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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | September 27, 1849 |
| From City | Pittsburgh |
| From State | PA |
| To City | Philadelphia |
| To State | PA |
| Addressee | Robt E. Peterson |
| Cert Author | PSE |
| Cert # | 1337900 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
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Notes
#2 VF-XF on Folded Letter Sheet Genuine Usage with PSE Certificate
The stamps is very fine-extremely fine and shows a deep black printed color. This cover does not appear in the Census book by Tom Alexander.
The contents, part of the folded letter sheet, are still attached and are dated 1849. The FLS shows a fold through the address and the town cancel.
EBAY lot (occsteve)
Not listed in Alexander
Schuyler J Rumsey sale 106 lot 130 realized 1000
PSE 01337900 (11/16/2017) Scott #2 1847 10c black “It is a genuine usage tied on folded letter sheet by a red grid cancel, the cover with matching red “10” and Pittsburgh, PA cds cancel.”
McElroy’s 1849 Philadelphia city directory lists R. E. Peterson as a bookseller located at NW 5th and Mulberry streets.
Robert Evans Peterson (November 12, 1812 – October 30, 1894) was an American book publisher and author. He also studied law and medicine, but never took up either profession.
Robert was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to George and Jane (Evans) Peterson. His family included several publishers and editors: his brother Henry Peterson edited the Saturday Evening Post for twenty years, and his cousin Charles J. Peterson was an owner of the Post and founder of Peterson's Magazine.
Peterson received a commercial education and engaged in the hardware business until 1834, when he married Hannah Mary Bouvier, the daughter of Judge John Bouvier. He then studied law with his father-in-law and assisted him in editing his law works. He was admitted to the bar in 1843, and in order to absolve the debt of his clients, Daniels & Smith, booksellers, purchased their business, conducting it as R. E. Peterson & Co. On the death of John Bouvier in 1851 he established with George W. Childs the publishing house of Childs & Peterson, which became involved in 1857–58. Peterson then retired from the publishing and bookselling business and took up the study of medicine. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, M.D., 1863, but did not practice, devoting his life to study.
The stamps is very fine-extremely fine and shows a deep black printed color. This cover does not appear in the Census book by Tom Alexander.
The contents, part of the folded letter sheet, are still attached and are dated 1849. The FLS shows a fold through the address and the town cancel.
EBAY lot (occsteve)
Not listed in Alexander
Schuyler J Rumsey sale 106 lot 130 realized 1000
PSE 01337900 (11/16/2017) Scott #2 1847 10c black “It is a genuine usage tied on folded letter sheet by a red grid cancel, the cover with matching red “10” and Pittsburgh, PA cds cancel.”
McElroy’s 1849 Philadelphia city directory lists R. E. Peterson as a bookseller located at NW 5th and Mulberry streets.
Robert Evans Peterson (November 12, 1812 – October 30, 1894) was an American book publisher and author. He also studied law and medicine, but never took up either profession.
Robert was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to George and Jane (Evans) Peterson. His family included several publishers and editors: his brother Henry Peterson edited the Saturday Evening Post for twenty years, and his cousin Charles J. Peterson was an owner of the Post and founder of Peterson's Magazine.
Peterson received a commercial education and engaged in the hardware business until 1834, when he married Hannah Mary Bouvier, the daughter of Judge John Bouvier. He then studied law with his father-in-law and assisted him in editing his law works. He was admitted to the bar in 1843, and in order to absolve the debt of his clients, Daniels & Smith, booksellers, purchased their business, conducting it as R. E. Peterson & Co. On the death of John Bouvier in 1851 he established with George W. Childs the publishing house of Childs & Peterson, which became involved in 1857–58. Peterson then retired from the publishing and bookselling business and took up the study of medicine. He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, M.D., 1863, but did not practice, devoting his life to study.
