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Special Delivery, 1885 10 c. Blue Issue 1885: 10 c. blue, First Day Cover, additionally franked with 2 c. red brown, tied by New York (Oct 1) duplex, addressed to Master Louis D. Hopkins, Catskill N.Y., reverse
with "Catskill, N.Y. Recd 7 PM" (Oct 1) arrival backstamp, with newspaper clipping from the Catskill Recorder affixed to cover, reading "The special delivery system went into operation at the Catskill post office yesterday with
Charles Everest as messenger. Last evening the first letter with the special stamp was received. It was addressed to Louis D. Hopkins, son of Hon. S.T. Hopkins. Messenger Everest made lively time in delivering the letter.",
endorsed below "Mail Oct 2/85", additional note affixed at left reading "....the first letter received at he Catskill office under the new special delivery was for Master Lewis D. Hopkins...", some staining, both cover and stamp torn
at upper left, but a great rarity, one of the highlights of this exhibit, and a key piece in the history of the Special Delivery service. Scott = $27,500 Provenance: Collection Fisher; Collection Koslow; Collection Robert L.
Markovitz, Schuyler J. Rumsey Auctions, June 1, 2016. Literature: "An Update on United States Special Delivery First Day Covers & Earliest Dates of Use," Collector's Club Philatelist, May-June 2001, discussed on page 133. "The
Speedy: A History of United States Special Delivery Service", by Henry M. Gobie, Census cover #5. (Image 1)
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