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EXTREMELY FINE. THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST STRIKES OF THE ELABORATE WINDSOR LOCKS POSTAL MARKING WE HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED.
Windsor Locks is named for a set of canal locks that opened in 1829. Windsor Locks is situated just south of the first large falls in the Connecticut River, the Enfield Falls, which is the northernmost point that seagoing vessels can reach on the Connecticut River before transferring to smaller ships. The post office used two different pictorial handstamps showing the steamer in locks. The example offered here is the first type (see Duffney census at http://www.ctpostalhistory.com/CtPP/Postal_Markings_files/W-L2013LR.pdf ). Richard B. Graham wrote that the Windsor Locks "Boat-in-Canal" pictorial postmark is possibly the most distinctive early handstamp of them all."
Ex Jarrett, Houser and Kramer (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. THIS IS THE FINEST STRIKE OF THE PICTORIAL WINDSOR LOCKS HANDSTAMP WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED. A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN POSTAL ART.
Windsor Locks is named for a set of canal locks that opened in 1829. Windsor Locks is situated just south of the first large falls in the Connecticut River, the Enfield Falls, which is the northernmost point that seagoing vessels can reach on the Connecticut River before transferring to smaller ships. The post office used two different pictorial handstamps showing the steamer in locks. The example offered here is the second type, which is much scarcer than the first (more than 2:1 ratio, according to Duffney census at http://www.ctpostalhistory.com/CtPP/Postal_Markings_files/W-L2013LR.pdf ). Richard B. Graham wrote that the Windsor Locks "Boat-in-Canal" pictorial postmark is possibly the most distinctive early handstamp of them all."
Ex Haas, Risvold and Dr. Robertson (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. THE FINEST STRIKE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE ROMANCE-INSPIRED POSTAL MARKING. CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HANDSTAMPED MARKINGS APPLIED TO 19TH CENTURY MAIL.
Illustrated in American Stampless Cover Catalog and Chronicle (No. 220, p. 321). Ex Mayer, Dunsmoor, Moskow and Jarrett. (Image)
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