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| Scott Number | 09X1d |
|---|---|
| Date | August 20, 1845 |
| From City | New Hamburgh |
| From State | NY |
| To City | New York |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Thomas L. Callender |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 47006 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Plate Position | 5 |
| Initials | RHM |
| Others | 6LB5 |
Notes
Black on Bluish, "RHM" Initials (9X1d). Position 5, large even margins, tiny scissors cut at right, tied at bottom by smeared manuscript cancel (bleed also ties thru stamp), used with uncanceled United States City Despatch Post, 3c Black on Blue Glazed Paper (6LB5), large margins, tied at lower right corner by slight ink smear from first letter of address, manuscript "New Hamburgh N.Y. Aug. 20" postmark and "5" rate to the right of carrier stamp on folded letter from James Lenox, datelined "Netherwood 20 Augt. 1845", to the Sun Mutual Insurance Co. on Wall Street in New York City, red "Paid" in arc handstamp applied at N.Y.C. post office, neat August 21 receipt docketing
From the time of their discovery until the early 1970s, there were two Lenox letters with this combination of postage: the August 20th letter in this sale and the September 2nd letter with the carrier stamp affixed below the provisional. The Philatelic Foundation certified this cover as genuine, but declined opinion on the September 2nd usage. To obtain a favorable opinion, the carrier stamp was removed. One other New York provisional/carrier combination (a cover front outbound to Europe) is recorded. In this usage, it appears that Lenox intended to have the government carrier deliver his letter from the main post office to the Wall Street address; however, the absence of carrier service markings indicates that this probably did not occur.
A VERY FINE AND OUTSTANDING COMBINATION OF THE TWO FORERUNNERS TO THE FIRST UNITED STATES GENERAL ISSUES
Ex Lapham, Chaffee, Shierson and from the Weill sale. With 1974 P.F. certificate.
E. 30,000-40,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 759 (5/19/94), lot 9 realized 32,500
Christie's Oct 12, 1989 Weill Brothers sale lot 593
Illustrated as Figure 2 in Scott Trepel's Commentary of The Dr. Leonard A. Kapiloff Collection (Part 5, The Penny Post, Vol. 3 No. 2 April 1993, p20)
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1211 (William H Gross) lot 7 (image) realized 24,000
PF 47006 6LB5 with 9X1, genuine use
From the time of their discovery until the early 1970s, there were two Lenox letters with this combination of postage: the August 20th letter in this sale and the September 2nd letter with the carrier stamp affixed below the provisional. The Philatelic Foundation certified this cover as genuine, but declined opinion on the September 2nd usage. To obtain a favorable opinion, the carrier stamp was removed. One other New York provisional/carrier combination (a cover front outbound to Europe) is recorded. In this usage, it appears that Lenox intended to have the government carrier deliver his letter from the main post office to the Wall Street address; however, the absence of carrier service markings indicates that this probably did not occur.
A VERY FINE AND OUTSTANDING COMBINATION OF THE TWO FORERUNNERS TO THE FIRST UNITED STATES GENERAL ISSUES
Ex Lapham, Chaffee, Shierson and from the Weill sale. With 1974 P.F. certificate.
E. 30,000-40,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 759 (5/19/94), lot 9 realized 32,500
Christie's Oct 12, 1989 Weill Brothers sale lot 593
Illustrated as Figure 2 in Scott Trepel's Commentary of The Dr. Leonard A. Kapiloff Collection (Part 5, The Penny Post, Vol. 3 No. 2 April 1993, p20)
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1211 (William H Gross) lot 7 (image) realized 24,000
PF 47006 6LB5 with 9X1, genuine use
