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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | November 18, 1847 |
| From City | Westfield |
| From State | MA |
| To City | Oahu |
| To State | HI |
| Addressee | Mrs Fanny T. Gulick |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 74235 |
| Fake | NG |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
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| Others |
Notes
Chronicle 101
Cover from Westfield, Mass., Nov. 18, 1847, addressed to Mrs. Fanny Gulick in Hawaii. The use of the 10¢ 1847 stamp on this cover has not been proven.
The cover shown as Figure 1 was sent from Westfield, Massachusetts, (per contents) addressed to Mrs. Fanny T. Gulick, Waialua, Oahu, Sandwich Islands, care of Missionary Rooms, Boston. The reverse shows the name of "Dr. Lafon", the Culicks' seventh child. At top of the front is a pencil notation "Mrs. Tinker", probably the sender, as noted by Mrs. Gulick when she received the letter. Westfield, the reader will recall, was where Fanny Thomas went to school. While the Philatelic Foundation has declined an opinion on this cover,
There is no doubt in the writer's mind that the cover itself, with or without the stamp, did travel from Westfield to Oahu to reach Mrs. Gulick. The faint pencil docketing, carefully written around the stamp at the right border of the cover, would be good evidence that the stamp originated on the cover, if only we could prove that it is written in Mrs. Gulick's handwriting. Until then, Figure 1 represents a cover to which a stamp may have been added, but nonetheless one that was certainly addressed to Mrs. Gulick and almost as certainly received by her in Hawaii.
Alexander listed as 11/18/xx from Westfield NY
PF 44225 #2 creased & stained did not originate on this cover front to Oahu.
PF 74235 #2, vertical crease did not originate
Cover from Westfield, Mass., Nov. 18, 1847, addressed to Mrs. Fanny Gulick in Hawaii. The use of the 10¢ 1847 stamp on this cover has not been proven.
The cover shown as Figure 1 was sent from Westfield, Massachusetts, (per contents) addressed to Mrs. Fanny T. Gulick, Waialua, Oahu, Sandwich Islands, care of Missionary Rooms, Boston. The reverse shows the name of "Dr. Lafon", the Culicks' seventh child. At top of the front is a pencil notation "Mrs. Tinker", probably the sender, as noted by Mrs. Gulick when she received the letter. Westfield, the reader will recall, was where Fanny Thomas went to school. While the Philatelic Foundation has declined an opinion on this cover,
There is no doubt in the writer's mind that the cover itself, with or without the stamp, did travel from Westfield to Oahu to reach Mrs. Gulick. The faint pencil docketing, carefully written around the stamp at the right border of the cover, would be good evidence that the stamp originated on the cover, if only we could prove that it is written in Mrs. Gulick's handwriting. Until then, Figure 1 represents a cover to which a stamp may have been added, but nonetheless one that was certainly addressed to Mrs. Gulick and almost as certainly received by her in Hawaii.
Alexander listed as 11/18/xx from Westfield NY
PF 44225 #2 creased & stained did not originate on this cover front to Oahu.
PF 74235 #2, vertical crease did not originate
