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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | July 27, 1848 |
| From City | Burlington |
| From State | VT |
| To City | Port Henry |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | A. B. Waldo |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 80399 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Lot 2236 5c Red Brown (1). Horizontal pair, huge margins to just in at bottom right, tied by red "Burlington Vt. Jul. 27" circular datestamp on turned cover, inside with magenta ms. "5" and part of red circular datestamp, 1848 docketing inside, reduced at right, some wear, Fine, scarce turned usage, with 1979 P.F. certificate E. 750-1,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 980 realized 700 (1st image)
Alexander listed as 7/27/xx
The envelope was turned and used to send another letter to Elizabeth NY (unreadable date)
Docketing looks like Augt 1/48
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 543 lot 183 realized 1350
PF 80399 #1, genuine use on reduced turned cover
Artemas Boies Waldo (1823-1892) was a lawyer and public official who settled in the village of Port Henry, New York. History records him as arriving around 1850. (Caroline Halstead Royce’s "Bessie A. Hanmer's History of Moriah and Warner's History of Port Henry")
The turned letter was sent to Essex County Clerk, Col. Edmund F. Williams (1801-1885), located in Elizabethtown, NY, the Essex County seat where all regional court cases, land deeds, and legal filings had to be recorded. Williams was Essex County Clerk from 1839 to Dec. 31, 1848, confirming the dating of the cover and proving that Waldo was in Port Henry, at least temporarily, as early as 1848.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 980 realized 700 (1st image)
Alexander listed as 7/27/xx
The envelope was turned and used to send another letter to Elizabeth NY (unreadable date)
Docketing looks like Augt 1/48
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 543 lot 183 realized 1350
PF 80399 #1, genuine use on reduced turned cover
Artemas Boies Waldo (1823-1892) was a lawyer and public official who settled in the village of Port Henry, New York. History records him as arriving around 1850. (Caroline Halstead Royce’s "Bessie A. Hanmer's History of Moriah and Warner's History of Port Henry")
The turned letter was sent to Essex County Clerk, Col. Edmund F. Williams (1801-1885), located in Elizabethtown, NY, the Essex County seat where all regional court cases, land deeds, and legal filings had to be recorded. Williams was Essex County Clerk from 1839 to Dec. 31, 1848, confirming the dating of the cover and proving that Waldo was in Port Henry, at least temporarily, as early as 1848.
