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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1869/07/24. VG Chicago cds & fancy cork tie 3c locomotive (#114) on cvr to England with red London 9 July PAID h/s. On back is a black Newcastle-On-Tyne July 10 h/s. The underpayment by 3c was not noticed.
Cover #74594 | Price: $75.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1873/02/14. Fancy cancel ties Scott #150 on cover, with Gardner House return, to Belgium. Red Feb. 19 New York Paid All Br. Transit cds also ties stamp. Pays closed mail via England rate of 1870-1873. Reverse with 7 Mar. Gand receiving cds. Carried by Guion line steamer Nevada from New York 19 Feb. to Queenstown 1 March.
Cover #84792 | Price: $150.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1878/08/18. Motala, Sweden to Chicago, IL. See photo for expanded description.
Cover #82852 | Price: $175.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1882/10/04. Chicago cds of Oct. 4 & Oct. 5 tie 2c (#183) & 3c (#207) on cover to Westerhausen, Germany.
Cover #86977 | Price: $20.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1889?/02/19. MS duplex ties 5c (#216) on cover to Norway. No postal markings on reverse.
Cover #86976 | Price: $25.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1891/03/25. Duplex "F" ties #223 on cover to Prague, Austria (at the time). Reverse with Mar 2? New York "45" duplex transit & smudged Prague receiving cds.
Cover #84833 | Price: $40.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1897/12/15. Duplex cancel & machine flag cancel tie 264 on UX12 postal card to Sweden with 29 Dec. Jonkoping receiving cds at upper left.
Cover #84840 | Price: $20.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1898/12/22. Machine flag cancel ties 5c Grant (#281) on cover to Poland with receiving cds on reverse.
Cover #86830 | Price: $15.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1899/01/31. Machine flag cancel ties Scott 279 & 279B pair on cover (light central vertical fold) to Belgium. Belgium "60" in circle carrier hand stamp. Illus. ad for Edison products featuring two clergymen. Reverse with 13 Feb. Bruselles receiving cds.
Cover #84862 | Price: $125.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1902/08/22. Greek cds on unpaid cover (light vertical fold) to Chicago, Illinois. 20 Sept. N.Y. & CHIC. R.P.O. MID. DIV cds (Towle 115-AF-1) on reverse. Target precancels on two J39 & two J30 postage dues pay the 5c postage + 5c penalty .
Cover #83916 | Price: $75.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1904/04/30. "CHI & N. CLARK ST. R.P.O.CHI.ILL 2/TR28" RMS duplex ties Scott 319 with guideline at left on post card to Sweden. At left is printed ad for the Chicago Sunday American newspaper. Reverse with color painting of the Grand Canyon.
Cover #83756 | Price: $75.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1907/11/29. Machine cancel on U350 letter rate entire to Rhodesia. Reverse with 3 Jan. Bulawao Station transit & 4 Jan. Umtali receiving cds.
Cover #85404 | Price: $50.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1922/06/19. Machine slogan & cork cancels tie Scott 398e bottom blk4 & single on cover to Switzerland. Illus. Hotel Rigi is covered by the stamps .
Cover #83727 | Price: $40.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago, IL. Cook Co. (open 1831+). Dated 1929/01/25. Double oval cancels tie four 5c (#650) on registered cover to Austria. Cover open three sides for display. 5c postage + 15c registry fee. Reverse with Chicago, New York & Austria registry cancels. Arrived in Austria Feb 11th.
Cover #90187 | Price: $40.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago Hawthorne Station, IL. Cook Co. (open 1894+). Dated 1919/11/24. Machine cancels tie two Scott 29 on letter sheet to Chicago with internal re-direction. Three Scott OX15 used to seal the top of the letter sheet. Reverse with purple "Received in bad Condition Chicago, Ill. Main Post Office No. 4" hand stamp & 24 Nov. Chicago Hawthorne Station receiving machine.
Cover #85322 | Price: $125.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago World's Fair Station, IL. Cook Co. (open 1893). Dated 1893/06/12. Chicago double oval ties 8c Columbian (#236) on 10c Columbian entire (#U351) to Germany. Red four line "REGISTERED/AUG 18 1893/World's Fair Station,/CHICAGO, ILL." (Bomar C93-04) handstamp. Postage pays the 10c double weight rate + 8c registration fee. Blue Chicago received handstamp on back. The cover went through New York where a registry exchange label was applied.
Cover #67249 | Price: $475.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago World's Fair Station, IL. Cook Co. (open 1893). Dated 1893/06/12. Duplex cds (Bomar C93-02) ties pair of 2c (#220, one with tear) on 1c entire (#U348 w/o back flap, minor flaws) to London forwarded to Paris and Interlaken. Printed hotel c/c.
Cover #67229 | Price: $175.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago World's Fair Station, IL. Cook Co. (open 1893). Dated 1893/06/12. Unrecorded Chicago double oval "48" ties 8c Columbian (#236) on 4c Columbian entire (#U350) to Austria. Red four line "REGISTERED/JUN 10 1893/World's Fair Station,/CHICAGO, ILL." (Bomar C93-04) handstamp. Postage pays the single 5c rate + 8c registration fee. Blue Chicago received handstamp on back. The cover went through New York where a registry exchange label was applied.
Cover #67248 | Price: $450.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Chicago World's Fair Station, IL. Cook Co. (open 1893). Dated 1893/07/07. Two Chicago ovals tie two 2c (#210) on a 10c registered entire (#U351) to Germany. The entire has been reduced at left and bottom and is open on two sides. It seems to all postal markings are present. There are two strikes (very uncommon) of the "REGISTERED/JUL 7, 1893/World's Fair Station,CHICAGO, ILL. handstamp (Bomar C93-04). There is a blue Chicago received h/s on the back. The cover went through New York where an exchange registry label was applied. Once in Germany the cover was forwarded.
Cover #67246 | Price: $225.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Englewood, IL. Cook Co. (open 1868-1894). Dated 1891/10/26. Berlin cds tie Scott 48 pair on short paid cover to Englewood, Illinois. Partial blue crayon "T" at upper left. "T" in oval & 6 Nov. New York DUE 10 CENTS hand stamps. The charge of 5c postage due + 5c penalty was paid using Scott J26 tied by Nov. 8 Englewood cds which is repeated on the reverese .
Cover #83914 | Price: $150.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Eureka, IL. Woodford Co. (open 1852+). Dated 1913/03/06. Duplex cancel ties Scott 378, with guide line, on cover to Liberia with 8 April Monrovia receiving cds on reverse.
Cover #83744 | Price: $55.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Eureka, IL. Woodford Co. Dated 1913/04/06. Duplex cancel ties Scott 406 (406b?) vertical pair with guide line at right on 1c overpaid cover to Liberia. Reverse with 5 May Monrovia cds.
Cover #83737 | Price: $75.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Harpster, IL. Ford Co. (open 1878-1931). Dated 1889/03/09. CDS & target cancel on 3c underpaid entire to Denmark.
Cover #93697 | Price: $15.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Highland, IL. Madison Co. (open 1843+). Dated 1852/01/05. CDS on folded letter, with content, to Cham, Switzerland. Black "PAID", manuscript "21", red 6 Feb. French receiving cds & red crayon 135 accountancy mark. Reverse with partial 5 Feb. English transit, partial 8 Feb. Swiss transit & partial ZUG receiving cds. Per Collins Line steamer Atlantic from New York 25 Jan. to Liverpool 4 Feb..
Cover #85298 | Price: $225.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Highland, IL. Madison Co. (open 1843+). Dated 1903/12/21. RFD (Richow 2F4) ties Scott 300 on UX18 to Switzerland with 1 March Missy receiving cds at lower left. Reverse with 23 Dec. New York transit.
Cover #85341 | Price: $75.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Lena, IL. Stephenson Co. (open 1853+). Dated 1870/07/13. Fine cds & targets tie pair of 3c locomotives (#114) on cvr to England/w Wisbeach b/s.
Cover #74595 | Price: $95.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Lyons, IL. Cook Co. (open 1848+). Dated 1849/10/13. New York, NY to Chicago, IL turned & reused from Lyons, IL to the Netherlands. See photo for expanded description.
Cover #82859 | Price: $375.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Monmouth, IL. Warren Co. (open 1841+). Dated 1950/02/24. Machine cancel ties three Scott 634d on 1c overpaid cover to Cairo, Egypt. 16 Mar. Cairo receiving machine on reverse.
Cover #83656 | Price: $25.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Ottawa, IL. LaSalle Co. (open 1832+). Dated 1858/10/01. Tiverton, England to Ottawa, IL. forwarded to Hastings, MN. 1 Oct. Tiverton cds (front & reverse); 2 Oct. red London transit (reverse); "3 CENTS" GB debit to U.S for GB internal postage; 22 Oct. New York Am. Pkt. 24 cds. Ms "Ford 3" & "27" to show total amount due from addresse in Hastings. Per Vanderbilt steamer Ariel from Southampton 6 Oct., arriving NY 21 Oct.
Cover #84733 | Price: $125.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Pekin, IL. Tazewell Co. (open 1832+). Dated 1914/06/13. Four "STREATOR & PEKIN TR 14 R.P.O." (Towle 722-I-2) cds tie Scott 405 stp3 & pair (with guidelines) on cover to Liberia. Reverse with 8 July Monrovia receiving cds.
Cover #83747 | Price: $75.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Ringwood, IL. McHenry Co. (open 1845+). Dated 1915/04/22. Doane 2/4 cds ties Scott 425 on post card to Sweden.
Cover #83705 | Price: $35.00
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Illinois
United States. IL. Sainte Marie, IL. Jasper Co. (open 1838-1892). Dated 1845/05/17. Double circle Sainte Marie cds + ms "Paid 10" on fl to England with long estate business letter.
Cover #93478 | Price: $50.00
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Kansas
United States. KS. Minneapolis, KS. Ottawa Co. Dated 1872/12/10. Fine cds (partly under red NY transit) + target on 12c (#151 not tied) on cvr to England. Ms docketing incs 1872 year date, 12c the proper rate.
Cover #693 | Price: $190.00
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Kansas
United States. KS. Topeka, KS. Shawnee Co. (open 1855+). Dated 1894/06/27. Machine cancel on Scott UX6 to Sweden with Aug. 12 UPSALA cds. Reverse with printed notice of receipt from the Kansas Academy of Science (in French) of a Swedish publication.
Cover #83862 | Price: $20.00
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Kansas
United States. KS. Topeka, KS. Shawnee Co. (open 1855+). Dated 1951/12/19. Machine cancel ties vertical pair of Scott 829 on double weight air post cover to Pakistan. On reverse is 27 Dec R-1 transit cds & 28 Dec. Pasrur receiving cds.
Cover #83790 | Price: $25.00
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Kentucky
United States. KY. Brownsboro, KY. Oldham Co. (open 1824-1908). Dated 1857/02/14. Ms town & date on cover (no back flap) to Dublin, Ireland. Black New York Am. Pkt "21" (debit to GB) cds. Reverse with red 7 Mar transit & 8 Mar. receiving cds. Per Ocean Line "Washington" dept. NY Feb., arriving Southampton Mar. 7.
Cover #84600 | Price: $95.00
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Kentucky
United States. KY. Louisville, KY. Jefferson Co. (open 1795+). Dated 1928/08/01. CDS & double ovals tie Scott C4 on U311 first flight entire (reduced right) to Denmark with internal forwarding. Magenta First Flight cachet hand stamp at left, "VIA AIR MAIL" request with magenta cross-out bars as insufficient postage for airmail to Denmark, & 13 Aug Copenhagen receiving cds. Reverse with black on white "By Air Mail" label tied by cds. Markings are 2 Aug 2 PM New York transit, 2 Aug. 4:30 PM Varick Street Station transit & 12 August Flensborg (Denmark) transit.
Cover #85309 | Price: $125.00
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Louisiana
United States. LA. Donaldsonville, LA. Ascension Co. (open 1822+). Dated 1850/01/15. Red cds, red "PAID", black ms "10" U.S. internal, red framed "Colonies &c. Art.13" GB accounting hand stamp, red 19 Feb. Calais receiving cds & black "15" decimes due hand stamp on letter to France. Reverse with 18 Feb. GB transit & 24 Feb. Bordeaux receiving hand stamp. Per Cunard steamer Niagara from Boston 6 Feb., arriving Liverpool 17 Feb.
Cover #84754 | Price: $50.00
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Louisiana
United States. LA. Donaldsonville, LA. Ascension Co. (open 1822+). Dated 1854/07/16. Black Nov. 4th Donaldsonville cds, "PAID" & ms "5" plus red Nov. 15th New York Br. Pkt cds & two 28 Nov. Paris receiving cds on folded letter to France. French hand stamp "26" decimes due in middle. Reverse with partial red GB transit & several black French transit/receiving cds. Per Cunard steamer Arabia departing NY 15 Nov., arriving Liverpool 26 Nov.
Cover #84731 | Price: $50.00
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Louisiana
United States. LA. New Orleans, LA. Orleans Co. (open 1804+). Dated 1841/05/23. Business letter to London datelined New Orleans May 23 1841. Ms "forwarded New York Apr.10.41 by E&T Poppe". Reverse with two-line LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER hand stamp over red 20 April receiving cds.
Cover #84783 | Price: $75.00
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Louisiana
United States. LA. New Orleans, LA. Orleans Co. (open 1804+). Dated 1842/07/20. Blue cds & PAID plus ms "50" over pencil "50" on double rate folded letter to France. Red "Packet Letter" hand stamp for debit to France & 2 Aug. Calais receiving cds. Ms "1/" GB due, debit to France of 12d. Weighed 10 grams in Paris & marked as such at upper left (looks like a three), manuscript 40d due from addressee for due and French internal postage. Reverse with blue 17 Aug. Paris transit & 18 Aug. Bordeaux receiving cds. By Cunard steamer Acadia from Boston 1 Aug. arriving Liverpool 13 Aug.
Cover #84756 | Price: $125.00
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Louisiana
United States. LA. New Orleans, LA. Orleans Co. (open 1804+). Dated 1845/12/06. New Orleans, LA. to Bordeaux, France through Boston, MA. See photo for expanded description.
Cover #82889 | Price: $225.00
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Louisiana
United States. LA. New Orleans, LA. Orleans Co. (open 1804+). Dated 1847/07/29. New Orleans, LA. to Bordeaux, France. See photo for expanded description.
Cover #82837 | Price: $150.00
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Louisiana
United States. LA. New Orleans, LA. Orleans Co. (open 1804+). Dated 1849/08/04. New Orleans, LA. to Warick, Bermuda. See photo for expanded description.
Cover #82831 | Price: $500.00
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Louisiana
United States. LA. New Orleans, LA. Orleans Co. (open 1804+). Dated 1849/11/13. Red 13 Nov cds, "PAID" & "5" on business letter to France. Framed "Colonies &c Art.13" GB hand stamp, partial red Calais receiving cds. Manuscript "15" decimes due in middle. Reverse with 13 Dec. GB transit, & 16 Dec. Bordeaux receiving cds. Per Cunard steamer America from NY 28 Nov. to Liverpool 12 Dec.
Cover #84752 | Price: $75.00
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Louisiana
United States. LA. New Orleans, LA. Orleans Co. (open 1804+). Dated 1850/07/22. Manuscript "F. W. Hohltz, Tampico, 22-23 July" on inside flap of folded letter w/o content to London via New Orleans. Ms "per Charlotte" & "8" pence due for incoming private ship letter. Reverse with oval "FORWARDED BY SCHMIDT & CO. NEW ORLEANS", "LIVERPOOL SHIP LETTER" & 26 Sept. London receiving hand stamps.
Cover #84780 | Price: $100.00
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Louisiana
United States. LA. New Orleans, LA. Orleans Co. (open 1804+). Dated 1852/01/25. Red cds & "PAID 10" + red 17 Feb. Paris receiving cds on folded business letter to France. Ms "29" grams upper left, matching "52" decimes due in middle. The French mail clerk crossed out the rate markings and substituted a pencil 6f50 beneath. Black manuscript "45" & "15" markings on reverse. Also on reverse are red 16 Feb. GB transit & 17 Feb. Paris receiving cds. Per Cunard "America" departing Boston 4 Feb., arriving Liverpool 15 Feb..
Cover #84727 | Price: $150.00
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Louisiana
United States. LA. New Orleans, LA. Orleans Co. (open 1804+). Dated 1852/04/28. New Orleans, LA. to Paris, France via New York, NY. See photo for expanded description.
Cover #82882 | Price: $400.00
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Louisiana
United States. LA. New Orleans, LA. Orleans Co. (open 1804+). Dated 1852/10/09. Red cds & "PAID 10" + 2 Nov Calais receiving cds on folded letter to France. Ms "23" (grams) at upper left, ms "52" (decimes due) that has been crossed out in pencil. Reverse with Nov. 1 GB transit. Per Cunard steamer Asia departing NY 20 Oct, arriving Liverpool 1 Nov.
Cover #84725 | Price: $150.00
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Louisiana
United States. LA. New Orleans, LA. Orleans Co. (open 1804+). Dated 1855/02/26. Red 26 Feb New Orleans cds & "PAID 21" hand stamp; red Mar. 7 New York Am. Packet cds. Black "ETAS UNIS PAQ BRIT B.A. CALAIS 20 MARS 55" cds & "13" (decimes due) hand stamps crossed out an replaced with "ETATS UNIS. PAQ. AM B.A. CALAIS 20 MARS 55" hand stamp & manuscript "8" (decimes due). Originally incorrectly rated as a British steamer but corrected to an American steamer. Reverse with red 19 Mar. GB transit & indistinct black French receiving cds. Carried by Collins line "Baltic" departing NY 7 Mar., arriving Liverpool 18 Mar..
Cover #84624 | Price: $100.00
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