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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | April 11, 1849 |
| From City | Philadelphia |
| From State | PA |
| To City | Harrisburg |
| To State | PA |
| Addressee | Robert Klotz |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 228870 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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PF 228870
ON FL TO HARRISBURG, PA., READDRESSED TO MAUCHCHUNK, PA., "5" IN CIRCLE CANCEL, BLUE PHILA & HARRISBURG PMKS "PAID 5".
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuinely Used On Cover With THE STAMP ORIGINATING AT PHILADELPHIA AND THE "PAID" "5" APPLIED WHEN FORWARDED AT HARRISBURG
Lot 165 5c Brown (1), margins to touched TL, tied by blue rate hs in circle (appears to be a 7 but may be a poorly struck 5) on 1849 folded letter to Harrisburg, blue Philada Pa 5 cds, readdressed and forwarded with Harrisburg cds in blue, matching Paid and 5 hs, Very Fine usage, signed Ashbrook, Very rare with the 5c 47 used as forwarding postage.
Robert G Kaufmann sale 66 (Hart) realized 3000
Robert G Kaufmann sale 71 lot 331
Robert A. Siegel sale 1338 lot 450 realized 250 (image)
Alexander listed as 4/11/49
Letter to Robert Klotz (1819-1895), first register and recorder of Carbon County in 1843; during the war with Mexico served in the Second Pennsylvania Volunteers as a private, lieutenant, and adjutant in 1846 and 1847; member of the State house of representatives in 1848 and was reelected in 1849; moved to Pawnee, Kans., in 1855; member of the Topeka constitutional convention in 1855 and served as the first secretary of state under the constitution adopted; brigadier general under Governor Robinson; returned to Mauch Chunk, Pa., in 1857; treasurer of Carbon County in 1859; enlisted in the Union Army in 1861; was chosen colonel of the Nineteenth Pennsylvania Emergency Militia in 1862; trustee of Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., 1874-1882; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); director and agent of the Laflin-Rand Powder Co., New York City; died in Mauch Chunk, Pa., on May 1, 1895.
ON FL TO HARRISBURG, PA., READDRESSED TO MAUCHCHUNK, PA., "5" IN CIRCLE CANCEL, BLUE PHILA & HARRISBURG PMKS "PAID 5".
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuinely Used On Cover With THE STAMP ORIGINATING AT PHILADELPHIA AND THE "PAID" "5" APPLIED WHEN FORWARDED AT HARRISBURG
Lot 165 5c Brown (1), margins to touched TL, tied by blue rate hs in circle (appears to be a 7 but may be a poorly struck 5) on 1849 folded letter to Harrisburg, blue Philada Pa 5 cds, readdressed and forwarded with Harrisburg cds in blue, matching Paid and 5 hs, Very Fine usage, signed Ashbrook, Very rare with the 5c 47 used as forwarding postage.
Robert G Kaufmann sale 66 (Hart) realized 3000
Robert G Kaufmann sale 71 lot 331
Robert A. Siegel sale 1338 lot 450 realized 250 (image)
Alexander listed as 4/11/49
Letter to Robert Klotz (1819-1895), first register and recorder of Carbon County in 1843; during the war with Mexico served in the Second Pennsylvania Volunteers as a private, lieutenant, and adjutant in 1846 and 1847; member of the State house of representatives in 1848 and was reelected in 1849; moved to Pawnee, Kans., in 1855; member of the Topeka constitutional convention in 1855 and served as the first secretary of state under the constitution adopted; brigadier general under Governor Robinson; returned to Mauch Chunk, Pa., in 1857; treasurer of Carbon County in 1859; enlisted in the Union Army in 1861; was chosen colonel of the Nineteenth Pennsylvania Emergency Militia in 1862; trustee of Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., 1874-1882; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883); director and agent of the Laflin-Rand Powder Co., New York City; died in Mauch Chunk, Pa., on May 1, 1895.
