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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | August 14, 1847 |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Liverpool |
| To State | England |
| Addressee | Bailey Bros & Co |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 250734 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
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Notes
Postmark: Aug 1847 Origin: New York, New York, UNITED STATES
Destination: Liverpool, UNITED KINGDOM
Description: Aug 1847 letter from New York to Liverpool England via Boston. Ten cent stamp paid double rate postage to Boston and double rate 2 shilling due for transport on the British packet Hibernia to Liverpool. The Hibernia sailed from Boston 16 Aug arriving in Liverpool on 27 Aug. Liverpool 28 Aug datestamp on the back.¨
Early use of a 10 cent 1847 stamp and 2 clear strikes of the New York square grid. Rare, perhaps unique, use of 2 shilling handstamp marking on a pre-postal convention letter to England.
PhilaMercury Cover #7520
PhilaMercury Cover #1950
Gordon Eubanks exhibit
Alexander listed as 8/14/47
Robert G. Kaufmann sale 62 (Patrick Henry Collection) lot 302
PF 250734
2 1847 10¢black ON AUG. 1847 DOCKETED FOLDED ADDRESS SHEET TO LIVERPOOL, RED GRID CANCEL, MATCHING NEW YORK PMK AT LEFT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Usage
Destination: Liverpool, UNITED KINGDOM
Description: Aug 1847 letter from New York to Liverpool England via Boston. Ten cent stamp paid double rate postage to Boston and double rate 2 shilling due for transport on the British packet Hibernia to Liverpool. The Hibernia sailed from Boston 16 Aug arriving in Liverpool on 27 Aug. Liverpool 28 Aug datestamp on the back.¨
Early use of a 10 cent 1847 stamp and 2 clear strikes of the New York square grid. Rare, perhaps unique, use of 2 shilling handstamp marking on a pre-postal convention letter to England.
PhilaMercury Cover #7520
PhilaMercury Cover #1950
Gordon Eubanks exhibit
Alexander listed as 8/14/47
Robert G. Kaufmann sale 62 (Patrick Henry Collection) lot 302
PF 250734
2 1847 10¢black ON AUG. 1847 DOCKETED FOLDED ADDRESS SHEET TO LIVERPOOL, RED GRID CANCEL, MATCHING NEW YORK PMK AT LEFT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Usage
