Skip to main content
| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | April 18, 18xx |
| From City | New York & Erie RR |
| From State | RR |
| To City | Binghamton |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Mrs Mariana A. Washburn |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert # | |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
Notes
Folded letter headlined "New :York, Thursy. Morn." circa 1850 to Binghamton carried on the New York to Dunkirk Route 813 the 214 miles to Binghamton. Franked with a Scott 1 cancelled by the Route Agents "5" with "PAID" applied and "NEW YORK & ERIE R.R." (Towle 125-B-1) partially struck.
PhilaMercury Cover #16974
Folded undated letter headed New York Thruy Morn from Charles Ellery Washburn, Resident Physician at the City Hospital to his wife at Binghamton. Posted no later than 1849 as Washburn took up practice in Binghamton that year.
Carried on route 813 from New York the 200 miles from Piermont tp Binghamton located 22 miles east of Owego. Franked with Scott 1 cancelled by the Route Agents 5 charge stamp, he also applied his date stamp (Towle 125-B-1)
Hugh Feldman, The First Four Decades of Rail Road Contract Mail, Exhibit on PhilaMercury (R. Richard C. Frajola, Inc. site)
Not listed in Alexander
Schuyler J Rumsey sale 98 lot 4324 realized 300 where the date is incorrectly given as 4/16. (image)
PhilaMercury Cover #16974
Folded undated letter headed New York Thruy Morn from Charles Ellery Washburn, Resident Physician at the City Hospital to his wife at Binghamton. Posted no later than 1849 as Washburn took up practice in Binghamton that year.
Carried on route 813 from New York the 200 miles from Piermont tp Binghamton located 22 miles east of Owego. Franked with Scott 1 cancelled by the Route Agents 5 charge stamp, he also applied his date stamp (Towle 125-B-1)
Hugh Feldman, The First Four Decades of Rail Road Contract Mail, Exhibit on PhilaMercury (R. Richard C. Frajola, Inc. site)
Not listed in Alexander
Schuyler J Rumsey sale 98 lot 4324 realized 300 where the date is incorrectly given as 4/16. (image)
