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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | December 24, 1850 |
| From City | Louisville |
| From State | KY |
| To City | Philadelphia |
| To State | PA |
| Addressee | David S. Brown & Co. |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert # | |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
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Notes
Scott #2, with four large and clear margins, tied by blue circular grid to DEC 24, 1850 cover from Louisville Ky to Philadelphia. Cover was sent from Jarvis Trabue & Co to David S. Brown & Co.
EBAY lot (billsbargainstamps)
Not listed in Alexander
Information courtesy of John Barwis
Cherrystone sale 0915 lot 2 realized 270
Jarvis, Trabue & Co (later Davis, Mallory & Co) - Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods, Notions and Fancy Goods, Nos. 715 to 717 West Main Street.
It was a comparatively small beginning, that of Robert Jarvis, James Trabue and Hayden T. Curd, who founded the establishment in 1835, but Louisville was then a comparatively small Ohio river town, and the growth of the house since has more than kept pace with the city's development in general. The junior of the original firm retiring in 1811, the designation was changed to Jarvis & Trabue, and later still there were changes to Jarvis, Trabue & Co., and James Trabue & Co. Mr. W. A. Davis, the senior of the present house, was a member of the firm even at this early day, and, other partners also having entered, the designation became Trabue, Davis & Co. in 1868, and so remained up to the retirement of James Trabue in 1875, when the firm name became Davis, Trabue & Co., the second member of the firm being Richard Trabue, and the third S. T. Mallory. In 1882 the present style was adopted, the partners then and at present being W. A. Davis and S. T. Mallory.
EBAY lot (billsbargainstamps)
Not listed in Alexander
Information courtesy of John Barwis
Cherrystone sale 0915 lot 2 realized 270
Jarvis, Trabue & Co (later Davis, Mallory & Co) - Wholesale Dealers in Dry Goods, Notions and Fancy Goods, Nos. 715 to 717 West Main Street.
It was a comparatively small beginning, that of Robert Jarvis, James Trabue and Hayden T. Curd, who founded the establishment in 1835, but Louisville was then a comparatively small Ohio river town, and the growth of the house since has more than kept pace with the city's development in general. The junior of the original firm retiring in 1811, the designation was changed to Jarvis & Trabue, and later still there were changes to Jarvis, Trabue & Co., and James Trabue & Co. Mr. W. A. Davis, the senior of the present house, was a member of the firm even at this early day, and, other partners also having entered, the designation became Trabue, Davis & Co. in 1868, and so remained up to the retirement of James Trabue in 1875, when the firm name became Davis, Trabue & Co., the second member of the firm being Richard Trabue, and the third S. T. Mallory. In 1882 the present style was adopted, the partners then and at present being W. A. Davis and S. T. Mallory.
