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 | December 18, 1893 |
|---|---|
| From City | Chicago |
| From State | IL |
| To City | Oak Park |
| To State | IL |
| Set ID | S-999 |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert Number | |
| Census ID | 180 |
| $1 | 1 |
| $2 | |
| $3 | |
| $4 | |
| $5 | |
| Notes | $1.00 Columbian tied on registered cover with Chicago, IL (12) duplex cancel date Dec 18, 1893, with printed corner card "Charles Scribner's Sons / Publishers", and addressed to "Frau Ida Muller / Oak Park, IL. Image courtesy of Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale #966 Lot 2288. RELATED COVERS: This is part of a Set of three known covers sent on this date with the Charles Scribners corner card. These covers are part of Census New Set S-New $1.00 12/20/1893 ID-180 Ludeman ID [B-1052] $2.00 12/20/1893 ID-171 Ludeman ID [A-0110] $3.00 12/20/1893 ID-188 Ludeman ID [B-1034] PF#233100 To view all covers in this set, see the images following thscan of this cover. Not in Searing. [B-1052] |

