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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | June 13, 184x |
| From City | Wilmington |
| From State | NC |
| To City | New York |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Boggs & Southmayd |
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| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
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Notes
Lot 1190 10c Black (2). Large even margins, evidence of a previous pen cancel which stops at the stamp's edges, indicating possible illegal reuse, tied by two strikes of blue grid cancel with matching "Wilmington N.C. Jun. 13" circular datestamp and "10" rate handstamp on folded cover to New York City, internal cover tears affect year docketing (either 1848 or 1849), minor corner nick and small stained spot at bottom, neither affect the stamp which is Extremely Fine
Robert A. Siegel sale 1230 realized 500 (image)
Not listed in Alexander
1. John L. Boggs & Frederick Soythmayd are listed as grocers at 88 West in NYC (1843 Doggett’s). They are listed in the 1846 edition as well but are no longer listed in 1847, 1848 or 1849.
2. The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History contains the following in the Natchez Trace Collection supplement:
Letter from D. J. Gilbert, Wilmington, NC, to Messrs Boggs & Southmayd, New York, concerning the production and shipment of turpentine. Wilmington, N.C., April 17, 1846
Scope and Contents:
The first part of the letter is business related, and Gilbert complains that he has run out of groceries and needs a resupply. The other half is concerned with the shipment of turpentine, and how "Mr. Grant is in a place where he sells more goods for Turpentine per mnths &c which he cannot get to market only when a vessel is sent around there."
Wilmington NC did not receive 1847 stamps until Sept 15, 1848.
Robert A. Siegel sale 1230 realized 500 (image)
Not listed in Alexander
1. John L. Boggs & Frederick Soythmayd are listed as grocers at 88 West in NYC (1843 Doggett’s). They are listed in the 1846 edition as well but are no longer listed in 1847, 1848 or 1849.
2. The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History contains the following in the Natchez Trace Collection supplement:
Letter from D. J. Gilbert, Wilmington, NC, to Messrs Boggs & Southmayd, New York, concerning the production and shipment of turpentine. Wilmington, N.C., April 17, 1846
Scope and Contents:
The first part of the letter is business related, and Gilbert complains that he has run out of groceries and needs a resupply. The other half is concerned with the shipment of turpentine, and how "Mr. Grant is in a place where he sells more goods for Turpentine per mnths &c which he cannot get to market only when a vessel is sent around there."
Wilmington NC did not receive 1847 stamps until Sept 15, 1848.
