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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
LOT# : 1117
Date: March 28, 2023
Illinois Postal History
purple datestamp on cover originating in Portland, Oregon May 24, 1918, addressed to "834 Aero Repair Squadron, Hazelhurst Field, No. 2, Garden City, Long Island, New York, American Exp. Forces", light edge wear, fine strike and cover, the Wabash Terminal R.P.O. opened in September 1917 to handle mail for the A.E.F., only two examples of this handstamp recorded (both on mail addressed to the A.E.F. originating west of Chicago), a wonderful R.P.O. rarity, illustrated in Piszkiewicz (page 346)
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