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Note that each image is both sides of each tag...
These are pretty cool and I guess they are "covers" since they saw postal use and are both stamped and postmarked. They are from small town banks to the Federal Reserve Bank. I especially like the one with the $1 block of 4. I can imagine that they were attached to bags of securities, either cash or maybe the remittance of checks?
Anyone familiar with these? I'd love to know more about them.
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Bank used registered parcels to send securities, bonds etc. between banks. The tags you have are each mailed from a bank to a federal reserve bank. Possibly the banks were returning old currency to be destroyed (registry was free for that service).
But these tags weren't only used for inter-bank mailing. You can find tags for other parcels, such as sacks of grain etc. I have a few (I think).
I like the block of four $1.
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Here's one from the Western Land Roller Company in Hastings, Nebraska.
I have no idea what year it's from, or what the total of 29 cents paid to deliver.
I DID do a bit of research on the company a while back....it was interesting.
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Randy,
I'll take a shot at figuring out what fee your tag paid. I assume the tag is for Parcel post/fourth class mail.
The three cent stamp is Scott 787 issued 2/18/37 so I put the tag in the range of 1932-1944 rates.
Distance between Hastings,NE and Shellsburg,IA is 405 miles so this tag falls into zone 4, 300-600 mile radius.
10 cents for the first pound and 3.5 cents each additional pound, six pounds x 3.5=21 cents, an over payment of 2 cents.
This information is from "U.S. domestic Postal Rates, 1872-2011", Beecher and Wawrukiewicz.
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No worries Vince, I just grabbed them because they were interesting and going cheap!
I will bring them tonight, see you later!
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vinman, I think your math is a bit off:
1st lb = 10c
5 lbs @ 3.5c/lb = 17.5c
Total = 6 lbs @ 27.5c postage, so overpaid by 1.5c
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I came across this lot of three on the 'bay a week or so ago. I saw them finishing up for less than $5 for the trio and thought they'd add interest to my still to be created Prexie album.
Note that each image is both sides of each tag...
These are pretty cool and I guess they are "covers" since they saw postal use and are both stamped and postmarked. They are from small town banks to the Federal Reserve Bank. I especially like the one with the $1 block of 4. I can imagine that they were attached to bags of securities, either cash or maybe the remittance of checks?
Anyone familiar with these? I'd love to know more about them.
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re: Package Tags
Bank used registered parcels to send securities, bonds etc. between banks. The tags you have are each mailed from a bank to a federal reserve bank. Possibly the banks were returning old currency to be destroyed (registry was free for that service).
But these tags weren't only used for inter-bank mailing. You can find tags for other parcels, such as sacks of grain etc. I have a few (I think).
I like the block of four $1.
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re: Package Tags
Here's one from the Western Land Roller Company in Hastings, Nebraska.
I have no idea what year it's from, or what the total of 29 cents paid to deliver.
I DID do a bit of research on the company a while back....it was interesting.
Randy
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re: Package Tags
Randy,
I'll take a shot at figuring out what fee your tag paid. I assume the tag is for Parcel post/fourth class mail.
The three cent stamp is Scott 787 issued 2/18/37 so I put the tag in the range of 1932-1944 rates.
Distance between Hastings,NE and Shellsburg,IA is 405 miles so this tag falls into zone 4, 300-600 mile radius.
10 cents for the first pound and 3.5 cents each additional pound, six pounds x 3.5=21 cents, an over payment of 2 cents.
This information is from "U.S. domestic Postal Rates, 1872-2011", Beecher and Wawrukiewicz.
Vince
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No worries Vince, I just grabbed them because they were interesting and going cheap!
I will bring them tonight, see you later!
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re: Package Tags
vinman, I think your math is a bit off:
1st lb = 10c
5 lbs @ 3.5c/lb = 17.5c
Total = 6 lbs @ 27.5c postage, so overpaid by 1.5c
Lars
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