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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | February 15, 18xx |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | New Haven |
| To State | CT |
| Addressee | Roger Sherman |
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| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Lot 2379 1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), two folded covers with stamps each tied with red square grid cancel and both with matching New York postmarks, one stamp with four full margins and the other stamp with three margins, both stamps with file creases, Fine to Very Fine appearance.
Scott $750.
Estimate $150 - 200.
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 721 Realized $200
Not listed in Alexander
Letter is postmarked FEB 15 from NYC and addressed to Roger Sherman in New Haven, Ct.
Roger Sherman is listed as a shipping merchant at 14 Union wharf in New Haven (1842 Price & Lee’s New Haven City Directory).
Roger Sherman Jr (1768-1856) was the son of Hon. Roger Sherman (1721-1793), the first mayor of New Haven. He graduated Yale in 1787. He was a representative for New Haven in the Connecticut General Assembly in 1810 and 1811. He was a Merchant and with his uncle Benjamin Prescott formed the firm Prescott & Sherman to trade in dry goods, groceries, navigation, shoemaking and tanning. The firm was located on Long Wharf in New Haven.
Scott $750.
Estimate $150 - 200.
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 721 Realized $200
Not listed in Alexander
Letter is postmarked FEB 15 from NYC and addressed to Roger Sherman in New Haven, Ct.
Roger Sherman is listed as a shipping merchant at 14 Union wharf in New Haven (1842 Price & Lee’s New Haven City Directory).
Roger Sherman Jr (1768-1856) was the son of Hon. Roger Sherman (1721-1793), the first mayor of New Haven. He graduated Yale in 1787. He was a representative for New Haven in the Connecticut General Assembly in 1810 and 1811. He was a Merchant and with his uncle Benjamin Prescott formed the firm Prescott & Sherman to trade in dry goods, groceries, navigation, shoemaking and tanning. The firm was located on Long Wharf in New Haven.
