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*Auction Highlight* Gage, Bros, 10c Green (EP91) Encased Postage 10c Grades vf, very fine fc

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*Auction Highlight* Gage, Bros, 10c Green (EP91) Encased Postage 10c Grades vf, very fine fc
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*Auction Highlight* Gage, Bros, 10c Green (EP91) Encased Postage 10c Grades vf, very fine . Gage, Brother & Drake, Tremont House, Chicago Ill., 10c Green (EP91).ÊStamp with rich color, case darkly toned color with some minor discoloration at top and bottom and with faint trace of original silvering near letters, mica with trivial crazing, Very Fine appearance -- In 1853 the Gage brothers -- David A. and George W. -- took control of the Tremont House, one of Chicago's most famous hotels. Two years later they sold a quarter-interest in the hotel to John B. Drake and named the new partnership "Gage, Brother & Drake" (as it appears on the encased postage). The Tremont House was frequently visited by Abraham Lincoln before he was elected President, and the hotel became Lincoln's campaign headquarters during the Republican convention in 1860. In 1863 David Gage withdrew from the Tremont House partnership and became a partner in the Sherman House, a rival hotel opened in 1861 A Corey's Pick, Bid to Win, Don't let it get Away, you might not find its equal Coin