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Post by jamesw on Jul 7, 2018 2:19:40 GMT
Can anyone help me with these? Are these hand stamp post marks for 3rd class mail?  I can't seem to find any info about them anywhere. The Chicago cover is from the Great Rock Island Route (railroad) and the Boston cover was to a Grammar School, I think from a book publisher. Thanks in advance. |
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Post by doug630 on Jul 7, 2018 16:16:21 GMT
I did find the type of mail generally assigned to each class, but that's not exactly your question: second-class (newspapers and magazines), third class (bulk advertisements), and fourth-class mail (books and media packages).
I also looked for the first year machine cancels were used, but no luck. There's also the question of postal markings on drop letters, but that's way outside my knowledge. I have several examples of a Boston cancel like yours, but only on a stamp, not a letter.
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Post by jamesw on Jul 7, 2018 19:27:13 GMT
Well, thanks Doug. It does answer the question of the class. I think considering the senders and possible contend, these would have been both 4th class mail. I don't know if you remember the image of the photocard of a young woman named Hattie, which I has posted a while ago, and which had been sent through the mail, but it also had the same Chicago postmark as shown above. Guess she's 4th class as well - though that doesn't seem like a nice thing to say about a young woman I've never actually met!  |
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