agree not postal contact here,just all WF.

I agree there is no reason to think the letter to Canada is related.

Snipped subject addressed again below.

The green frank top left reads 'franco in the Republic of Mexico and through all the lines of the company.' The additional blue stamp beneath it, reads as OP wrote - with two typos - and translates into 'for letters 1 oz. to the United States of America exclusively.'

It, at least, gives the impression it was carried from Mexico through the WF network to WF's branch office in Chicago.

Parcel post guy, see this, is was an upgrade from 15 to 20

the red 10 is postal, but in the green wells Fargo vignette is stated 15, crossed out in purple, and upped to 20






with the pink filtered out

You are correct about the WF Franking change.I first thought you were discussing an uprating of the PSE which was 10 C.

With your close ups and image manipulation you cleared that up. Thus I removed my prior comment.

I am also adding three interesting similar WF Mexico covers which show the WF Frank valuation alteration.


This remains as printed,15 C WF Frank; same PSE value


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Here is another WF Frank for 15c and the same value PSE. This endorsed for just Mexico



Lastly this was a 15c WF Frank endorsed for just Mexico.The WF Frank was revalued from 15 to 20 C and the endorsement changed to use to the United States. Same PSE with 10c indicium.

Parcelpostguy, that is great , thank you for sharing and giving me an opportunity to learn!!