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I recently aquired this cover and am wondering why there is no CDS on it, just the fancy cancel. I am not even sure what time period it came from. [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/843/cover1as.jpg/] [/URL] |
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| Edited by ilovelabbies - 05/25/2013 7:18 pm |
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I'm sure many people on here can tell you about cork cancels.. which you can "google" for your own information meantime. As for the date period... a clue may be in the message... 1885? |
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Bedrock Of The Community
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It says on the cover it is for a membership notice in 1885. At the time CDS stamps were not in universal usage. |
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Silly me, I didn't even see that date. I thought everything was stamped with a postmark, even stampless covers. I guess I have a lot to learn.
wt1: What exactly does this mean because there is another one exactly the same? Mine has the same enclosure also. That is so odd. Of course, I got mine for tons cheaper and a completely different seller. |
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The lack of a CDS on circular mail is very common as there was no requirement to use one, unlike on ordinary letters. Rochester certainly had at least one CDS device, if not several by 1885. I have a year-dated CDS from 1859 in my collection. |
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The Mutual Relief Societies were a form of insurance. They pooled people together and when they had losses they would send notices to pay a premium. The one you have is for fire I believe and the other on eBay is for death benefits. |
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"Mutual Relief Society"... is that anything like "friends with benefits"?  |
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I don't really collect covers, but am always interested .. what is a CDS? |
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Here is a cover with a CDS and cork killer, from about the same time period as your cover, just for reference.  |
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| Edited by smauggie - 05/27/2013 08:56 am |
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Posted 05/25/2013 5:04 pm
