This Census of the Dollar value stamps of Columbian Issue on cover is based on the pioneering work by Dr. Richard M. Searing, who published as series of articles in the USPCS Chronicle in August and November of 1992. Without this pioneering work, the present census would not exist. The covers for this census will be entered into the existing database as time permits. The images have been collected from a number of on-line sources and auction catalogs, and there are still a number of entries for which only a black/white photocopy is available, and a few for which no illustration is known. If you can provide an improved scan of any of these covers, please let me know.
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√ Use of Dollar Denomination Columbians from Travers Papers
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| Date | November 28, 1893 |
|---|---|
| From City | Allegheny City |
| From State | PA |
| To City | Berlin |
| To State | Germany |
| Set ID | S11 |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert Number | |
| Census ID | 162 |
| $1 | 1 |
| $2 | |
| $3 | 1 |
| $4 | |
| $5 | |
| Notes | $1.00 with right margin selvedge and $3.00 Columbian, with 1c Columbian (Scott 230), tied by "ALLEGHENY CITY PA / CLERK 3" CDS dated Nov 28, 1893, on a pink pictorial cover from Theater-Leih-Bibliothek, sent registered to Herrn G. Luoli, Berlin, Germany. Local registration in pencil "1629" and red three-line boxed registration handstamp: "REGISTERED / NOV 28 1893 / ALLEGHENY, PA", with New York CITY Label #64658. Image courtesy of Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc., Sale 1055, Lot 138. Realized $2000. RELATED COVERS: This cover is from Census Set S11, three covers with four of the values. $1.00 11/28/1893 Census ID: 162 NY CITY Label #66458 (this cover) $2.00 11/28/1893 Census ID: 163 NY CITY Label #64661 $3.00 11/28/1893 Census ID: 162 NY CITY Label #66458 (this cover) $4.00 11/28/1893 Census ID: 162 NY EXCHANGE Label #62588 (this cover) $5.00 No cover recorded. All of these covers may be viewed below the image for the current entry. Not in Searing. [B-1064] |
