PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA STAMPLESS COVER 5cts RATE CROSSED OUT AND SENT FREE TO ACADEMIA POSTMASTER

PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA STAMPLESS COVER 5cts RATE CROSSED OUT AND SENT FREE TO ACADEMIA POSTMASTER - POSTAL-HISTORY
Pennsylvania

Interesting cover (no contents). Beautiful, full Philadelphia mark. Sender crossed out the 5cts rate and manuscripted "free" above the address.  Addressee is Joseph Pumroy, Postmaster of Academia, PA. Mail to or from a postmaster usually traveled free of charge in the stampless era.

  • Name: Joseph POMEROY
  • Birth: 18 OCT 1804 in near Roxbury, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Death: 21 SEP 1874 in Academia, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA
 
$15.00