1902 Tacoma WA Cover to New Waterford Ohio Receiving Mark Backstamp
$14.00
This is a postal history cover from 1902. Postal Route & Markings From: Tacoma, Washington To: New Waterford, Ohio Sending Postmark: Tacoma, WASH., circular date stamp dated October 2, 1902 (Thursday). Receiving Pos ... Read More
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- United States
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- Cover (Postal History)
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- Single
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This is a postal history cover from 1902. Postal Route & Markings From: Tacoma, Washington To: New Waterford, Ohio Sending Postmark: Tacoma, WASH., circular date stamp dated October 2, 1902 (Thursday). Receiving Postmark: New Waterford, OHIO, circular date stamp on the reverse, dated October 6, 1902 (Monday). Transit: The cover traveled approximately 2,500 miles over a period of four days. Postage: A 2-cent stamp paid the first-class letter rate. Historical Context This cover was mailed during the Great Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902, a major labor dispute that had crippled the nation's coal supply. President Theodore Roosevelt was actively mediating the conflict during this period. On the day this cover was mailed, October 2, 1902, Beatrix Potter's children's book The Tale of Peter Rabbit was first published in London.Sales History
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