1899 Austin IL Cover to Chicago Local Mail Same Day Receiving Mark 3hr Transit

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Country

United States

Condition

Cover (Postal History)

Stamp Format

Single

Item Description

This is a postal history cover from 1899, mailed locally within Chicago. Postal Route & Markings From: Austin, Illinois To: Chicago, Illinois Sending Postmark: Austin, ILL., duplex cancel dated June 7, 1899 (Wednesday) at 4 PM. Receiving Postmark: Chicago, ILL., machine cancel on the reverse, dated June 7, 1899 (Wednesday) at 7 PM. Transit: The cover traveled approximately 7 miles within the city with a transit time of 3 hours. Postage: A 2-cent stamp paid the first-class letter rate. Addressee and Historical Details The cover was mailed from Austin, a town that was annexed by the city of Chicago in 1899, the same year this cover was sent. The destination address is 740 W. 14th Street, Chicago. The location is in the present-day University Village neighborhood, near the University of Illinois at Chicago campus. The original building is no longer extant. On the day this cover was mailed, temperance activist Carrie Nation began her campaign of destroying saloons with an attack on a bar in Kiowa, Kansas.

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