I forgot I had this cover and found it today in one of my collection folders while at lunch with Bob. I'm wondering if anyone knows... was it mailed to Tuttle Co? Is this why it doesn't have an address? And why the later postmark on the back?
Interesting cover. It has the one cent circular rate which applied to unsealed pieces, but it appears sealed. Also, as part of a bulk mailing, they generally don't get dates in the cancel. Nor a receiving cancel... or was this all just later as it applied to my era of 1903-1908.
It does appear to have gone through the mails as part of a commercial mailing (junk mail!) so would it have had an address label that has fallen off? Check that area for any traces of glue etc. That would be my guess.
It look to be still sealed. I wonder if maybe it was an empty when it was mailed... perhaps a mistake? There's no residue or anything on the front that would indicate it was ever addressed and the back perfectly lines up like it has never been opened.
Still sealed? That would tell me it went through the mails as a legitimate unsealed flyer, and later on once the contents were removed, somebody sealed it, probably to make the receiving mark look right.
That would mean that the piece went through the mails with the flap outside, instead of tucked inside the envelope. The receiving mark would also agree to that.
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