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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | May 12, 1851 |
| From City | Kanawha Court House |
| From State | VA |
| To City | Frankfort |
| To State | KY |
| Addressee | Miss M. Gunner |
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| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
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Lot 361 1847, 10¢ black, scarce West Virginia use (Scott 2), full to large margins except bottom right corner off (prior to use), two small pen strokes and tied by partial "Kanawha C.H. Va. May 12" circular datestamp with full second strike at top left on folded letter sheet to Frankfort KY, small flaws on face, Fine, Kanawha C.H. Va is in West Virginia. One of two 10c uses from this town listed in the Alexander book (p. 790) noting this as an 1851 use and noting that the town received only 600 10c stamps. A google search for the Rev. S. Robinson proved he was a pastor in Frankfort 1846-1854.
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 2004 realized 325
Alexander listed as 5/12/51
Letter in care of Rev. Stuart Robinson (1816-1881), ordained by the Greenbrier Presbytery, Virginia (1842), pastor of the Church at Kanawha Saline, from which he was released May 8, 1847; was installed pastor of the Church at Frankfort, Kentucky, by the Presbytery of West Lexington, June 18 following, and labored there until September 2, 1852. Thereafter he served in Baltimore, Danville Theological Seminary in Kentucky and was pastor of the Second church of Louisville from 1858 to 1881.
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 2004 realized 325
Alexander listed as 5/12/51
Letter in care of Rev. Stuart Robinson (1816-1881), ordained by the Greenbrier Presbytery, Virginia (1842), pastor of the Church at Kanawha Saline, from which he was released May 8, 1847; was installed pastor of the Church at Frankfort, Kentucky, by the Presbytery of West Lexington, June 18 following, and labored there until September 2, 1852. Thereafter he served in Baltimore, Danville Theological Seminary in Kentucky and was pastor of the Second church of Louisville from 1858 to 1881.
