Lot 210 United States, A Superb Used Cover, 1934 Dead Letter Office Precursor Pfister Hotel Cover, Containing Original Letter, Sent Under The Short Lived Domestic Airmail Rate.

A superb used cover of the from the, 1934 dead letter office precursor pfister hotel cover, containing original letter, sent under the short lived domestic airmail rate.

Franked with a #634 and two #720 stamps instead of the 8c airmial stamps. Stamped in Violet 'returned; not at Hotel Pfister' by the hotel clerk and then back at the Milwaukee Post Office it was stamped 'retuen to writer unclaimed via slogan cancel. The letter is from a man to his girlfriend expressing how much he wants to call her on Sunday in Wisconsin. Then on the last page of the letter he says he realizes that he can catch her if he sends it by airmail. But alas, he was wrong - he missed her.

Scott doesn't list this variety, so we estimate it at $60. The cover offered here grade between 95 and as follows:

Centering/Margins: 55/60

Paper Freshness: 5/5

Colour: 5/5

Impression: 5/5

Absence of Visible Paper Flaws: 5/5

Perforations: 10/10

Cancellation: 10/10