Spanish American War

1898 Peace Jubilee and Street Fair, all-over patriotic design on cover bearing 2¢ carmine (279B) tied by "Crawfordsville, Ind. Oct 20 '98" duplex to Newburyport Mass.; reverse with red skeleton key and text, Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $75 - 100.

1898 Wisconsin State Semi Centennial, blue patriotic design on cover bearing 2¢ rose pink (279B) tied by "Milwaukee, Wis. Jun 1, 1898" machine cancel to Sauk City Wisc.; barely reduced at right, Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $75 - 100.

1898 Wisconsin State Semi Centennial, blue patriotic design on cover bearing 2¢ rose pink (279B) tied by "Milwaukee, Wis. Aug 2, 1898" machine cancel to Sauk City Wisc.; reduced slightly at right, partial flap, Very Fine, this is slightly different than previous.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $50 - 75.

Carnival of Fun, Grand Rapids Mich. October 25, 1898, all-over patriotic design showing flag, Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty on cover bearing 1¢ green (279) pair tied by partial "Grand Rapids, Mich. Sep 21, 1898" flag machine cancel to Creston Ia., Sep. 23rd arrival; small top right corner crease just affects 1¢, Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $75 - 100.

Fort Wayne, Indiana Carnival and Street Fair, overall red and blue patriotic design showing Fort with stockade on 1898 cover bearing 2¢ rose carmine (279Bc), corner clipped, tied by "Fort Wayne, Ind. Sep 7, 1898" flag machine cancel to Grand Rapids Mich., Sep. 8th arrival backstamp, F.-V.F.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $50 - 75.