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| Scott Number | 09X1 |
|---|---|
| Date | June 10, 18xx |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Washington |
| To State | DC |
| Addressee | Miss Eliza Pearson |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 501338 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Plate Position | 8 |
| Initials | ACM |
| Others | 20L4 |
Notes
Dated Jun 10, 18xx
Lot 83 New York N.Y., 5c Black, ACM Initials (9X1). Position 8, tied by red Paid arc handstamp without pen cancel, matching New-York 5cts. 10 Jun. (likely 1847) circular datestamp, used with Boyd's City Express, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green (20L4), small black cancel, paying the Boyd's charge to the mails on small cover to Washington D.C., 5c stamp with small toned spot at upper right, the Boyd's stamp with small flaws, minor cover soiling
VERY FINE. ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN COMBINATIONS OF A POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ISSUE WITH A PRIVATE LOCAL-POST STAMP, THIS BEING THE ONLY COMPLETE COVER. AN IMPORTANT POSTAL HISTORY RARITY.
The use of the New York Postmaster's Provisional with any carrier or local stamp is extremely rare. There are two recorded combination covers with the 3c U.S. City Despatch Post carrier stamp (6LB4). One is from the famous Lenox correspondence from New Hamburgh with the 5c RHM (ex Lapham, Chaffee and Weill). The second is a combination with the 3c U.S. City Despatch Post carrier stamp on a rebacked cover front to Holland. The other New York Postmaster's Provisional and local-post stamp combination is on a rebacked cover front with the Boyd's No. 20L4, addressed to Albany with a March 16 (1847) New York circular datestamp (Mazza collection). Both stamps on the cover front are creased. The March 16 piece is described in both the Piller book (p. 123) and the Scott Catalogue as unique, because people were unaware of the Frelinghuysen collection. The cover offered here now becomes the unique full New York Postmaster's Provisional and local-post combination cover, and one of only two complete covers used with any carrier or local stamp.
Ex Lapham. With 2012 P.F. certificate. Estimate $10,000-15,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 1020 realized 26,000
PF 501338
9X1 1845 5¢ black on bluish
20L4 1845 2¢ black on green
SINGLE NEW YORK PROVISIONAL, RED "PAID" CANCEL, BOYD'S LOCAL AT BOTTOM LEFT, BLACK STRAIGHTLINE CANCEL, ON COVER TO WASHINGTON DC, RED NEW YORK INTEGRAL RATE PMK AT RIGHT WITH SECOND STRIKE OF RED "PAID".
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE USAGE, THE SCOTT 9X1 WITH TONING AT UPPER RIGHT, THE 20L4 WITH SMALL FAULTS
Lot 83 New York N.Y., 5c Black, ACM Initials (9X1). Position 8, tied by red Paid arc handstamp without pen cancel, matching New-York 5cts. 10 Jun. (likely 1847) circular datestamp, used with Boyd's City Express, New York N.Y., 2c Black on Green (20L4), small black cancel, paying the Boyd's charge to the mails on small cover to Washington D.C., 5c stamp with small toned spot at upper right, the Boyd's stamp with small flaws, minor cover soiling
VERY FINE. ONE OF ONLY TWO KNOWN COMBINATIONS OF A POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ISSUE WITH A PRIVATE LOCAL-POST STAMP, THIS BEING THE ONLY COMPLETE COVER. AN IMPORTANT POSTAL HISTORY RARITY.
The use of the New York Postmaster's Provisional with any carrier or local stamp is extremely rare. There are two recorded combination covers with the 3c U.S. City Despatch Post carrier stamp (6LB4). One is from the famous Lenox correspondence from New Hamburgh with the 5c RHM (ex Lapham, Chaffee and Weill). The second is a combination with the 3c U.S. City Despatch Post carrier stamp on a rebacked cover front to Holland. The other New York Postmaster's Provisional and local-post stamp combination is on a rebacked cover front with the Boyd's No. 20L4, addressed to Albany with a March 16 (1847) New York circular datestamp (Mazza collection). Both stamps on the cover front are creased. The March 16 piece is described in both the Piller book (p. 123) and the Scott Catalogue as unique, because people were unaware of the Frelinghuysen collection. The cover offered here now becomes the unique full New York Postmaster's Provisional and local-post combination cover, and one of only two complete covers used with any carrier or local stamp.
Ex Lapham. With 2012 P.F. certificate. Estimate $10,000-15,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 1020 realized 26,000
PF 501338
9X1 1845 5¢ black on bluish
20L4 1845 2¢ black on green
SINGLE NEW YORK PROVISIONAL, RED "PAID" CANCEL, BOYD'S LOCAL AT BOTTOM LEFT, BLACK STRAIGHTLINE CANCEL, ON COVER TO WASHINGTON DC, RED NEW YORK INTEGRAL RATE PMK AT RIGHT WITH SECOND STRIKE OF RED "PAID".
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE USAGE, THE SCOTT 9X1 WITH TONING AT UPPER RIGHT, THE 20L4 WITH SMALL FAULTS
