The first US Postage Stamps were issued in New York City in 1842 for the US City Despatch Post. Operated Aug 16, 1842 – Nov 28, 1846. Scott Catalog 6LB1- 6LB7. Extensive research previously done by Larry Lyons and Scott Trepel. Original census of 6LB1 on cover by Larry Lyons published in The Penny Post, the official journal of the Carriers and Locals Society, affiliate 211 of the Am. Phil. Soc.
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| Scott Number | 6LB1 |
|---|---|
| Date | January 12, 1843 |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | New York |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | E. Keteltas |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert # | 235818 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Off Cover? | |
| Other Stamps | |
| Notes | 3c Black on grayish paper CDS JAN 12 (1843) 9 O'Clock PF 235818: Genuine usage Robert A. Siegel sale 745 lot 220 unsold notes stamp is position 31 and 9 in CDS is inverted. Robert A. Siegel sale 747 lot 39 realized 5000 Richard C. Frajola Net Sale #4 (Middendorft) lot 188 Net $10,000 Illustrated in 100 Years Ago / February 1843 August / Centenary of the First Adhesive Postage Stamp of the United States, Elliot Perry & Arthur C. Hall, p. 22, fig. 11 Harmer Rooke March 27, 1963 (Duckworth), Lot 171 Ivy Shreve & Mader, December 15, 1990 lot 4407 Ex. Mason Number 8 in the Larry Lyons 6LB1 Census. (The Penny Post, Vol 12, Number 4, October 2004, p30) Eugene Keteltas was a lawyer at 765 Broadway (1843 Doggett’s). Further, a text search of 27 Beekman Street finds 4 other lawyers at that address, suggesting that Mr. Keteltas worked with them before moving to 765 Broadway. |
