Oswald’s Seaport Trader Order Coupon Mystery Solved

[Jerry Freeman]

Ordering through mail was the cheapest way for him to get weapons.

At $19.95 and $29.95 what kind of big savings are we talking about here? He must have had some deep pockets when he supposedly ordered both guns on the same day.
And didn't order ammo for either weapon.

[Michael Walton]

To David VP:

That image you posted showing the Traders receipt or order or whatever, it is and the address typed up, what exactly is that? Was that sent into the company from the customer to place the order or is it some kind of receipt generated by the company?

[John Tonkovich]

Both money orders? You know of a money order for the Seaport Traders order?

I was referring to Mr Earl's statement regarding money orders.

The pistol was, allegedly, a C.O.D. purchase.

[John Iacoletti]

That's easy. Seaport created an invoice for Oswald's gun purchase on Mar. 13, '63. And I think it's safe to assume that Seaport didn't wait for weeks and weeks (or even days) before creating this paperwork:

So do you agree that it's merely an assumption that the invoice was prepared the same day the order arrived in the mail?  Myers stated it as a fact and tried to claim on Facebook that it said so in Michaelis's testimony.

[John Iacoletti]

If Oswald sent both orders on March 12 as Myers tries to claim (when his timesheet says he was working the entire day), why did he buy a money order for the Klein's order, but send cash for the Seaport Traders order?

[John Iacoletti]

I also notice that the cost of the ammunition written on the coupon and then scratched out doesn’t match the cost in the ad.

[Michael Walton]

Not trying to change subject on this but the PO box itself is suspect too:

The two sets of identification for Oswald and Hidell being found in one wallet was particularly damaging to Oswald, as Oswald denied during the afternoon of November 22 that he was the owner of the rifle. It was worldwide news by 11/23/63 that the rifle that was left at the scene was purchased by mail order with a postal money order used by “A. Hidell” and listing Oswald’s PO Box as the place for pick-up. It did not make the news that this postal money order had no stamp indicating that it was ever used or ever deposited.[ 16 ] Nor did it make the news that postal inspector Harry Holmes admitted that anyone who had access to Oswald’s PO box could have picked up the rifle [or the pistol] without even showing identification. Nor did it make the news that post offices were required by law to retain “delivery receipts for firearms” for four years, something not done in this case. A. J. Hidell was all over Oswald’s phony FPCC literature as the fictional chairman of his fictional New Orleans branch. Oswald and Hidell were now tied together by the rifle and the wallet.

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