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| Scott Number | 6LB5b |
|---|---|
| Date | June 25, 18xx |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | New York |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Pr. M. Wetmore |
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| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Off Cover? | |
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Notes
3c black on blue glazed paper, cut to shape
CDS JUN 25, no timestamp
Robert A. Siegel sale 747 lot 56 unsold notes cover has morning border flaps
Robert A. Siegel sale 1101 lot 508 realized 1600 (part of lot with 10 stamped and 18 stampless covers)
Images from EBAY lot (buystamps)
Addressed to Prosper M Wetmore, a merchant at 85 Water Street and living at 656 Broadway (1843 Doggett’s)
Prosper Montgomery Wetmore (1798-1876) was an author and poet. He was the third president of the American Art-Union (1847-50), an organization that dispersed works of art to its membership by means of a lottery. When courts charged the Art-Union with violating the New York State anti-lottery statutes and ordered it to cease its activities, a number of its paintings and most of its records came to the NY Historical Society. He was a member of the Society's executive committee from 1842 to 1848.
CDS JUN 25, no timestamp
Robert A. Siegel sale 747 lot 56 unsold notes cover has morning border flaps
Robert A. Siegel sale 1101 lot 508 realized 1600 (part of lot with 10 stamped and 18 stampless covers)
Images from EBAY lot (buystamps)
Addressed to Prosper M Wetmore, a merchant at 85 Water Street and living at 656 Broadway (1843 Doggett’s)
Prosper Montgomery Wetmore (1798-1876) was an author and poet. He was the third president of the American Art-Union (1847-50), an organization that dispersed works of art to its membership by means of a lottery. When courts charged the Art-Union with violating the New York State anti-lottery statutes and ordered it to cease its activities, a number of its paintings and most of its records came to the NY Historical Society. He was a member of the Society's executive committee from 1842 to 1848.
