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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | October 25, 1849 |
| From City | New Orleans |
| From State | LA |
| To City | Halifax |
| To State | NS |
| Addressee | John Esson & Co |
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| Cert # | |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Notes
5c Red Brown 1847, lower right corner margin pair with ample to large margins, tied by red New Orleans La. Oct. 25 c.d.s. and pen strokes on large part of a folded letter, manuscript "4-1/2" rate, to Halifax, Nova Scotia with receiving backstamp, Very Fine.
David Feldman USA sale 508 lot 383 realized 1300
Not listed in Alexander
Eastern Auctions sale 857 lot 596 realized C$400
Schuyler J. Rumsey sale 130 lot 1187 realized 325 notes reverse with "Ud. States., Halifax, No 9, 1849"
John Esson (1804-1863), merchant and politician. Emigrating from Scotland, John Esson joined his stepbrother Charles and his uncle Adam in Halifax about 1823. From his uncle he learned the grocery trade, and by the mid-1830s had set up his own store. In 1847 his assistant, Robert Boak Jr, became his partner in John Esson and Company, a domestic wholesale grocery firm, and in 1854 the two men, with John Taylor, formed a second company, Esson, Boak, and Company, to carry on trade in the West Indies.
David Feldman USA sale 508 lot 383 realized 1300
Not listed in Alexander
Eastern Auctions sale 857 lot 596 realized C$400
Schuyler J. Rumsey sale 130 lot 1187 realized 325 notes reverse with "Ud. States., Halifax, No 9, 1849"
John Esson (1804-1863), merchant and politician. Emigrating from Scotland, John Esson joined his stepbrother Charles and his uncle Adam in Halifax about 1823. From his uncle he learned the grocery trade, and by the mid-1830s had set up his own store. In 1847 his assistant, Robert Boak Jr, became his partner in John Esson and Company, a domestic wholesale grocery firm, and in 1854 the two men, with John Taylor, formed a second company, Esson, Boak, and Company, to carry on trade in the West Indies.
