1901 Buffalo NY Cover to Warsaw NY 2c Stamp Machine Cancel Valentine's Day

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Country

United States

Condition

Cover (Postal History)

Stamp Format

Single

Item Description

This postal history item is a cover sent from Buffalo, New York, to Warsaw, New York, on Valentine's Day. Addressee: Miss Evelyn R. Manson, Warsaw, New York. Postage: The cover is franked with one 2 Cents stamp. Cancellation: A machine cancellation is applied. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Front: Postmark: BUFFALO, N.Y. FEB 14 11-PM 1901 Handwritten Address: Miss Evelyn R. Manson / Warsaw, / New York. Back: Postmark: WARSAW N.Y. REC'D FEB 15 1130AM 1901 Postal Route & Timeline Dispatched: Buffalo, New York, on Thursday, February 14, 1901 (Valentine's Day), at 11:00 PM. Received: Warsaw, New York, on Friday, February 15, 1901, at 11:30 AM. Total Transit Time: 12 hours and 30 minutes. Approximate Travel Distance: 40 miles. Historical Context On this date: This cover was mailed from Buffalo while the city was in the final stages of preparation for the Pan-American Exposition, a major world's fair scheduled to open on May 1, 1901. The event would later become the site of the assassination of President William McKinley in September of the same year. Sender's Address: The sender's address is not present on the cover. Recipient's Address Today: The address is to the town of Warsaw, New York. The lack of a specific street address was common for mail sent to individuals in smaller towns where they were known to the local postmaster.

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