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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | July 13, 1848 |
| From City | Montreal |
| From State | Canada |
| To City | New York |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | D. S. Kennedy |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 37557 |
| Fake | NG |
| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
Notes
Fake. SCRAP # 7800101
The cover traveled the Montreal - New York "through" route in a locked bag. In contrast to mail on other routes to the United States, the bag was not opened at a border exchange point so that postal clerks there could apply appropriate U.S. markings to each letter. The two additional postal markings on this cover were applied by a clerk at the New York City post office. These were the blue manuscript scribble crossing out the straight line Canadian PAID and the blue rating mark 10, indicating that 1O¢ United States postage (for a distance in excess of 300 miles) was to be collected from the addressee. The stamps are canceled in black ink. The right stamp in the pair is very slightly "tied" by a pen mark which does not appear to be the same color as the strokes canceling the stamps and which does not naturally connect with those strokes. There would have been no reason for the clerk in New York to use one ink to cancel the stamps and another ink to write the New York manuscript postal markings.
Alexander listed as 7/13/48
Cover described in PF opinions Vol 1 article pp19-21 by William T. Crowe and by PF cert 37557. Crowe notes the 10 marking indicates postage due in NYC, which is inconsistent with the two 5c stamps.
Cover featured in an article in The Chronicle (Vol 24, No. 3, pp163-67) by Susan M McDonald.
PF 37557 #1, stamps did not originate on this cover/
The cover traveled the Montreal - New York "through" route in a locked bag. In contrast to mail on other routes to the United States, the bag was not opened at a border exchange point so that postal clerks there could apply appropriate U.S. markings to each letter. The two additional postal markings on this cover were applied by a clerk at the New York City post office. These were the blue manuscript scribble crossing out the straight line Canadian PAID and the blue rating mark 10, indicating that 1O¢ United States postage (for a distance in excess of 300 miles) was to be collected from the addressee. The stamps are canceled in black ink. The right stamp in the pair is very slightly "tied" by a pen mark which does not appear to be the same color as the strokes canceling the stamps and which does not naturally connect with those strokes. There would have been no reason for the clerk in New York to use one ink to cancel the stamps and another ink to write the New York manuscript postal markings.
Alexander listed as 7/13/48
Cover described in PF opinions Vol 1 article pp19-21 by William T. Crowe and by PF cert 37557. Crowe notes the 10 marking indicates postage due in NYC, which is inconsistent with the two 5c stamps.
Cover featured in an article in The Chronicle (Vol 24, No. 3, pp163-67) by Susan M McDonald.
PF 37557 #1, stamps did not originate on this cover/
