Skip to main content
| Scott Number | 09X1 |
|---|---|
| Date | July 31, 1845 |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Marseille |
| To State | France |
| Addressee | H. Fiertz & Co. |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 510437 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Plate Position | |
| Initials | |
| Others |
Notes
Cover by Britannia July 31, 1845, showing postmark adopted for foreign mail use.
At the time of the second dispatch of mail on the steamer Britannia on July 31, 1845, the postmark that is now known as the New York Foreign Mail postmark was first placed in use. An excellent example of this postmark was Lot 1 in the April 11, 1981, sale of Danam Stamp Auctions, realizing $1600 plus 10 percent.
Chronicle 113
Postmaster Provisional New York 1845: 5 c. black on bluish wove paper, touched at upper right, otherwise good margins all round and sheet margin at right, initialed 'ACM' in magenta ink (partially removed) and cancelled by black penstrokes on folded circular (July 31, 1845) with NEW YORK 5 PAID JUL 31 cds in red alongside, endorsed 'str. Brittannia', London transit in red (Aug 16) on reverse, French framed 'Colonies etc. Art. 12' and entry cds ANGL. BOULOGNE 18 AOUT 1845 in red alongside, Paris transit and Marseille arrival (Aug 21) cds's on reverse. The cover was taxed with 21 Décimes for the journey from New York harbor to Marseille as the Postmaster Provisional paid just to the steamer. Address partly altered, second earliest known example of the rarest use of a New York Postmaster Provisional, i.e. from New York to Europe. A fine cover. Cert. Philatelic Foundation (2013) Sc = $ 2'250.
Corinphila stamp auction sale 182 lot 266 realized 4200 CHF
PF 510437: Genuine use
At the time of the second dispatch of mail on the steamer Britannia on July 31, 1845, the postmark that is now known as the New York Foreign Mail postmark was first placed in use. An excellent example of this postmark was Lot 1 in the April 11, 1981, sale of Danam Stamp Auctions, realizing $1600 plus 10 percent.
Chronicle 113
Postmaster Provisional New York 1845: 5 c. black on bluish wove paper, touched at upper right, otherwise good margins all round and sheet margin at right, initialed 'ACM' in magenta ink (partially removed) and cancelled by black penstrokes on folded circular (July 31, 1845) with NEW YORK 5 PAID JUL 31 cds in red alongside, endorsed 'str. Brittannia', London transit in red (Aug 16) on reverse, French framed 'Colonies etc. Art. 12' and entry cds ANGL. BOULOGNE 18 AOUT 1845 in red alongside, Paris transit and Marseille arrival (Aug 21) cds's on reverse. The cover was taxed with 21 Décimes for the journey from New York harbor to Marseille as the Postmaster Provisional paid just to the steamer. Address partly altered, second earliest known example of the rarest use of a New York Postmaster Provisional, i.e. from New York to Europe. A fine cover. Cert. Philatelic Foundation (2013) Sc = $ 2'250.
Corinphila stamp auction sale 182 lot 266 realized 4200 CHF
PF 510437: Genuine use
