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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | February 18, 1851 |
| From City | Olive Grove |
| From State | GA |
| To City | North Fairhaven |
| To State | MA |
| Addressee | Mrs. R. N. Swift |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 457315 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
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| Others |
Notes
PF 457315
2 1847 10¢ black SINGLE, PEN CANCEL, ON COVER TO MASSACHUSETTS, OLIVE GROVE GA MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK AT LEFT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE USAGE, THE STAMP WITH SMALL FAULTS AT TOP RIGHT A LIGHTENED STAIN AT RIGHT AND A SMALL SCISSORS CUT IN THE MARGIN AT BOTTOM RIGHT; THE COVER WITH A WAX SEAL STAIN AT CENTER.
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 590 lot 591
Alexander listed as 2/18/51
PF 332791
Lot 1334 1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), four large balanced margins, neatly pen canceled on buff envelope to North Fairhaven, Mass. postmarked manuscript "Olive Grove Ga, Feby 18", docketed 1851 as "No 28" in the Swift correspondence (see below); wax seal stain in center, accompanying certificate notes "stamp with small faults at top right, a lightened stain at right and a small scissors cut in the margin at bottom right", none of which is really significant in our opinion, Fine, 02/18/51 in the Alexander Census.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Olive Grove received no 1847 stamps of either denomination. All 13 Olive Grove covers recorded in the Alexander Census are to Mrs. R.N. Smith in North Fairhaven, Mass. There are no 5¢ covers recorded.
Interestingly, we also offer a 10¢ Tallahassee cover addressed in the same hand to the same Mrs. R.A. Smith in Fairhaven. The Alexander Census records two "Swift" covers from Tallahasse and nine from Apalachicola.
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 659 realized 1534
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 662 lot 1127 realized 2360
The "hand" that wrote this letters was her husband, Rodolphus Nye Swift, who went down to the southern states, in 1848 and 1850-51, to harvest wood for his family's shipbuilding business.
2 1847 10¢ black SINGLE, PEN CANCEL, ON COVER TO MASSACHUSETTS, OLIVE GROVE GA MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK AT LEFT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE USAGE, THE STAMP WITH SMALL FAULTS AT TOP RIGHT A LIGHTENED STAIN AT RIGHT AND A SMALL SCISSORS CUT IN THE MARGIN AT BOTTOM RIGHT; THE COVER WITH A WAX SEAL STAIN AT CENTER.
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 590 lot 591
Alexander listed as 2/18/51
PF 332791
Lot 1334 1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), four large balanced margins, neatly pen canceled on buff envelope to North Fairhaven, Mass. postmarked manuscript "Olive Grove Ga, Feby 18", docketed 1851 as "No 28" in the Swift correspondence (see below); wax seal stain in center, accompanying certificate notes "stamp with small faults at top right, a lightened stain at right and a small scissors cut in the margin at bottom right", none of which is really significant in our opinion, Fine, 02/18/51 in the Alexander Census.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000
Olive Grove received no 1847 stamps of either denomination. All 13 Olive Grove covers recorded in the Alexander Census are to Mrs. R.N. Smith in North Fairhaven, Mass. There are no 5¢ covers recorded.
Interestingly, we also offer a 10¢ Tallahassee cover addressed in the same hand to the same Mrs. R.A. Smith in Fairhaven. The Alexander Census records two "Swift" covers from Tallahasse and nine from Apalachicola.
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 659 realized 1534
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 662 lot 1127 realized 2360
The "hand" that wrote this letters was her husband, Rodolphus Nye Swift, who went down to the southern states, in 1848 and 1850-51, to harvest wood for his family's shipbuilding business.
