Name/Title
McKinley Assassination Cover - Pan American Exposition 1901 Envelope.Entry/Object ID
2010.1.2514Scope and Content
McKinley Assassination Cover - Pan American Exposition 1901 Envelope
A one cent green colored "COMMEMORATIVE SERIES 1901, FAST LAKE NAVIGATION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" postage stamp, with a picture of the Steamship "City of Alpena", which operated along the Great Lakes, is located in the upper right hand corner. The postmark reads "BUFFALO, N. Y. SEP 7 4 - PM '01, 2." The words "PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION 1901, are written inside a triangel, and the postmark lines run through the stamp.
An image of McKinley facing left is located on the left hand side of the envelope. At the bottom of the envelope written in pencil are the words " SHOT Sept 6th".
The back is plain with black lines running across the top portion of the envelope.
From: *Stamp Collecting World
US Stamps Commemoratives of 1901 Pan American Exposition
http://www.stamp-collecting-world.com/usstamps_1901.html
"New pictorial US stamps were issued during 1901 for the Pan American Exposition.
The Pan American Exposition was a World's Fair held at Buffalo, N.Y. from May 1 through November 2, 1901."
"Actually, the six US stamps issued at the time of the Pan American Exposition did not commemorate any event or anniversary. They were issued to publicize the World's Fair event. To get around the rule that the U.S. Post Office Department could not issue new postage stamps for advertising purposes, they added the phrase "Commemorative Series of 1901" to the top of the frame on each of the new postage stamps.
The Pan American Exposition set, described below, was issued on May 1, 1901. These six US stamps were engraved by the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing on double-lined USPS watermarked paper, and they are all perforated 12." *Collection
BechtelAcquisition
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2010.1Source or Donor
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