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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | February 28, 1850 |
| From City | Bellows Falls |
| From State | VT |
| To City | St Johnsbury |
| To State | VT |
| Addressee | Erastus Fairbanks |
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| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Lot 2249 1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), lovely four-margined example with bold color, manuscript "X"-cancelled on blue folded letter sheet to St. Johnsbury, Vt.; letter datelined "Springfield, Mass. Feb 28th 1850", with manuscript "Paid" and faint red Bellows Falls, Vt. Feb. 28 postmark to left of stamp; two vertical file folds of no consequence, nearly Very Fine.
Scott $500
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 2013 realized 150
Alexander listed as 2/28/50
Erastus Fairbanks (1792 – 1864) was an American manufacturer, a Whig politician, a founder of the Republican Party, and the 21st and 26th governor of Vermont. An industrialist and businessman, he was a co-founder of what became the Fairbanks Scales company.
Settling in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, in 1824, Fairbanks formed a partnership, E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., with his brother Thaddeus for the manufacture of scales, stoves and plows.
Fairbanks was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1836 to 1840. He was a Whig Presidential Elector for Vermont in 1844 and 1848. He was President of the Passumpsic Railroad, which completed a line from White River to St. Johnsbury in 1850.
Scott $500
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 2013 realized 150
Alexander listed as 2/28/50
Erastus Fairbanks (1792 – 1864) was an American manufacturer, a Whig politician, a founder of the Republican Party, and the 21st and 26th governor of Vermont. An industrialist and businessman, he was a co-founder of what became the Fairbanks Scales company.
Settling in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, in 1824, Fairbanks formed a partnership, E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., with his brother Thaddeus for the manufacture of scales, stoves and plows.
Fairbanks was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1836 to 1840. He was a Whig Presidential Elector for Vermont in 1844 and 1848. He was President of the Passumpsic Railroad, which completed a line from White River to St. Johnsbury in 1850.
