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VERY FINE. ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE AMERICAN LETTER MAIL COMPANY SMALL EAGLE ISSUE ON COVER WITH THE RARE GARDINER, MAINE, HANDSTAMP.
There are three recorded examples of the rare American Letter Mail Co. Gardiner handstamp used with an adhesive stamp (all 5L1 Small Eagle), as follows in order of date: 1) July 26, 1844, from A. N. Gardiner to George Burgiss in Hartford Conn., Siegel Sale 1101, lot 560; 2) Aug. 6, 1844, from Phineas Pratt in Gardiner Me. to Moses Emery in Saco Me., the cover offered here; 3) Aug. 25, 1844 from Gardiner to Adam Crosby in Belfast Me.
We also record a stampless cover with the Gardiner handstamp, dated Aug. 20, 1844, ex Hahn (Siegel Sale 950, lot 2578). The cover offered here was found among the papers of the recipient, Saco Me. attorney Moses Emery. Phineas Pratt and Emery were business associates involved in lumbering, logging and land speculation. Allegedly they suffered severe losses attempting to sell shingles and lumber in San Francisco during the gold rush.
Ex Stimmell. With 2015 P.F. certificate (Image)
THE ONLY RECORDED CONJUNCTIVE USE OF AMERICAN LETTER MAIL COMPANY STAMPS AND A WELLS' LETTER EXPRESS BISECT.
The pair of American Letter Mail Co. 5c Small Eagle stamps pays the 10c rate to Detroit. ALMCo.'s agent turned the letter over to Pomeroy or Wells in Albany. The Letter Express 10c Black on Pink bisected stamp (worth 5c) represents half of the original postage paid to ALMCo., and it was probably applied as an accounting device to credit Letter Express for money received from ALMCo. The two red "Paid" handstamps (Pomeroy's device) were applied in Albany.
Illustrated in Independent Mails book. Signed by Costales and with a copy of letter from Richard Schwartz (Feb. 9, 1996), describing this as one of three known combinations of American Letter Mail Co. and Letter Express stamps. With 1996 P.F. certificate. Ex Kuphal (Image)