Cotton Gin [Cover]
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Cotton Gin [Cover]Description
Blue cover mailed from Cotton Gin, Texas on March 10, 1892 to “Leon and H Blum, Galveston, Texas”. This cover has a clear Cotton Gin strike on the front and a green indicium stamp on a blue envelope. The Galveston postmark on the back is also clear but Mexia is faint and partially covered by Galveston.Context
This blue cover illustrates the history of Cotton Gin. The clear "Cotton Gin" strike on the front signifies the cover originated from Cotton Gin, Texas on March 10, 1892. As many of Cotton Gin's residents moved to nearby Mexia when the Houston and Texas Central Railway bypassed Cotton Gin in 1872, the mail route followed, as indicated by the faint "Mexia" postmark on the back, enroute to Leon and H Blum in Galveston, Texas.Category
Urbanization
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