TEN EARLY "STAMPLESS" COVERS FROM ILLINOIS

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TEN EARLY "STAMPLESS" COVERS FROM ILLINOIS
RECENTLY WAS CONSIGNED A QUANTITY OF EARLY U.S. POSTAGE STAMPS WHICH WERE COLLECTED BY A LOCAL GENTLEMAN WHO IS NOW IN HIS LATE 80'S AND IN POOR HEALTH.  MOST IF NOT ALL APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN BOUGHT AT VARIOUS PHILATELIC AUCTIONS 30 TO 40 YEARS AGO.  I'VE BEEN AN EBAY SELLER FOR BETTER THAN 20 YEARS BUT IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT COLLECTING GENRE, SO STAMPS ARE NEW TO ME AND MY DESCRIPTIONS MAY BE INADEQUATE FOR SOME.  I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN WITH THE INFORMATION I WAS GIVEN.  ONE AREA THIS COLLECTOR SEEMED TO FOCUS ON WERE VERY EARLY STAMPED AND "STAMPLESS" LETTERS AND ENVELOPES SOME GOING BACK TO AS EARLY AS 1830. THIS LISTING WILL BE FOR TEN STAMPLESS COVERS: METROPOLIS, JACKSONVILLE, MONMOUTH, LEXINGTON, MACOMB, MECHANICSBURG, METAMORA, GALENA, GRAND DETOUR, AND MANCHESTER.  ALL HAVE WELL DEFINED POSTMARKS.  I'M GOING TO LIST THESE ON A 10 DAY AUCTION SCHEDULE WITH A LOW STARTING BID AND NO RESERVE.  I WOULD SHIP IN A PRIORITY MAIL ENVELOPE.
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STARTS AT 5.99