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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | July 10, 1851 |
| From City | Apalachicola |
| From State | FL |
| To City | North Fairhaven |
| To State | MA |
| Addressee | Mrs. R. N. Swift |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 44829 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 0.5 |
| Bisect | LL |
| Others |
Notes
Very light red Apalachicola FL town postmark. This cover was the subject of an article published in the Aug 1980 Chronicle that showed that it was a July 1851 demonetized use. There is a second bisect with an UR diagonal bisect from same correspondence.
May '74 PF and Dec '21 William T. Crowe certs.
Alexander listed as 7/10/51 from Apalachicola Fl to North Fairhaven and duplicated as xx/xx/xx from Unknown (removed)
Sold by Paradise Valley Stamp Co sale no. F625.
PF 44829 #2a genuinely used on cover
Chronicle 107
As the bisect is a lower left diagonal, it quite possibly forms a pair with the upper right bisect (13231). As the illustration shows, the postmark is an illegible red blob. The docketing at first seems ambiguous, because the second numeral in the date is written over. I believe, however, that Mrs. Swift mistakenly wrote "24" and corrected this by writing "3" over "4." "Wednesday July 24" indicates the year as 1850, whereas 'Wednesday July 23" means 1851. The superior "d" fits with "23" but not with "24." Furthermore the numbers "63 & 64' fit the 1851 sequence.
[Cover mailed after rate change July 1, 1851 to 3c. In Chronicle 107, Creighton Hart speculates that R. N. Swift had a 10c stamp but there were no 3c stamps available in the south where he was located. He, therefore, bisected a 10c stamp, overpaying the rate by 2c.]
May '74 PF and Dec '21 William T. Crowe certs.
Alexander listed as 7/10/51 from Apalachicola Fl to North Fairhaven and duplicated as xx/xx/xx from Unknown (removed)
Sold by Paradise Valley Stamp Co sale no. F625.
PF 44829 #2a genuinely used on cover
Chronicle 107
As the bisect is a lower left diagonal, it quite possibly forms a pair with the upper right bisect (13231). As the illustration shows, the postmark is an illegible red blob. The docketing at first seems ambiguous, because the second numeral in the date is written over. I believe, however, that Mrs. Swift mistakenly wrote "24" and corrected this by writing "3" over "4." "Wednesday July 24" indicates the year as 1850, whereas 'Wednesday July 23" means 1851. The superior "d" fits with "23" but not with "24." Furthermore the numbers "63 & 64' fit the 1851 sequence.
[Cover mailed after rate change July 1, 1851 to 3c. In Chronicle 107, Creighton Hart speculates that R. N. Swift had a 10c stamp but there were no 3c stamps available in the south where he was located. He, therefore, bisected a 10c stamp, overpaying the rate by 2c.]
