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| Scott Number | 6LB5b |
|---|---|
| Date | February 14, 18xx |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | New York |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Miss Eliza N O'Connor |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 66024 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Off Cover? | No |
| Other Stamps |
Notes
3c black on blue glazed paper
CDS FEB 14, no timestamp
Siegel sale 925 lot 1220 realized 650 notes 1977 PF Cert.
Robert A. Siegel sale 745 lot 244 realized 1200
Schuyler J Rumsey sale 130 lot 985 realized 525 notes 1846 silver bordered Valentine cover showing cherubs & bird allegories and "The July 1845 Postal Act increased the one cent drop rate to two cents, after which time City Despatch carriers had to charge four cents for letters dropped at the post office. This cover demonstrates this rate change.", as noted by the added manuscript 1.
PF 66024: genuine use of blue glazed stamp, (Information courtesy of Dale Forster, the current owner of this cover)
Based on the address, Eliza was the daughter of Charles O’Connor, a lawyer with office at 25 Nassau Street (1845 Doggett’s)
Calvet M. Hahn dates this cover as 2/14/44 (The Penny Post, Vol 9 No 2 April 2001, p51 Table III).
CDS FEB 14, no timestamp
Siegel sale 925 lot 1220 realized 650 notes 1977 PF Cert.
Robert A. Siegel sale 745 lot 244 realized 1200
Schuyler J Rumsey sale 130 lot 985 realized 525 notes 1846 silver bordered Valentine cover showing cherubs & bird allegories and "The July 1845 Postal Act increased the one cent drop rate to two cents, after which time City Despatch carriers had to charge four cents for letters dropped at the post office. This cover demonstrates this rate change.", as noted by the added manuscript 1.
PF 66024: genuine use of blue glazed stamp, (Information courtesy of Dale Forster, the current owner of this cover)
Based on the address, Eliza was the daughter of Charles O’Connor, a lawyer with office at 25 Nassau Street (1845 Doggett’s)
Calvet M. Hahn dates this cover as 2/14/44 (The Penny Post, Vol 9 No 2 April 2001, p51 Table III).
