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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | January 27, 1849 |
| From City | Mobile |
| From State | AL |
| To City | New York |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Henry A. Coit |
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| Cert # | |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Notes
A horizontal pair tied to a letter-sheet used as an envelope by orange gridiron cancels, with an orange 31mm circular Mobile postmark dated Jan 27, paying the single letter rate from Mobile to New York (a distance greater than 300 miles).
The envelope is addressed to Henry A. Coit Esq in New York City.
Docketing on reverse indicates the letter was written by Dr. H. Simmons on January 25, 1849 and received on February 5.
Listed on Page 6 of Alexander [2001], although the addressee is given as “Cort” and the markings indicated as red rather than orange.
Cherrystone sale 0726 lot 25 realized 900 for 3 1847 Scott #1 covers, one with a pair of stamps (this one).
Alexander listed as 1/27/49
Letter may have been written by Dr. Holman Freeman Simmons (1797-1870). Holman Freeman Simmons was primarily a wealthy planter and slaveholder, rather than a practicing medical doctor. He owned and managed a large, fine plantation (traditionally known as "Spanish Oaks") located in the Talladega Territory, in what is now Millerville, Clay County, Alabama.
Letter may have been written to Henry Augustus Coit (1800-1868), a sugar merchant and a primary business associate and partner of Moses Taylor, one of the wealthiest merchants and financiers in New York history. In the 1850s, Coit had amassed a massive fortune and he maintained grand, palatial homes in Havana, Saratoga Springs, and Dobbs Ferry, New York. His fortune was destroyed by the Panic of 1857.
The 1848 edition of Doggett’s lists a Henry Coit as a commission merchant at 43 South Street with a home at 28 Varick and a Henry A. Coit as a commission merchant at 44 South Street with a home at 55 Clinton Place.
The envelope is addressed to Henry A. Coit Esq in New York City.
Docketing on reverse indicates the letter was written by Dr. H. Simmons on January 25, 1849 and received on February 5.
Listed on Page 6 of Alexander [2001], although the addressee is given as “Cort” and the markings indicated as red rather than orange.
Cherrystone sale 0726 lot 25 realized 900 for 3 1847 Scott #1 covers, one with a pair of stamps (this one).
Alexander listed as 1/27/49
Letter may have been written by Dr. Holman Freeman Simmons (1797-1870). Holman Freeman Simmons was primarily a wealthy planter and slaveholder, rather than a practicing medical doctor. He owned and managed a large, fine plantation (traditionally known as "Spanish Oaks") located in the Talladega Territory, in what is now Millerville, Clay County, Alabama.
Letter may have been written to Henry Augustus Coit (1800-1868), a sugar merchant and a primary business associate and partner of Moses Taylor, one of the wealthiest merchants and financiers in New York history. In the 1850s, Coit had amassed a massive fortune and he maintained grand, palatial homes in Havana, Saratoga Springs, and Dobbs Ferry, New York. His fortune was destroyed by the Panic of 1857.
The 1848 edition of Doggett’s lists a Henry Coit as a commission merchant at 43 South Street with a home at 28 Varick and a Henry A. Coit as a commission merchant at 44 South Street with a home at 55 Clinton Place.
