US Scott 213 1887 fancy cancels Cincinnati Ohio ellipse numerals 4 and 5

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Catalog Number

213

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Used

Stamp Format

Single

Topic

People - Politicians

Year of Issue

1887

Item Description

Both stamps were cancelled with Cincinnati, Ohio, ellipses with nine horizontal bars. The center numerals are 4 and 5.

The stamps have never been mounted in a collection. They were among a hoard that had been collected from businesses at Union City, Indiana, and possibly across the state line in Union City, Ohio, in the early 1890s. The bulk of the hoard consisted of the following: about 8,500 copies of Scott 219, 219D and 220x stamps; 11-12,000 cut squares; and about 3,600 Scott 230 and 231 Columbian Exposition stamps. There were only a few hundred stamps and cut squares that had been issued prior to 1890.

The stamps had been soaked from the envelopes. Everything was sorted and tied tightly into bundles (each containing 100 stamps or cut squares) using string and sewing thread. I inherited and began unpacking the bundles in 2000. The vast majority of the material had been very well protected from damage for over a century.

Although mail was coming to Union City from all over the country, much of it seemed to be coming from small cities and towns in Indiana and Ohio and to a lesser degree from smaller communities in other nearby states. In other words, most of the fancy and geometric cancels probably originated within 200 miles of Union City.

A significant amount of mail originated in Cincinnati. According to a 1910 railway guide, the most direct rail route from Cincinnati to Union City was probably via the C. C. C. & St. L. (Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis) Railroad to Dayton, Ohio, and then the Dayton and Union Railroad to Union City from Dayton. The rail distance via that route was 91 miles.

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Indiana, United States

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