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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | October xx, 1850 |
| From City | Philadelphia |
| From State | PA |
| To City | New York |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Henry A. Dike |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 311999 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
| Bisect | |
| Others | 7LB12 |
Notes
Chronicle 104
Carrier cancelled by the red star in Philadelphia. The 5c stamp was uncancelled when it reached NY where the red 13 bar grid was struck.
Listed as carrier USPO curved on white paper as xx/xx/50 with blue ink, cancelled and tied with red star.
Lot 218 5c Red Brown (1) large margins to just in, tied by New York red square grid on receipt on 1850 folded letter with Philadelphia carrier 1c blue (7LB12) tied by red star, Very Fine and very rare usage
Robert G Kaufmann sale 66 (Hart) realized 4000
Not listed in Alexander
H R Harmer sale 2361 Nov 3 1976 (Sidney A. Hessel part 3) lot 126 realized 800
PF 311999 : genuine use
Image from the William Gross exhibit frame 5-11 on the USPCS website which notes the letter was written OCT 11, 1850
Difficult to determine if cover is addressed to Mr. or Mrs Henry A. Dike.
The 1849 edition of Doggett's lists Henry A. Dike as a dealer in wool at 70 1/2 Pine Street in NYC and living at 64 State Street in Brooklyn.
If letter is addressed to Henry Albyn Dike (1824-1887) it is addressed to Mr Dike since Henry married Elizabeth Blancherd Miller (1837-1889) in 1859.
Carrier cancelled by the red star in Philadelphia. The 5c stamp was uncancelled when it reached NY where the red 13 bar grid was struck.
Listed as carrier USPO curved on white paper as xx/xx/50 with blue ink, cancelled and tied with red star.
Lot 218 5c Red Brown (1) large margins to just in, tied by New York red square grid on receipt on 1850 folded letter with Philadelphia carrier 1c blue (7LB12) tied by red star, Very Fine and very rare usage
Robert G Kaufmann sale 66 (Hart) realized 4000
Not listed in Alexander
H R Harmer sale 2361 Nov 3 1976 (Sidney A. Hessel part 3) lot 126 realized 800
PF 311999 : genuine use
Image from the William Gross exhibit frame 5-11 on the USPCS website which notes the letter was written OCT 11, 1850
Difficult to determine if cover is addressed to Mr. or Mrs Henry A. Dike.
The 1849 edition of Doggett's lists Henry A. Dike as a dealer in wool at 70 1/2 Pine Street in NYC and living at 64 State Street in Brooklyn.
If letter is addressed to Henry Albyn Dike (1824-1887) it is addressed to Mr Dike since Henry married Elizabeth Blancherd Miller (1837-1889) in 1859.
