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| Scott Number | 09X1 |
|---|---|
| Date | April xx, 18xx |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Ogdensburgh |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Louis Hasbrouck |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 216460 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 12 |
| Plate Position | 21 22 23 26 27 28 31 32 33 36 37 38 |
| Initials | ACM |
| Others |
Notes
Chronicle 107
The famous cover to Ogdensburgh, New York, which has a block of nine and a strip of three of the New York Postmaster's Provisional. This cover, which is addressed to a Louis Hasbrouck, was discovered in early 1952 by an Ogdensburgh businessman who had purchased a large quantity of letters and business papers from the Hasbrouck estate
It pays the sextuplicate rate for over 300 miles. The stamps are cancelled by black ink pen strokes and are from plate positions 21-23, 26-28 and 31-33 in the block of nine and from positions 36-38 in the strip of three. I believe the stamps were originally a block of twelve (3x4) but the bottom three stamps had been severed so that all twelve stamps would more conveniently fit on the front of the folded cover. All of the stamps have four full margins and are sound except position 36 which is cut into at the left.
April ? Hasbrouck cover. 12 stamps on cover to Ogdensburg NY. Largest known multiple on cover.
Piller, Stanley M., The New York Postmasters' Provisional, Cosmos Press, 1991, fig 61 page 50
Piller: The largest multiple now in existence is the block of nine, positions 21-23/ 26-28/ 31-33 on the famous Hasbrouck cover (Fig 61). This cover, discovered in early 1952, also carries a strip of three, positions 36-38, originally part of the block [sheet] , but severed so all 12 stamps would fit on the cover to make up the 6x10c rate to Ogdensburgh from New York City. It is believed that the cover contained insurance papers. It was first sold publicly by Harmer Rooke & Co. Inc. in their Sept 23-25, 1952 auction. The buyer, at $3750, was Ezra Cole acting as agent for Raymond H. Weill Co. It sold most recently at Christie's Oct 1989 auction of the Weill Bros. Stock for $187,000 to Robert A. Siegel acting as agent for Dr. Leonard Kapiloff (p. 49)
PF 216460
9X1 1845 5¢ black on bluish
BLOCK OF 9, POS. 21-23/26-28/31-33 PLUS HORIZ STRIP OF 3, POS. 36-38, ON FL TO OGDENSBURGH, NY, PEN CANCELS, RED NY PMK & "PAID" AT RIGHT
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
They Are Genuinely Used On Cover And With THE LOWER RIGHT STAMP IN THE BLOCK HAVING A SMALL FAULT AT RIGHT.
Christie's Oct 12, 1989 Weill Brothers sale lot 571
The famous cover to Ogdensburgh, New York, which has a block of nine and a strip of three of the New York Postmaster's Provisional. This cover, which is addressed to a Louis Hasbrouck, was discovered in early 1952 by an Ogdensburgh businessman who had purchased a large quantity of letters and business papers from the Hasbrouck estate
It pays the sextuplicate rate for over 300 miles. The stamps are cancelled by black ink pen strokes and are from plate positions 21-23, 26-28 and 31-33 in the block of nine and from positions 36-38 in the strip of three. I believe the stamps were originally a block of twelve (3x4) but the bottom three stamps had been severed so that all twelve stamps would more conveniently fit on the front of the folded cover. All of the stamps have four full margins and are sound except position 36 which is cut into at the left.
April ? Hasbrouck cover. 12 stamps on cover to Ogdensburg NY. Largest known multiple on cover.
Piller, Stanley M., The New York Postmasters' Provisional, Cosmos Press, 1991, fig 61 page 50
Piller: The largest multiple now in existence is the block of nine, positions 21-23/ 26-28/ 31-33 on the famous Hasbrouck cover (Fig 61). This cover, discovered in early 1952, also carries a strip of three, positions 36-38, originally part of the block [sheet] , but severed so all 12 stamps would fit on the cover to make up the 6x10c rate to Ogdensburgh from New York City. It is believed that the cover contained insurance papers. It was first sold publicly by Harmer Rooke & Co. Inc. in their Sept 23-25, 1952 auction. The buyer, at $3750, was Ezra Cole acting as agent for Raymond H. Weill Co. It sold most recently at Christie's Oct 1989 auction of the Weill Bros. Stock for $187,000 to Robert A. Siegel acting as agent for Dr. Leonard Kapiloff (p. 49)
PF 216460
9X1 1845 5¢ black on bluish
BLOCK OF 9, POS. 21-23/26-28/31-33 PLUS HORIZ STRIP OF 3, POS. 36-38, ON FL TO OGDENSBURGH, NY, PEN CANCELS, RED NY PMK & "PAID" AT RIGHT
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
They Are Genuinely Used On Cover And With THE LOWER RIGHT STAMP IN THE BLOCK HAVING A SMALL FAULT AT RIGHT.
Christie's Oct 12, 1989 Weill Brothers sale lot 571
