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EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED MULTIPLE OF EITHER BRAINARD & COMPANY ISSUE. AN EXTRAORDINARY BLOCK, WHICH ONLY CAME TO LIGHT FIVE YEARS AGO.
None of the major collections of Independent Mails contained a multiple of the rare Brainard & Co. stamps, and no record of a multiple can be found in published or unpublished sources. This block of four surfaced in a 2011 Jacques C. Schiff auction and was acquired by Dr. Puliafito. It is the only recorded block of the Brainard Black or Blue stamps, and we know of no other multiples.
With 2011 P.F. certificate. (Image)
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EXTREMELY FINE. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE RARE BRAINARD & COMPANY 5-CENT BLACK STAMP ON COVER FROM TROY, NEW YORK.
The Brainard & Co. Black stamps were used interchangeably on letters carried on the company's routes between New York City, Albany and Troy. This folded letter from Troy is one of the finest of all Brainard & Co. covers bearing stamps.
Signed Stern. Ex Frajola. With 2000 P.F. certificate (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. THIS IS THE EARLIEST RECORDED USE OF ANY BRAINARD & COMPANY STAMP. IT IS ALSO A RARE EXAMPLE OF CONJUNCTIVE SERVICE BETWEEN BRAINARD AND ONE OF THE LARGER COMPANIES THAT CARRIED MAIL BETWEEN NEW YORK CITY AND PHILADELPHIA.
This is the earliest date of all recorded Brainard & Co. covers, including stamped covers with 13 of the Black 24L1 and 19 of the Blue 24L2 (Gutman census, Independent Mails book).
The cover offered here bears the Brainard & Co. Blue stamp, cancelled by the "B" in manuscript, of which there are at least two distinct versions. Brainard & Co. provided service from Troy and Albany, but not to Philadelphia, thus the letter was given to Hale & Co. or American Letter Mail Co. (transfer point unknown).
We record four Brainard & Co. 5c Black 24L1 covers from Albany to Cornelius & Co. in Philadelphia, each of which involved conjunctive service between Brainard (Albany to New York City) and Hale (New York City to Philadelphia). The dates are July (docketed "Jul/44"), Sep. 3, Sep. 9 and Nov. 26 (with two Brainard stamps). In three cases, the Brainard stamp paid half of the postage, and the other half (Hale's share) was represented by a "6" due marking and Hale's Collect box. In this case, the Blue stamp pays for Brainard's service, but it is unclear how the additional postage for service beyond New York City was collected, or which company handled the letter.
With 2006 P.F. certificate (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST OF ALL RECORDED BRAINARD & COMPANY STAMPED COVERS.
An advertisement placed by Hale & Co. on June 22, 1844, identifies the firm's Albany agent as Brainard & Co. and its Troy agent as L. Farwell with an office at 200 River Street (later changed to 230 River Street). Covers from Troy are known with Brainard stamps initialed "F" (Farwell).
Collector's pencil source notation on back "Barron Sept. 1936". Ex Schwartz (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING COVER BEARING THE RARE BRAINARD BLUE STAMP USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AMERICAN LETTER MAIL COMPANY SERVICE.
This cover bears the Brainard & Co. Blue stamp, cancelled by the "B" in manuscript, of which there are at least two distinct versions. The ornate "B" seen on this stamp is also found on a Blue 24L2 cover dated July 5, 1844, the earliest recorded use of any Brainard & Co. stamp (see lot 57). Other "B" cancels follow on Sep. 5, 1844, and in 1845, all of which are in a simpler style.
The cover offered here is one of only three Brainard & Co. stamped covers in our records showing conjunctive use with the American Letter Mail Company and one of only two with the Blue 24L2 stamp.
Ex Caspary and Hall. With 2001 P.F. certificate which opines that the stamp was lifted and replaced, which is utter nonsense. (Image)