Name/Title
Postal card cancelled with Hoboken, NJ star postmark, Feb. 29, [1892].Entry/Object ID
2009.006.0102Description
Postal card cancelled with Hoboken, N.J. star postmark, February 29, [1892]. 3" x 5-1/8" wide.
Sent by Mills & Arnot (building supplies?) of Hoboken, Feb. 29, 1892, to a Tilghman, 1118 South Eleventh St., Philadelphia.
An official U.S. Post Office one cent postal card, an early form of the postcard. The "star" cancel, a duplex, was not uncommon in this period. The star form seen is solid and centered in a vertical striped oval.Acquisition
Accession
2009.006Source or Donor
Lukacs, ClaireAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.Made/Created
Date made
1892 - 1892Notes
Date: 1892-1892General Notes
Note
Notes: Patent number 1,528,142 - March 1925
Patent number 2,011,195 - 1936
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2009-06-22
