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Details For Cover ID# 24302

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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Entered by: dwsnow
Added on:Aug 10, 16
Edited on:Aug 10, 16
 
Postmark: Aug 4, 1916
Origin: San Antonio, Texas, UNITED STATES
Destination: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, UNITED STATES
 
Description:

Vertical pair of 1914 1c green Washington perf. 10 (#424) tied by "San Antonio, Texas Aug. 4, 1:30 PM 1916" machine cancel on cover to Milwaukee, Wis., with illustrated corner card of The Bexar Hotel, European Plan, Alfred D. Sanner, Proprietor, San Antonio, Texas". New owner's name written in.

An advertisement for the long-vanished Bexar Hotel appeared in the San Antonio Express, edition of July 20, 1916. The hotel was advertised as "European, Weekly and Monthly Rates, The House of Service and Comfort, Alfred Sanner, Proprietor."
Owner's ID: 1169
 
Certificate? No
For Sale? No
Stampless? No
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