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Who/What: ... Hartford 1898 Flag Repurposed Newspaper Golden Argosy Auxiliary Postal Card.  Card for the Argosy appears to have been used by J Barrows and Co judging from manuscript written over the checklist; printed address is manuscript adjusted to go to the publisher of science magazine or paper. The mystery to me is the violet auxiliary handstamp "TYPEWRITER Dec 24 1898" Can't figure out its meaning. There is a NY cds on the lower front and a blue received stamp from the company named on the front. No backstamp . Note: at upper right on the back side there is a small piece of paper adhesion.


There are either numbers, symbols, letter combinations at the end of the title line that are location markers and have no relation to the covers or items.

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