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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | 18xx |
| From City | Housatonic RR |
| From State | RR |
| To City | Hartford |
| To State | CT |
| Addressee | Mrs. Lucy Gallup |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 21954 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Ashbrook Special Services cover 188
Photograph 188 illustrates a very beautiful 5¢ 1847 Railroad cover from the Paul Rohloff collection. This is a white envelope with the markings in a bright vermillion. There is no indication of origin or of the year of use, but from the shade and impression of the stamp, I would fix the use as sometime in late 1849 or early 1850., This railroad ran north .from Bridgeport, Conn. to Pittsfield, Mass., a distance of 110 miles. The cover is addressed to Hartford, Conn., which was located on a different railroad. The letter was nailed direct to the Route Agent on this particular Mail Route.
Alexander listed as xx/xx/xx
Lot 258 5c Red Brown (1). Margins all around, tied red rectangular 6 Bar cancel, Beautiful strike Housatonic Railroad 5 cancel on neat cover, outstanding Railroad cover, Extremely Fine E. XIV
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 204 realized 750
H R Harmer sale 1530-31 lot 104 notes the stamp is cancelled by the 6 bar grid of Falls Village Conn.
H R Harmer sale 612 (Moody) lot 95 realized 270
Figure 10 from Chronicle 246 (May 2015), p131 article by Gordon Eubanks.
PF 21954 #1, genuine cover
Cover currently in the Charles Hirzel U.S. 1847 Collection in the Museum of Communications, Berne, Switzerland
Photograph 188 illustrates a very beautiful 5¢ 1847 Railroad cover from the Paul Rohloff collection. This is a white envelope with the markings in a bright vermillion. There is no indication of origin or of the year of use, but from the shade and impression of the stamp, I would fix the use as sometime in late 1849 or early 1850., This railroad ran north .from Bridgeport, Conn. to Pittsfield, Mass., a distance of 110 miles. The cover is addressed to Hartford, Conn., which was located on a different railroad. The letter was nailed direct to the Route Agent on this particular Mail Route.
Alexander listed as xx/xx/xx
Lot 258 5c Red Brown (1). Margins all around, tied red rectangular 6 Bar cancel, Beautiful strike Housatonic Railroad 5 cancel on neat cover, outstanding Railroad cover, Extremely Fine E. XIV
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 204 realized 750
H R Harmer sale 1530-31 lot 104 notes the stamp is cancelled by the 6 bar grid of Falls Village Conn.
H R Harmer sale 612 (Moody) lot 95 realized 270
Figure 10 from Chronicle 246 (May 2015), p131 article by Gordon Eubanks.
PF 21954 #1, genuine cover
Cover currently in the Charles Hirzel U.S. 1847 Collection in the Museum of Communications, Berne, Switzerland
