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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# : 1164
Date: 28.03.2023 - 17:00
Illinois Postal History
clear strike in black on ca. 1878 cover to Dixon, Illinois, deposited without postage, "Chicago Ill. S.D. Sta. Feb 12 6PM" postmark, blue pencil "3c" due, backstamped February 13, opened at top to find the address of the sender and sealed with an official seal (OX1, faults), very fine appearance, the earliest recorded "Returned for Postage" handstamp from Chicago, illustrated in Piszkiewicz (page 477)
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