Skip to main content
| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | 18xx |
| From City | Brooklyn |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Store Ship Erie |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Mids. Garritt V. Denniston |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 512940 |
| Fake | NG |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
Notes
Lot #7. (1) 5¢ Franklin with a pen cancel on piece with a U.S. Naval Lyceum hand stamp at upper left. The cover was addressed to Midshipman Garrit V. Denniston U.S. Razee Independence Care of New York Naval Lyceum Brooklyn forwarded to Store Ship Erie, New York. Lot includes several pieces of provenance that could establish legitimacy to the hand stamp that is available for viewing on our website. Catalog value S.B. 50.00.
.
Rasdale sale 415 realized 425
Not listed in Alexander
Illustrated in Postal Markings of the United States 1847-1851 by Mannel Hahn, p32
PF 512940
1 1847 5¢ red brown
SINGLE, MANUSCRIPT "X" CANCEL, ON COVER FRONT ADDRESSED "CARE OF NEW YORK NAVAL LYCEUM BROOKLYN" TO U.S. SHIP RAZEE INDEPENDENCE RIO JANIERO & READDRESSED TO "STORE SHIP ERIE NEW YORK," WITH U.S. NAVAL LYCEUM HANDSTAMP AT UPPER LEFT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
THE STAMP DID NOT ORIGINATE ON THIS COVER FRONT WITH AN OTHERWISE GENUINE "U S NAVAL LYCEUM" HANDSTAMP
.
Rasdale sale 415 realized 425
Not listed in Alexander
Illustrated in Postal Markings of the United States 1847-1851 by Mannel Hahn, p32
PF 512940
1 1847 5¢ red brown
SINGLE, MANUSCRIPT "X" CANCEL, ON COVER FRONT ADDRESSED "CARE OF NEW YORK NAVAL LYCEUM BROOKLYN" TO U.S. SHIP RAZEE INDEPENDENCE RIO JANIERO & READDRESSED TO "STORE SHIP ERIE NEW YORK," WITH U.S. NAVAL LYCEUM HANDSTAMP AT UPPER LEFT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
THE STAMP DID NOT ORIGINATE ON THIS COVER FRONT WITH AN OTHERWISE GENUINE "U S NAVAL LYCEUM" HANDSTAMP
