#5350

Cover mailed from Avon NY on Sept 6, 1849. Year docketed on back. Addressed to Mrs. Wm Saml Johnson at 86 Irving Place in NYC. This is the only known 1847 stamped cover from Avon, NY.

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Daniel F. Kelleher sale 715 lot 346 (group lot) realized 750

This cover is in the same handwriting as covers ID #5659, ID #5650 and ID #5661 with the following differences:

1. ID #5659 - addressed to Mrs. Johnson in Riverhead NY from Ellicottville NY on 8/2/49 with 10 cent stamp

2. ID #5650 - addressed to Mrs. Johnson at Exchange Place in NYC from Ellicottville NY on 10/4/49 with 10 cent stamp.

3. ID #5661 - addressed to Mrs. Johnson at 84 Irving Place in NYC from Ellicottville NY on 6/3/xx with 10 cent stamp

Avon is south of Rochester NY. Ellicottville is in western NY, south of Buffalo, and close to the Pennsylvania border

William Samuel Johnson is listed as a lawyer living at 86 Irving Place in NYC (1849 Doggett’s).