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| Scott Number | 6LB1 |
|---|---|
| Date | August 16, 1842 |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | New York |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Revd. F. W. Geisenhainer |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 227475 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Off Cover? | No |
| Other Stamps |
Notes
3c black on grayish paper, issued 1842. Identical to 40L1 but is cataloged as 6LB1 as of Aug 16, 1842 after the Post officially became part of the US Post Office.
[Note - The first day of operation of the US City Despatch was Aug 15, 1842 making this cover a 2nd day use. Ref. Scott R. Trepel’s article in The Chronicle of the US Classics Postal Issues No. 285.]
Cancelled by orange US in octagon.
CDS: US City Despatch Post, Aug 16 (1842), 4 O'Clock
PF 227475: Genuine used on cover on the first day of issue [sic], stamp lightly faulty.
PF 830 stamp and cancel genuine but cannot certify use on this cover.
PF 52323
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 751 lot 217 unsold.
Matthew Bennett International sale 346 lot 592 realized 42,500 (image)
Expertization: 1991 P.F. and 2000 A.P.S. Certificates, signed by F.W. Hunter on inside of lettersheet beneath the stamp.
Notes cover is ex. Hunter, Brooks, Wilson, Kapiloff, "Aristocrat" and note on reverse from prior sale, "Nassau Stamp Co., Oct 1926, $447.00".
Matthew Bennett International sale 331 lot 65 unsold
Matthew Bennett International sale 316 lot 1 unsold
Illustrated in 100 Years Ago / February 1843 August / Centenary of the First Adhesive Postage Stamp of the United States, Elliot Perry & Arthur C. Hall, p. 21, fig. 10
Illustrated in Lyons, Larry, "The Identifier for Carriers, Locals, Fakes, Forgeries, and Bogus Posts of the United States", Volume 3, page xii.
Illustrated as Figure 20 in Scott Trepel's Commentary of The Dr. Leonard A. Kapiloff Collection (Part 3, The Penny Post, Vol. 2 No.3 Aug 1992, p16)
Number 1 in the Larry Lyons 6LB1 Census. (The Penny Post, Vol 12, Number 4, October 2004, p29)
Subject of article by Richard Schwartz, "The Long, Long Road to Acceptance: A First Day Cover of the U.S. City Despatch", Opinions VI, Philatelic Foundation, 1992, pp. 1-6.
The 1843 edition of Doggett's lists the Rev as Frederick W. Geissenhainer but the sender left out one 'S'.
Rev. Dr. Frederick William Geissenhainer, jr (1797-1879) was a Lutherian minister and pastor of St. Matthew’s and, after founding the church, became the pastor of St. Paul’s in NYC.
[Note - The first day of operation of the US City Despatch was Aug 15, 1842 making this cover a 2nd day use. Ref. Scott R. Trepel’s article in The Chronicle of the US Classics Postal Issues No. 285.]
Cancelled by orange US in octagon.
CDS: US City Despatch Post, Aug 16 (1842), 4 O'Clock
PF 227475: Genuine used on cover on the first day of issue [sic], stamp lightly faulty.
PF 830 stamp and cancel genuine but cannot certify use on this cover.
PF 52323
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 751 lot 217 unsold.
Matthew Bennett International sale 346 lot 592 realized 42,500 (image)
Expertization: 1991 P.F. and 2000 A.P.S. Certificates, signed by F.W. Hunter on inside of lettersheet beneath the stamp.
Notes cover is ex. Hunter, Brooks, Wilson, Kapiloff, "Aristocrat" and note on reverse from prior sale, "Nassau Stamp Co., Oct 1926, $447.00".
Matthew Bennett International sale 331 lot 65 unsold
Matthew Bennett International sale 316 lot 1 unsold
Illustrated in 100 Years Ago / February 1843 August / Centenary of the First Adhesive Postage Stamp of the United States, Elliot Perry & Arthur C. Hall, p. 21, fig. 10
Illustrated in Lyons, Larry, "The Identifier for Carriers, Locals, Fakes, Forgeries, and Bogus Posts of the United States", Volume 3, page xii.
Illustrated as Figure 20 in Scott Trepel's Commentary of The Dr. Leonard A. Kapiloff Collection (Part 3, The Penny Post, Vol. 2 No.3 Aug 1992, p16)
Number 1 in the Larry Lyons 6LB1 Census. (The Penny Post, Vol 12, Number 4, October 2004, p29)
Subject of article by Richard Schwartz, "The Long, Long Road to Acceptance: A First Day Cover of the U.S. City Despatch", Opinions VI, Philatelic Foundation, 1992, pp. 1-6.
The 1843 edition of Doggett's lists the Rev as Frederick W. Geissenhainer but the sender left out one 'S'.
Rev. Dr. Frederick William Geissenhainer, jr (1797-1879) was a Lutherian minister and pastor of St. Matthew’s and, after founding the church, became the pastor of St. Paul’s in NYC.
