John Johnson and Joseph Coupe started this local post in the fall of 1862, with an announcement in the Chicago Tribune. They handled local letter delivery, and delivery of out-of town letter to the post office. Cancellations on this stamp read "Edward T. Cooke, Supt." The post lasted on~ a year before dosing in 1863. 38L1 GENUINE 1 ORANGE BROWN POSITION10 BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENT CHIOAGO TRIBUNE, OCTO.BER 18, 1862
This post's stamp was reprinted by George Hussey. According to the records of Thomas Wood, Hussey's engraver, seven thousand "Chicago Penny Post" reprints were produced by June, 1866. These reprints come in many shades, in attempts to get dose to the orange-brown color of the original. REPRI 1 ORANGE RED 1 RED ORANGE 1 RED ORANGE "SPECIMEN" OVERPRINT! ORANGE (38Ll > l!i YELLOW ORANGE 1 BROWN ORANGE ONBUFF (38Lll 1 ORANGE BROWN l~brown l!i BISTRE BROWN 1 BROWN GRAY ( 38Ll >!~ORANGE ON BUFF 1 BROWN ORANGE ONBUFF 1 ORANGE BROWN ON BUFF 1 BROWN ORANGE ON OFF-WHITE
1 ORANGE BROWN (SHADE> WOVE FULL SHEET OF TWENTY-FIVE
1 ORANGE BROWN (SHADE> WOVE FULL SHEET OF TWENTY-FIVE ( 38L1)
1 ORANGE BROWN <SHADE) WOVE FULL SHEET OF TWENTY-FIVE
1 ORANGE BROWN (SHADE> WOVE FULL SHEET OF TWENTY-FIVE
1 ORANGE BROWN (SHADE) BLOCK OFTEN 1 ORANGE BROWN (SHADE) STRIP OF FIVE -...., MODERN 1 BROWN ONBUFF MODERN 1 RED ORANGE TETE-BECHE (38Ll> MODERN 1 PINK
All the forgeries can be told apart by the bees above the beehive. They all have different amounts and positions than the original stamps. The comer ornaments vary greatly as well amongst the forgeries. FORGERY A MOENS 1 PINK FORGERY A MOENS 1 ORANGE YELLOW (38L1> FORGERY A MOENS 1 BRIGHT YELLOW Chicago Penny Post. JLLUSTRATlO J. W. SCOTTS INTERNATIONAL A LBUM /f}ff. FORGERYB SCOTT - ALBUM CUT 1 BLACK FORGERYB SCOTT - ALBUM CUT 1 BLACK ( 38L1) FORGERYB SCOTT 1 YELLOW ORANGE ( 38L1) FORGERYB SCOTT 1 LIGHT ORANGE ( 38L1) FORGERYB SCOTT 1 ORANGE (38L1> SCOTT 1 RED ORANGE ( 38Ll.)
FORGERYC! ORANGE FORGERYC lljj~~ - FORM 5 1 RED - FORM 5 1 RED ON YELLOW SC - FORM 5 1 RED ON GRAY VIOLET SC - FORM 6! YELLOW 0 WHITE - FORM 6! PURPLE - FORM 6! PURPLE ON YELLOW
FORM l.5 l. BLACK ON VIOLET BLUE ( 38Ll.) FORM l.5 l. BLACK ON GRAY GREEN FORM l.5 1 BLACK ON ORANGE BUFF ~a------~. t' t. ~. ). ' FORM 15 lt ULTRAMARINE H LAID FORM l.5 1~ ULTRAMARINE V LAID. FORM 15 1 BLACK V LAID FORM 21 l. VIOLET ON BLUE rg --~ \ ::- ' :~,. ~.j.. ~ --... FORM AAll 1 RED ORANGE FORMAAll 1 BROWN { 38Ll) FORM AAll 1 CHOCOLATE FORM S16 1 ORANGE BROWN FORM S16 1 VIOLET BROWN { 38Ll)
.:.'.,.. )' Iii~.., I ::.- ~'.~-, I - - -~- ~-ri 1 1.. "1I ti~:~..,_.,_ ~ -~i 1 BLUE VIOLET 1 DARKBLUE 1 BLUE 1 LIGHT BLUE 1 LIGHT BLUE ON PINKISH 1 GREENISH BLUE 1 GRAYBLUE 1 GRAY GREEN 1 GREEN! ORANGE 1 PINKISH ORANGE. IJ ----,.~~ 11,. t ~~--- ~ ' 't II ~~,. -.,.,;.., 1,I.,... ' I II. ' :..!... -~ ~; Ii. -.c I. ~ l - ~.:--....,.. ' ; ~-~-- ~ 1 REDBROWN 1 ORANGE BROWN ON CREAM 1 BROWN ON CREAM
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