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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | May 31, 1849 |
| From City | Boston & Maine RR |
| From State | RR |
| To City | Great Falls |
| To State | NH |
| Addressee | C. H. Wingate & Co. |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 274959 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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| Others |
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Lot 2186 5c Grayish Brown (1a). Large margins to clear, tied by blue grid, matching "Boston & Maine R.R. May 31" route agent's circular datestamp on blue 1849 folded letter to Great Falls N.H., stamp with small corner crease at top right, Very Fine, with 1993 P.F. certificate, Scott Retail as used off-cover E. 875.00
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 980 realized 700 (image)
Alexander listed as 5/31/49
PF 274959
1 1847 5¢ red brown
SINGLE, ON FOLDED LETTER TO N.H., BLUE GRID CANCEL. MATCHING BLUE BOSTON & MAINE R.R. PMK AT RIGHT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Scott 1a, Grayish Brown GENUINELY USED ON COVER, AND THE STAMP WITH A SMALL CORNER CREASE AT TOP RIGHT
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale 681 lot 228 realized 375
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 1125 lot 569 realized 325
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 1146 lot 1341 realized 130
C. H. Wingate & Co. was a merchant operating in Great Falls, New Hampshire (a village within the town of Somersworth, NH). They sold dry goods, apparel, and general merchandise in the center of Great Falls, NH.
Charles H. Wingate (1815-1859) was a 19th-century New Hampshire local publisher, printer, and merchant. He was the owner and publisher of the Great Falls Transcript, the primary local newspaper for the booming mill town during the late 1840s and early 1850s.
Around 1850, due to a chronic shortage of official U.S. small-denomination coinage, regional merchants frequently issued private paper currency known as "merchant scrip" to facilitate local trade. C. H. Wingate & Co. issued known notes during this era. Today, these notes (such as the 5-cent or 10-cent scrip variants from Great Falls, NH) are highly sought-after artifacts among early American paper currency collectors. A Wingate scrip said "On demand, We promise to pay the bearer FIVE CENTS in Goods or Current Funds when presented in sums of even dollars at our store in Great Falls, N.H."
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 980 realized 700 (image)
Alexander listed as 5/31/49
PF 274959
1 1847 5¢ red brown
SINGLE, ON FOLDED LETTER TO N.H., BLUE GRID CANCEL. MATCHING BLUE BOSTON & MAINE R.R. PMK AT RIGHT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Scott 1a, Grayish Brown GENUINELY USED ON COVER, AND THE STAMP WITH A SMALL CORNER CREASE AT TOP RIGHT
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale 681 lot 228 realized 375
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 1125 lot 569 realized 325
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 1146 lot 1341 realized 130
C. H. Wingate & Co. was a merchant operating in Great Falls, New Hampshire (a village within the town of Somersworth, NH). They sold dry goods, apparel, and general merchandise in the center of Great Falls, NH.
Charles H. Wingate (1815-1859) was a 19th-century New Hampshire local publisher, printer, and merchant. He was the owner and publisher of the Great Falls Transcript, the primary local newspaper for the booming mill town during the late 1840s and early 1850s.
Around 1850, due to a chronic shortage of official U.S. small-denomination coinage, regional merchants frequently issued private paper currency known as "merchant scrip" to facilitate local trade. C. H. Wingate & Co. issued known notes during this era. Today, these notes (such as the 5-cent or 10-cent scrip variants from Great Falls, NH) are highly sought-after artifacts among early American paper currency collectors. A Wingate scrip said "On demand, We promise to pay the bearer FIVE CENTS in Goods or Current Funds when presented in sums of even dollars at our store in Great Falls, N.H."
