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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | March 20, 1851 |
| From City | Elizabethtown |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Albany |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | J. B. Brinsmade Jr |
| Cert Author | |
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| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Notes
Black Elizabethtown NY cancel on folded letter with oxidized orange brown stamp. Letter dated March 20, 1851.
Wade Saadi exhibit frame 4 page 14.
Alexander listed as 3/20/51
Robert A. Siegel sale 1228 (Gross IV) lot 514 Balance lot of 30 covers realized 11,500 (image)
Lot 351 1847, 5¢ red brown. Four margins, light stain at top, tied by "Elizabethtown, N.Y. Mar 20" cds on 1851 folded letter to Albany N.Y., endorsed "Paid", Very Fine and rare black town cds use, ex-Judd, Saadi, Gross.
Scott No. 1; $800.
This is the only recorded 1847-Issue use from Elizabethtown, which did not receive an 1847-Issue stamp shipment.
Kewriga sale 5011 realized 2700
Letter to James Beebee Brinsmade, Jr (1824-1884), an attorney in Albany (1850 NY Mercantile Directory, 1854 Albany City Directory). Admitted to the bar in 1847, he worked as an attorney in Albany until 1853 and later served as council for the Poughkeepsie Iron works. (Yale College Obituary Record 1883-1884)
Wade Saadi exhibit frame 4 page 14.
Alexander listed as 3/20/51
Robert A. Siegel sale 1228 (Gross IV) lot 514 Balance lot of 30 covers realized 11,500 (image)
Lot 351 1847, 5¢ red brown. Four margins, light stain at top, tied by "Elizabethtown, N.Y. Mar 20" cds on 1851 folded letter to Albany N.Y., endorsed "Paid", Very Fine and rare black town cds use, ex-Judd, Saadi, Gross.
Scott No. 1; $800.
This is the only recorded 1847-Issue use from Elizabethtown, which did not receive an 1847-Issue stamp shipment.
Kewriga sale 5011 realized 2700
Letter to James Beebee Brinsmade, Jr (1824-1884), an attorney in Albany (1850 NY Mercantile Directory, 1854 Albany City Directory). Admitted to the bar in 1847, he worked as an attorney in Albany until 1853 and later served as council for the Poughkeepsie Iron works. (Yale College Obituary Record 1883-1884)
