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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | February 11, 1850 |
| From City | St. Catharines |
| From State | Canada |
| To City | ILL College |
| To State | IL |
| Addressee | Prof. J. B. Turner |
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| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Notes
Cover No. 1 5 c 1847 ----Pair on cover From Canada to Illinois in February of 1850. This was a use prior to the U. S./Canadian Postal Agreement which went into effect on April 6, 1851. Postage in each country was Paid to the Lines and at the period of use of this cover, Canada had not issued any postage stamps. The cover is addressed to "Professor J. B. Turner Illinois College. This dark buff envelope originated at Saint Catherines, U. C. (Upper Canada) on Feb. 11, 1850. The writer paid the Canadian postage to the line" in cash and applied a pair of 5c 1847 to prepay the U. S. postage. The manuscript "4 ½ (pence) and the crossed out PAID were applied at St. Catherines, an office a short distance due west from Queenston, U. C. on the Niagara River opposite Lewiston, N.Y. Mail between the two countries was exchanged between a number of exchange offices, of which Queenston - Lewiston was one center. On the back of the envelope is the postmark of Queenston Feb. 12, 1850 - and the Lewiston postmark on face shows entry into the U. S. on Feb. 13.
The payment of "4-1/2 pence (currency) in Canada was the rate per ounce for a distance up to 60 miles.
From Lewiston, the cover was forwarded to "Illinois College," but there was no post office by that name in Illinois at that time.. Mr. Richard Raney of Champaign, Ill. very kindly furnished me with the information to complete the story of this interesting cover. Mr. Ramey states, quote:
"The Illinois College addressee on the cover no doubt is the 'Illinois College' which then was located, and still is, in Jacksonville, Ill. The town was named for Andrew Jackson, and was founded in 1825, although it was not chartered until 1867. The first college in the State, (Illinois College) was opened a few years after the founding of Jacksonville. The cover traveled to the hometown of Stephen A. Douglas in the very year when he was talking about the 1850 Compromise. No doubt Prof. J. B. Turner must have been a friend of Douglas. (end of quotation).
Ashbrook Special Services, cover #1
Alexander listed as 2/11/50
The payment of "4-1/2 pence (currency) in Canada was the rate per ounce for a distance up to 60 miles.
From Lewiston, the cover was forwarded to "Illinois College," but there was no post office by that name in Illinois at that time.. Mr. Richard Raney of Champaign, Ill. very kindly furnished me with the information to complete the story of this interesting cover. Mr. Ramey states, quote:
"The Illinois College addressee on the cover no doubt is the 'Illinois College' which then was located, and still is, in Jacksonville, Ill. The town was named for Andrew Jackson, and was founded in 1825, although it was not chartered until 1867. The first college in the State, (Illinois College) was opened a few years after the founding of Jacksonville. The cover traveled to the hometown of Stephen A. Douglas in the very year when he was talking about the 1850 Compromise. No doubt Prof. J. B. Turner must have been a friend of Douglas. (end of quotation).
Ashbrook Special Services, cover #1
Alexander listed as 2/11/50
