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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | May 3, 1849 |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Dubuque |
| To State | IA |
| Addressee | Wilson & Smith |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 541363 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
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Notes
PF 541363
2 1847 10¢ Black
SINGLE, TIED BY RED SQUARE GRID, ON 1849 FOLDED LETTER TO DUBUQUE, IOWA, RED "NEW-YORK MAY 3" PMK.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE USAGE, THE STAMP WITH A VERTICAL FILE CREASE; THE GRID CANCEL IN A DIFFERENT INK THAN THE POSTMARK.
Not listed in Alexander
CDS double struck with second strike shifted 1-2 mm higher.
Letter addressed to the law firm of Wilson & Smith. The partners were Thomas Stokely Wilson (1813-1894), Platt Smith (1813-1882), and David Stokely Wilson (1825-1881).
Thomas Wilson was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Iowa (1838-1847), Judge of the District Court (1852-63) and served in the Iowa legislature (1866 and 1868).
Platt Smith served as a lawyer most of his life, handling many murder cases in Iowa, After partnering with Thomas Wilson in 1847, Smith was admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court (1852). He became a lawyer for several railroad companies including the Illinois Central, Dubuque & Pacific, and the Dubuque South Western railroad companies. He founded the Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad Company in 1867 after the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad decided to not lay tracks beyond Iowa Falls.
David Wilson was editor of the Miner’s Express newspaper (1841-45), studied law with his brother (1846), was elected to the Iowa Legislature (House in 1847, Senate in 1857-61), served in the Mexican and Civil Wars, Dubuque Prosecuting Attorney (1849-1850), Mayor of Dubuque (1850-1857), and Judge of the Ninth Judicial District (1874-1878)
2 1847 10¢ Black
SINGLE, TIED BY RED SQUARE GRID, ON 1849 FOLDED LETTER TO DUBUQUE, IOWA, RED "NEW-YORK MAY 3" PMK.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE USAGE, THE STAMP WITH A VERTICAL FILE CREASE; THE GRID CANCEL IN A DIFFERENT INK THAN THE POSTMARK.
Not listed in Alexander
CDS double struck with second strike shifted 1-2 mm higher.
Letter addressed to the law firm of Wilson & Smith. The partners were Thomas Stokely Wilson (1813-1894), Platt Smith (1813-1882), and David Stokely Wilson (1825-1881).
Thomas Wilson was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Iowa (1838-1847), Judge of the District Court (1852-63) and served in the Iowa legislature (1866 and 1868).
Platt Smith served as a lawyer most of his life, handling many murder cases in Iowa, After partnering with Thomas Wilson in 1847, Smith was admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court (1852). He became a lawyer for several railroad companies including the Illinois Central, Dubuque & Pacific, and the Dubuque South Western railroad companies. He founded the Iowa Falls and Sioux City Railroad Company in 1867 after the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad decided to not lay tracks beyond Iowa Falls.
David Wilson was editor of the Miner’s Express newspaper (1841-45), studied law with his brother (1846), was elected to the Iowa Legislature (House in 1847, Senate in 1857-61), served in the Mexican and Civil Wars, Dubuque Prosecuting Attorney (1849-1850), Mayor of Dubuque (1850-1857), and Judge of the Ninth Judicial District (1874-1878)
