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| Scott Number | 09X1 |
|---|---|
| Date | December xx, 18xx |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Farmington |
| To State | ME |
| Addressee | Rev Samuel P Abbot |
| Cert Author | |
| Cert # | |
| Fake | destroyed |
| No. of Stamps | 2 |
| Plate Position | 39, 40 |
| Initials | ACM |
| Others |
Notes
Chronicle 102
The Ninth Philatelic Congress of Great Britain was held at Bath, England, in 1922; and a postcard was prepared as a souvenir of the Congress meeting. The postcard (Figure B) depicted this cover which is addressed to Rev. Samuel P. Abbott, Farmington, Maine. The stamps are tied by the usual circular date stamp postmark of New York and are additionally cancelled by the customary blue pen marks used at that time. The stamps were noted on the cover as being from plate positions 39 and 40.
Stanley B. Ashbrook wrote a comprehensive article on the New York Postmaster's Provisional in the May 1936 issue of The American Philatelist, the Emerson Collection was used to illustrate the article. Figure 8 in that article is a reconstructed plat e of 40 off-cover stamps, and the stamps from positions 39 and 40 are the pair formerly in the Evans and Adult Collections- now removed from the cover addressed to Farmington, Maine. It is difficult to understand why this pair was removed from the cover unless the cover was accidentally damaged by either Adult or Emerson.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. 1978 Rarities, lot 11 realized $1650
The Ninth Philatelic Congress of Great Britain was held at Bath, England, in 1922; and a postcard was prepared as a souvenir of the Congress meeting. The postcard (Figure B) depicted this cover which is addressed to Rev. Samuel P. Abbott, Farmington, Maine. The stamps are tied by the usual circular date stamp postmark of New York and are additionally cancelled by the customary blue pen marks used at that time. The stamps were noted on the cover as being from plate positions 39 and 40.
Stanley B. Ashbrook wrote a comprehensive article on the New York Postmaster's Provisional in the May 1936 issue of The American Philatelist, the Emerson Collection was used to illustrate the article. Figure 8 in that article is a reconstructed plat e of 40 off-cover stamps, and the stamps from positions 39 and 40 are the pair formerly in the Evans and Adult Collections- now removed from the cover addressed to Farmington, Maine. It is difficult to understand why this pair was removed from the cover unless the cover was accidentally damaged by either Adult or Emerson.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. 1978 Rarities, lot 11 realized $1650
