The first thing on this cover that jumps out at me is the hours that the postal service worked back in 1893. This cover was cancelled at 7:30pm in Red Wing and to the best of my abilities it seems to have been received at 7:00am the next morning in Winona, MN.
But what I'm really asking on this cover is, can anyone give me any information about these types of pre-paid covers. It obviously has a very elaborate design for the time.
Hi Tim,
Here is a little more info from a specialized catalog that makes looking at them kind of fun. Aside from the die groups noted, the envelopes were printed in a variety of sizes on what is described as creamy white paper. There is one watermark common to all. I don't believe any have been found without watermark.
Hi Lars,
You've thrown me for a loop with your perfectly normal question because now that I've looked at the chart, my mind has become cluttered with those mathematical scenarios involving a train traveling at 50 miles per hour with one dining car that will arrive in what city and with how many diners!?
I think that there is something amiss with the chart.
However, my mind, as previously mentioned above, is susceptible to the worst sort of confusion when it comes to charts and while you may after all be correct in your observation, another member may come along and demolish your reasonable supposition.
Bruce
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