US Scott 231 1893 Columbian 2c, the brightest example from a few thousand copies

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Catalog Number

231

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Used

Stamp Format

Single

Topic

People - Other

Year of Issue

1893

Item Description

This stamp was among thousands of stamps and cut squares collected from businesses at Union City, Indiana, in the early 1890s. Most of the readable postmarks in this hoard are from 1891 to 1893. About 3,600 of those stamps were Scott catalog numbers 230 and 231 Columbians. They were packed tightly into vintage Clark sewing thread boxes. Most were the Scott 231 2c Columbian stamps. Of those stamps, this copy clearly had the brightest color. The obliteration design is a partial circular 4-ring target and there is a partial circular date stamp, but the post office of origin and the cancel date are unknown.

The stamp is in very good condition except that the perforating equipment was missing a perforation pin.

The stamps in the Union City hoard had been soaked from the envelopes around the time of their collection. The stamps and cut squares were then sorted and most were tied tightly with string and sewing thread into bundles of 100 each. That process protected most of the items from damage and aging for over a century. I inherited and began unpacking the bundles in 2000. None of these sale items from the hoard has ever been in a collection.

Mail was arriving at Union City from all over the country via three railroads. Much of that mail was 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 150 to 200 miles of Union City.

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Seller Information

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04/11/2016

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Item Location

Indiana, United States

Ships To

United States

Returns Accepted

Yes

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