The Jim Petersen Postal Cover Collection.

My good buddy, fellow Iowa historian, and postal cover collector – Jim Petersen is president of the Iowa Postal History Society (IPHS). He grew up in the Waterloo & Cedar Falls area, is a 1976 graduate from the UI School of Pharmacy, and is a retired pharmacist – now living in Santa Fe, NM. Jim has a large collection of postal covers from across Iowa, and he has graciously agreed to share a few that have historical significance to Iowa City and Johnson County. Below – you will find those covers that we have included on our pages of Our Iowa Heritage. Thanks Jim!

*(JP-001)* ***1853 stamp-less cover – Iowa City to Lancaster (Keokuk County), IA*** – *Read more here.*

*(JP-002)* **U.S. #26 Series of 1857-61 3¢ Washington Type III Earliest Known** **Use:** September 14, 1857 – postmarked **May 1, 1861 –** *Read more here.*

*(JP-003)* **U.S. #26 Series of 1857-61 3¢ Washington Type III Earliest Known** **Use:** September 14, 1857 – Postmarked **May 13, 1861** – Read more here.

*(JP-004)* **U.S. #26 Series of 1857-61 3¢ Washington Type III Earliest Known** **Use:** September 14, 1857 – Postmarked **July 27, 1861** – Read more here.

*(JP-005) **U.S. #63 Series of 1861-62 1¢ Franklin** **Earliest Known Use:** August 17, 1861* – *Postmarked Feb 15 1860? – yet the stamp wasn’t released until 1861?* – *Read more here.*

(JP-006) **U.S. #68 Series of 1861-62** **10¢ Washington – Earliest Known Use:** August 20, 1861 – **Postmarked August 28, 1861.** *Read more here.*

(JP-007) U.S. #213 – Series of 1887 2¢ Washington First Day of Issue: September 10, 1887 Postmarked – April 8, 1889 in Iowa City. (JP-008) U.S. #212 Series of 1887 1¢ Franklin. Issued: June, 1887 Postmarked May 24, 1890 in Iowa City. Read more here.

*(JP-008) **U.S. #65 Series of 1861-62 3¢ Washington** – **Earliest Known Use:** August 18, 1861* – **Postmarked November 2, between 1868-1870 – when President Black was in office – in Iowa City, Iowa**. *Read more here.*

*(JP-009)* **U.S. #26 Series of 1857-61 3¢ Washington Type III Earliest Known** **Use:** September 14, 1857 – Postmarked **November 5, 1860’s** – Read more here.

*(JP-010) **U.S. #65 Series of 1861-62 3¢ Washington** – **Earliest Known Use:** May 20, 1861* – **Postmarked January 21, 1865 in Iowa City, Iowa**. *Read more here.*

(JP-011a-d) U.S. #26 Series of 1857-61 3¢ Washington Type III Earliest Known Use: September 14, 1857 – Postmarked June/July 1861 in Iowa City & Johnson County, Iowa – Read more here.

(JP-012a-c) U.S. #65 Series of 1861-62 3¢ Washington – Earliest Known Use: August 18, 1861 – Postmarked May/Sept 1861 in Iowa City, Iowa. Read more here.

(JP-012d-i) More Civil War covers postmarked between 1862 – 1865 in Iowa City, Iowa. Read more here.

(JP-012j-k) Two additional Civil War covers postmarked 1863/1865 in Sioux City, Iowa & Nashville, Tennessee. Read more here.

(JP-013a-013b) Two rare CDV cards – circa 1865 – that come from the studios of Iowa City photographers Isaac Wetherby and John (J.T.) Calkin, and include U.S. Revenue stamps – U.S. #R5 and U.S. #R15 – issued during the 1860’s to help raise funds for the Civil War. Read more here.

*(JP-014) **1884 Postal Cover U.S. #U231 Embossed Envelope 2¢ Washington Postmarked July 30, 1884 in Iowa City**.* *Read more here.*

(JP-015) 1900 Postal Cover & Letter U.S. #267 1895 2¢ Washington Type III Earliest Known Use: May, 1895. Postmarked November 12, 1900 in Iowa City. Read more here.

*(JP-016)* ***1843 stamp-less cover & letter – Iowa City to Salisbury (Merrimack County), NH*** – *Read more here.*

*(JP-017)* **1923 Postal Cover U.S. #U429 Embossed Envelope 2¢ Washington Postmarked August 2, 1923 in Iowa City**. *Read more here.*

*(JP-018)* ***1846 stamp-less cover & letter – Iowa City to Parkhurst – Scott County – Iowa – April 13, 1846*** – *Read more here.*

*(JP-019)* ***1849 stamp-less cover & letter – Iowa City to Dubuque, Iowa*** – **September 19, 1849** – *Read more here.*

(JP-020) U.S. #26 Series of 1857-61 3¢ Washington Type III Earliest Known Use: September 14, 1857 – Postmarked on the Dubuque & Pacific Railroad in July/August between 1858 -1861 – mailed in Waterloo – headed for Dubuque & Fort Madison – Read more here.

(JP-021) U.S. #319 1903 2¢ George Washington Issue Date: November 12, 1903 Postmarked November 8, 1907. Read more here.

(JP-022) 1887 Postal Cover U.S. #206 1¢ Franklin. Issued: November 2, 1881 Postmarked March 31, 1887 in Iowa City. Read more here.

*(JP-023)* **U.S. #210 1883 2¢ Washington Earliest Known Use:** October 1, 1883 – **Postmarked April 2, 1884 in Iowa City**. Read more here.

(JP-024) U.S. #210 1883 2¢ Washington Earliest Known Use: October 1, 1883 – Postmarked December 28, 1885 in Iowa City. Read more here.

(JP-025) U.S. #U73 1880’s 4¢ Jackson – Embossed & U.S. #235 – 6¢ Columbian Expedition 1893 – Postmarked October 6, 1897 in Iowa City. Read more here.

*(JP-026)* **U.S. #71** ***Series of 1861-62 30c Franklin*** *– Earliest known use – August 20, 1861* – **Postmarked June 7, 1862 in Iowa City**. Read more here.

(JP-027) U.S. #300 1903 1¢ Franklin – Postmarked September 28, 1908. Read more here.

(JP-028) U.S. #300 1903 1¢ Franklin – Postmarked May 26, 1908. Read more here.

(JP-029) U.S. #26 Series of 1857-61 3¢ Washington Type III Earliest Known Use: September 14, 1857 – Both letters are postmarked in Iowa City – Circa 1857 – Read more here.

(JP-030a & JP-030b) U.S. #26 Series of 1857-61 3¢ Washington Type III Earliest Known Use: September 14, 1857 – Both letters are postmarked in Iowa City – Circa 1857 – Read more here.

(JP-031) 1855 stamp-less cover & circular letter – Iowa City to Hastings (Barry County), Michigan – Read more here.

(JP-032a & b) 1842 stamp-less covers & letters – Postmarked in Iowa City on January 2, 1842 to Beverly, Mass – Read more here.

*(JP-033) **U.S. #406 2¢ Washington – Postmarked in Iowa City, Iowa –** June 9, 1915* *– Read more here.*

*(JP-034)* **U.S. #11A** **Series of 1851-57 3¢ Washington** **Type II** **Earliest Known Use:** October 6, 1851 **Postmarked in Iowa City on July 20, 1853** *– Read more here*.

(JP-035) 1843 stamp-less cover – Iowa City to Waynesburg (Greene County), PA – Read more here.

(JP-036a & JP-036b) 1898 Postal Cover – U.S. #267 1895 2¢ Washington Type III and 1899 Postal Cover – U.S. #286 1898 2¢ Trans-Mississippi Exposition: Farming in the West – both postmarked in Kalona, Iowa Read more here.

(JP-037a) 1845 stamp-less cover – Iowa City to Defiance (Defiance County), Ohio – Read more here.

(JP-037b) 1846 stamp-less cover – Iowa City to Defiance, Ohio – Read more here.

(JP-038)1900 Postal Cover & Letter – U.S. #267 1895 2¢ Washington Type III Earliest Known Use: May, 1895. Postmarked October 5, 1900 in Iowa City. – Read more here.

*(JP-039) **Two Civil War-era Letters – March 21 & April 5, 1865** from **Captain A.B. Cree** – stationed in **Morehead City, NC** to his wife in **Iowa City.** – Read more here.*

(JP-040) 1850 stamp-less cover – Iowa City to Hartford, Connecticut – Read more here.

(JP-041) 1847 stamp-less cover – Iowa City to New York City – Read more here .

*(JP-042)* **1885 Postal Cover U.S. #U279 Embossed Envelope 2¢ Washington Postmarked August 28, 1885 in Iowa City** – *Read more here.*

*(JP-043)* **U.S. #26 Series of 1857-61 3¢ Washington Type III** – **Postmarked September 19, 1857 in Iowa City –** *Read more here.*

*(JP-044)* **U.S. #210 1883 2¢ Washington Earliest Known Use:** October 1, 1883 – **Postmarked October 3, 1884 in Iowa City**. Read more here.

(JP-045) 1883 Postal Cover w/ U.S. #U84 3¢ Washington Embossed & U.S. #206 1¢ Franklin. Postmarked January 20, 1883 in Amish, Iowa. Read more here.

(JP-045a) *This rare postal cover comes from Jim Petersen’s friend – Bill Dall in Dubuque –* **1881 Postal Cover w/ U.S. #U163 3¢** **Washington Embossed & U.S. #187 10¢ Jefferson.** **Postmarked April 23, 1881 in Amish, Iowa**. Read more here.

*(JP-046) **1842 stamp-less cover & letter – Iowa City to Berlin – Scott County – Iowa – January 30, 1842** –* *Read more here.*

*(JP-047) **1848 stamp-less cover & letter – Iowa City to Defiance, Ohio – Postmarked January 1, 1849** –* *Read more here.*

*(JP-048) **1850 stamp-less cover & letter – Iowa City to Burlington, Iowa – Postmarked October 2, 1850** –* *Read more here.*

(JP-049 a/b) U.S. #65 Series of 1861-62 3¢ Washington – Earliest Known Use: August 18, 1861 – Postmarked (dates uncertain) in Amish, Iowa Johnson County. Read more here.

*(JP-050) **U.S. #65 Series of 1861-62 3¢ Washington** – **Earliest Known Use:** August 18, 1861* – **Postmarked on May 4, 1864 in Iowa City**. *Read more here.*

*(JP-051) **1842 stamp-less cover & letter – Iowa City to Lockport, Illinois – Postmarked February 16, 1842** –* *Read more here.*

*(JP-052) **1847 stamp-less cover & letter – Andrew, Iowa to Iowa City – Postmarked July 20, 1847** –* *Read more here.*

(JP-053) 1840 stamp-less cover & letter – mailed from along the existing Bloomington/Napoleon Trail to Iowa City with no postmark but marked ‘Free’ – Read more here.

*(JP-054) **1841 stamp-less cover & letter – Bloomington to Dubuque – Postmarked February 19, 1841** –* *Read more here.*

(JP-055) 1849 stamp-less cover & letter – Red Rock, Marion County, Iowa to Iowa City – “Free” government-related – mailed December 29, 1849 – Read more here.

(JP-056) 1839 stamp-less cover & letter – West Point, Lee County, Iowa to Burlington, Iowa – “Free” government-related with no postage markings – probably hand-delivered to the Governor in September 1839 – Read more here.

(JP-057) 1840 stamp-less cover & letter – Montrose, Lee County, Iowa to Burlington, Iowa – Marked February 12, 1840 – Read more here.

*(JP-058) **1851 stamp-less cover & letter – postmarked on July 29, 1851 in Garnavello in Clayton County, Iowa to Honorable G. Folsom, Iowa City, Iowa.** Read more here.*

*(JP-059) **1839 stamp-less cover & letter – Lafayette, Indiana to Burlington, Iowa – Postmarked January 12, 1839** –* *Read more here.*

(JP-060) 1833 stamp-less cover & letter – Piketon, Ohio to Columbus, Ohio – Postmarked in Portsmouth, Ohio on August 23, 1833 – Read more here.

(JP-061) #300 1¢ Washington Postmarked May 6, 1905 in Iowa City, IA. – Read more here.

(JP-062) #406 2¢ Washington Postmarked December 9, 1915 in Iowa City, IA. – Read more here.

*(JP-063)* **1852 stamp-less cover & letter – Iowa City to South Berrick – York County, Maine – Postmarked on March 16, 1852** – *Read more here.*

(JP-064) 1875 – #UX1 Postal Card – Iowa City to Des Moines, Iowa – Postmarked November 13, 1875 Read more here.

*(JP-065)* **1845 stamp-less cover & letter – Bloomington, Iowa to Iowa City – Postmarked on December 8, 1845** – *Read more here.*

*(JP-066)* **1849 stamp-less cover & letter – Birmingham – Van Buren County, Iowa to Iowa City – written on February 7, 1849** – *Read more here.*

*(JP-067)* **1841 stamp-less cover & letter – Dubuque to Burlington – postmarked January 23, 1841** – *Read more here.*

*(JP-068)* **1844 stamp-less cover & letter – Fort Madison to Iowa City – postmarked January 20, 1844** – *Read more here.*

*(JP-069)* **1846 stamp-less cover & letter – Bloomfield (Davis County) to Iowa City – postmarked January 4, 1846** – *Read more here.*

*(JP-070a)* **1854 stamp-less cover & letter – Washington D.C. to Iowa City – Free U.S. Mail – written December 30, 1854, hand-delivered January 1855.** (JP-070b) **1858 stamp-less cover & letter – Dubuque to Iowa City – Free U.S. Mail – postmarked July 21, 1858** – *Read more here.*

*(JP-071)* ***U.S. #UX4 1875 1¢ Liberty Postal card – Postmarked January 13, 1876 in Iowa City.*** *Read more here.*

(JP-072a) **1839 stamp-less cover & letter** – ***Postmarked June 27, 1839 in Burlington.*** *Read more here.*

(JP-072b) **1840 stamp-less cover & letter** – ***Postmarked June 2, 1840 in Bloomington.*** *Read more here.*

(JP-072c) **1850 stamp-less cover & letter** – ***Postmarked July 18, 1850 in Burlington.*** *Read more here.*

(JP-072d) **1853 stamp-less cover & letter** – ***Postmarked July 17, 1853 in Burlington.*** *Read more here.*

*(JP-073)* **U.S. #11A** **Series of 1851-57 3¢ Washington** **Type II** **Earliest Known Use:** October 6, 1851 **Postmarked in Oskaloosa, Iowa on August 8, 1853 – using “Free” governmental postage, and then forwarded from Iowa City to Dubuque on August 12, 1853 using U.S. #11A stamp** *– Read more here*.

(JP-074a & JP-074b) Two 1862 letters – no postal covers – from Iowa Civil War soldiers to Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood (June 23, 1862) & U.S. Senator James Harlan (July 26, 1862). Read more here.

*(JP-075)* **U.S. #11A** **Series of 1851-57 3¢ Washington** **Type II** **Earliest Known Use:** October 6, 1851 **Postmarked in Iowa City, Iowa on June 16, 1856** – *Read more here*.

(JP-076) **1849 stamp-less cover & letter** – ***Postmarked March 23, 1849 in Iowa City.*** *Read more here.*

(JP-077) **1841 stamp-less cover & letter** – ***Postmarked May 8, 1841 in Burlington.*** *Read more here.*

(JP-078) **1846 stamp-less cover & letter** – ***Postmarked September 29, 1846 in Bloomington, Iowa.*** *Read more here.*

(JP-079) **1848 stamp-less cover & letter** – ***Postmarked January 10, 1848 in Iowa City, Iowa.*** *Read more here.*

(JP-080) **1849 stamp-less cover & letter** – ***Postmarked December 14, 1849 in Lancaster in Keokuk County, Iowa.*** *Read more here.*

(JP-081) **1848 stamp-less cover & letter** – ***Postmarked November 22, 1848 in Ft. Madison in Lee County, Iowa.*** *Read more here.*

(JP-082) 1856 stamp-less cover & letter – No postage paid from Tama, Iowa since the letter was governmental business, but postmarked when received in Iowa City on May 21, 1856. Read more here.