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| Scott Number | 10X1 |
|---|---|
| Date | October 27, 1846 |
| From City | Providence |
| From State | RI |
| To City | Philadelphia |
| To State | PA |
| Addressee | Cornelius & Co. |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert # | |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Plate Position | 2 |
| Initials | |
| Others |
Notes
The Cornelius Find
This cover No. 11 has been denounced by some prominent stamp men, principally because it lacked the word PAID. In tracing it back we found the following: A Mr. Miller was working for Hemingway at the time of the big St. Louis find in Philadelphia, but left him and at the time of the Cornelius find was working for Sullivan & Son of 218 Wood Street, junk paper dealers (May 1917). Miller made the actual find and took his lot to Milton P. Lyons, Jr., of 34 So. 18th Street, Philadelphia. In the Cornelius find was one cover bearing a Providence stamp. Lyons bought the lot and mad his first payment on account on May, 1917, and next day went to New York where he sold much of the stuff. The Charleston carrier went with some others to Caspary, and Needham, Klemann, Knapp, and perhaps to Curtis and Burger Bros. The Providence cover afterwards went to Needham and from him to auction of Nassau Stamp Co., June 7, 1917, where it was bought by Slater and is now in the Providence collection. We are satisfied that the failure of PAID to appear on the cover was due to oversight (See page 39)
Slater, A. B., The Stamps of the Providence R. I. Postmaster 1846-1847, Haley & Sykes, Providence RI, 1930
Slater Census number 11.
This cover No. 11 has been denounced by some prominent stamp men, principally because it lacked the word PAID. In tracing it back we found the following: A Mr. Miller was working for Hemingway at the time of the big St. Louis find in Philadelphia, but left him and at the time of the Cornelius find was working for Sullivan & Son of 218 Wood Street, junk paper dealers (May 1917). Miller made the actual find and took his lot to Milton P. Lyons, Jr., of 34 So. 18th Street, Philadelphia. In the Cornelius find was one cover bearing a Providence stamp. Lyons bought the lot and mad his first payment on account on May, 1917, and next day went to New York where he sold much of the stuff. The Charleston carrier went with some others to Caspary, and Needham, Klemann, Knapp, and perhaps to Curtis and Burger Bros. The Providence cover afterwards went to Needham and from him to auction of Nassau Stamp Co., June 7, 1917, where it was bought by Slater and is now in the Providence collection. We are satisfied that the failure of PAID to appear on the cover was due to oversight (See page 39)
Slater, A. B., The Stamps of the Providence R. I. Postmaster 1846-1847, Haley & Sykes, Providence RI, 1930
Slater Census number 11.
