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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | April 5, 18xx |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | West Troy |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Miss Mary C. Elmendorf |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 225837 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
| Bisect | |
| Others | 20L7 |
Notes
PF 225837
20L7 1848 2¢ black on green SINGLES ON COVER TO WEST TROY, NY LOCAL WITH BLACK CANCEL, 5¢ WITH RED GRID CANCEL, MATCHING NEW YORK PMK AT RIGHT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
They Are Genuinely Used On Cover
Alexander listed as 4/5/xx
Lot 167 Boyd's City Express, New York, N.Y., 2c Black on Green, Ty. V (20L7). Large Margins, Used With 5c Red Brown (1), Clear to Ample Margins, Rich Color, Local tied by Grid cancel, Stamp by Red Square Grid, matching "New-York Apr 5" pmk. on Neat Cover to West Troy, N.Y., VF, Attractive & Colorful Cover (Photo) E.XIV
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale 665 realized 1100
Henry Spelman sale 32 lot 672
Robert G. Kaufmann sale 61 (Elite) lot 338
Rev Theodore F. Wyckoff was pastor of the South Reformed Protestant Dutch Reformed Church in West Tron, NY from 1846 to 1854.
Mary Crooke Elmendorf (1829-1911) was married to Rev Eugene Augustus Hoffman (1829-1902) on April 19, 1852.
Hoffman graduated from Harvard in 1849 and the General Theological Seminary in NYC in 1851.
As all 11 of the known covers were mailed from NYC, Hoffman is the likely sender. Also, all the covers were mailed between Jan and May, making hte year of mailing probably 1851 (as the 5c stamps became obsolete on July 1st, 1851).
20L7 1848 2¢ black on green SINGLES ON COVER TO WEST TROY, NY LOCAL WITH BLACK CANCEL, 5¢ WITH RED GRID CANCEL, MATCHING NEW YORK PMK AT RIGHT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
They Are Genuinely Used On Cover
Alexander listed as 4/5/xx
Lot 167 Boyd's City Express, New York, N.Y., 2c Black on Green, Ty. V (20L7). Large Margins, Used With 5c Red Brown (1), Clear to Ample Margins, Rich Color, Local tied by Grid cancel, Stamp by Red Square Grid, matching "New-York Apr 5" pmk. on Neat Cover to West Troy, N.Y., VF, Attractive & Colorful Cover (Photo) E.XIV
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale 665 realized 1100
Henry Spelman sale 32 lot 672
Robert G. Kaufmann sale 61 (Elite) lot 338
Rev Theodore F. Wyckoff was pastor of the South Reformed Protestant Dutch Reformed Church in West Tron, NY from 1846 to 1854.
Mary Crooke Elmendorf (1829-1911) was married to Rev Eugene Augustus Hoffman (1829-1902) on April 19, 1852.
Hoffman graduated from Harvard in 1849 and the General Theological Seminary in NYC in 1851.
As all 11 of the known covers were mailed from NYC, Hoffman is the likely sender. Also, all the covers were mailed between Jan and May, making hte year of mailing probably 1851 (as the 5c stamps became obsolete on July 1st, 1851).
