Lot Details
March United States Postal History
Featuring The Leonard Piszkiewicz Collection of Chicago Postal History, The Van Koppersmith Collection of Philadelphia Postal History and The Tony Dewey Collection of Hartford Postal History
Illinois Postal History
small group of ten folded letter and covers including: January 7 A-1 postmark on 1836 folded letter, April 21 A-1 postmark in black with straight-line “Paid” on 1840 folded letter, April 17 A-2 postmark in blue on 1842 folded letter, August 26 A-3 postmark in red with straight-line “Paid” on 1844 folded letter to John T. Haight, September 7 A-3 postmark in red with cog” “5” on 1848 folded letter from J.B.F. Russell, September 11 A-3 postmark in red with cog “10” on 1849 folded letter from Larrabee & Williams, February 18 A-4 postmark in red with cog “10” on 1851 printed bank form, February 22 A-4 postmark in black with red “Paid 3” on cover to New York, September 5 AN-1 postmark in red, and September 29 AN-2 postmark in blue on 1853 cover, mostly fine to very fine strikes, an interesting group with worthwhile contents for the Chicago postal historian