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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | May 5, 18xx |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Baltimore |
| To State | MD |
| Addressee | Col. Elisha Covell |
| Cert Author | PSE |
| Cert # | 1180659 |
| Fake | NG |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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US#1 Red Brown - On Cover(Not Tied)To Barnum Hotel - Cert.
¨U.S. #1 Red Brown On Cover(Not Tied) Genuine U.S.#1 Stamp with Red Grid Cancel On Cover addressed to Colonel Elisha Covell of Portland staying at The Barnum Hotel of Baltimore. Cover with Red May 5th New York 5cts. Exchange Cancel and PAID in Red Handstamp and Manuscript
Founded by David Barnum in the 1800's, the Barnum's Hotel on Calvert and Fayette Streets in Baltimore, Maryland was famous for good living throughout the civilized world and quoted as "the most comfortable of all hotels in the United States", by Charles Dickens, a guest in 1842. Barnum's Hotel hosted many notable guests throughout her history, including Alfred M. Barbour, L.W. Washington, Fontaine Beckham, Andrew Hunter and Lawson Botts all of whom became important players of John Brown's Harper's Ferry Raid. Other famous guests include; Eli Whitney, Belle Boyd, James Buchanan, Cyrus McCormick, Robert Rhett, Charles Lewis Tiffany, Stephen Douglas, Samuel Morse, Burton Harrison and John Wilkes Booth. In addition there were hundreds of soldiers and Officers who would later serve both the North and the South.
Elisha Covell built an Italianate-style house on Main Street in Portland around 1854-1856. He had come to Portland to work for Col. Joseph Blague, marrying Blague's daughter Mary a few years after her father's death. Covell then built his house on part of the Blague estate.
Genuine Stamp - Not Genuine Usage
EBAY lot (ralphsroom)
Not listed in Alexander
PSE Certificate 1180659 dated 7/25/2008
"it is not a genuine usage - the stamp, with a circular red grid cancel, has been added to a genuine stampless cover from New York to Baltimore, Md. and a fake tie has been added at the right of the stamp."
¨U.S. #1 Red Brown On Cover(Not Tied) Genuine U.S.#1 Stamp with Red Grid Cancel On Cover addressed to Colonel Elisha Covell of Portland staying at The Barnum Hotel of Baltimore. Cover with Red May 5th New York 5cts. Exchange Cancel and PAID in Red Handstamp and Manuscript
Founded by David Barnum in the 1800's, the Barnum's Hotel on Calvert and Fayette Streets in Baltimore, Maryland was famous for good living throughout the civilized world and quoted as "the most comfortable of all hotels in the United States", by Charles Dickens, a guest in 1842. Barnum's Hotel hosted many notable guests throughout her history, including Alfred M. Barbour, L.W. Washington, Fontaine Beckham, Andrew Hunter and Lawson Botts all of whom became important players of John Brown's Harper's Ferry Raid. Other famous guests include; Eli Whitney, Belle Boyd, James Buchanan, Cyrus McCormick, Robert Rhett, Charles Lewis Tiffany, Stephen Douglas, Samuel Morse, Burton Harrison and John Wilkes Booth. In addition there were hundreds of soldiers and Officers who would later serve both the North and the South.
Elisha Covell built an Italianate-style house on Main Street in Portland around 1854-1856. He had come to Portland to work for Col. Joseph Blague, marrying Blague's daughter Mary a few years after her father's death. Covell then built his house on part of the Blague estate.
Genuine Stamp - Not Genuine Usage
EBAY lot (ralphsroom)
Not listed in Alexander
PSE Certificate 1180659 dated 7/25/2008
"it is not a genuine usage - the stamp, with a circular red grid cancel, has been added to a genuine stampless cover from New York to Baltimore, Md. and a fake tie has been added at the right of the stamp."
