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| Scott Number | 09X1 |
|---|---|
| Date | March 16, 1847 |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Albany |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Mrs _ A. Babcock |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 47005 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Plate Position | 29 |
| Initials | ACM |
| Others | 20L4 |
Notes
Fig 176. Cover with Boyd's City Express stamp
Local stamps include stamps issued by Local Posts (city delivery) and other private posts, which competed with or supplemented official post office services. A few were in operation in the principal cities of Baltimore, Boston, New York and Philadelphia, during the period of the New York Provisionals. However, only one example of a Local Post stamp used with a 5c New York is recorded. The stamp is a Boyd's City Express 2c black on green paper, Type IV, used with a 5c New York on a rebacked cover front to Albany, NY. The local is cancelled in pen, the 5c is cancelled with the square grid and the use is Mar 16, (1847). Each stamp is creased and tied by a file fold. the cover was issued PF certificate 47005 as a genuine use. (Fig 176)
Piller, Stanley M., The New York Postmasters' Provisional, Cosmos Press, 1991, p123
Selections from "Street Fighting: New York City Carrier and Local Mail, 1840 to 1863' Presented by Thomas C. Mazza to The Royal Philatelic Society London 4/1998
PF 47005 20L4 with 9X1 each creased in fold, genuinely used on backed cover front
Letter addressed to Mrs. _ A. Babcock, care of Horace H Babcock, ticket agent of the Boston & Harlem rail road (1854 Hoffman’s Albany City Directory).
Local stamps include stamps issued by Local Posts (city delivery) and other private posts, which competed with or supplemented official post office services. A few were in operation in the principal cities of Baltimore, Boston, New York and Philadelphia, during the period of the New York Provisionals. However, only one example of a Local Post stamp used with a 5c New York is recorded. The stamp is a Boyd's City Express 2c black on green paper, Type IV, used with a 5c New York on a rebacked cover front to Albany, NY. The local is cancelled in pen, the 5c is cancelled with the square grid and the use is Mar 16, (1847). Each stamp is creased and tied by a file fold. the cover was issued PF certificate 47005 as a genuine use. (Fig 176)
Piller, Stanley M., The New York Postmasters' Provisional, Cosmos Press, 1991, p123
Selections from "Street Fighting: New York City Carrier and Local Mail, 1840 to 1863' Presented by Thomas C. Mazza to The Royal Philatelic Society London 4/1998
PF 47005 20L4 with 9X1 each creased in fold, genuinely used on backed cover front
Letter addressed to Mrs. _ A. Babcock, care of Horace H Babcock, ticket agent of the Boston & Harlem rail road (1854 Hoffman’s Albany City Directory).
