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The Georgian Collection of United States Postal Cards continued...

UX1 First Day and Early Uses
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2370 c Image1c Brown on Buff, 1873 Postal Card, Large "USPOD" in Monogram Watermark (UX1, USPCC S1). Cancelled by "Albany N.Y. May 13" (1873) First Day circular datestamp and bold cross cancel, addressed to "Odd Fellow Hall/ Cor. Center & Grand" in New York City, undated message (see below for discussion of year), ghosting of a signature on back

VERY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED ALBANY N.Y. FIRST DAY USE OF THE FIRST POSTAL CARD ISSUE.

The May 1, 1872 and May 1, 1873 Trow's New York directories list James M. Austin at 224 Centre St. (residence) and at Centre & Grand Streets in the Masonic Grand Lodge listing (he is also listed at the subordinate lodge "Odd Fellows Hall" at 274 Grand). The May 1, 1874 Trow's Directory lists James M. Austin at a new address for the Masonic Grand Lodge at 75 West 23rd Street. It also lists his residence as changed to 380 6th Ave. This evidence, which accompanies the lot, makes it clear that the May 13 use of this UX1 postal card from Albany must have been 1873. (Image)

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$ 14,500.00

SOLD for $6,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
2371 c Image1c Brown on Buff, 1873 Postal Card, Large "USPOD" in Monogram Watermark (UX1, USPCC S1). Uncancelled, back datelined "May 13th 1873" and includes "I send you the first letter I have ever written on a postal card and this is the first day they have been put into circulation in this city. You can recollect this all your life...", addressed to Hartford where it most likely also originated, Very Fine, a rare first day use despite the lack of a postmark, accompanied by census information placing the sender in Hartford, a May 13, 1873 postmarked UX1 catalogues $14,500.00 (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
2372 c Image1c Brown on Buff, 1873 Postal Card, Large "USPOD" in Monogram Watermark (UX1, USPCC S1). Uncancelled, back with "1st Postal Card sent through P.O." and "Compliments of G.H.W. Old South May 13, 1873" (first day of issue), addressed to Boston, Very Fine, a May 13, 1873 postmarked UX1 catalogues $14,500.00 (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
2373 c Image1c Brown on Buff, 1873 Postal Card, Large "USPOD" in Monogram Watermark (UX1, USPCC S1). Study of 1873 early uses, incl. card uncancelled and addressed to New York City, back with undated message originating from Troy N.Y. and May 14, 1873 (possibly 1875) receipt docketing, May 14 postmarks from Trenton N.J. and Baltimore Md., another Baltimore with poor strike of datestamp but datelined May 14 (these three May 14 uses are the first days for those cities), May 15 postmarks from Washington D.C. and Chicago Ill., also uncancelled card datelined on back May 15 and matching in color the other Chicago May 15 card, finally New York City May 14-17 postmarks (May 13 is first day for New York), a nice collection with several "near misses" as a May 13 card has Scott Retail of $14,500.00 (Image)

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E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
2374   Image1c Brown on Buff, 1873 Postal Card, Philadelphia First Day Announcements (UX1, USPCC S1). Small group of Philadelphia related May 14, 1873 announcement material for the first U.S. Postal Card, incl. front page of Philadelphia Evening Telegraph (published from 1864-1918) with artist's rendering of UX1, also the newspaper's announcement on the back of a UX1, finally an unused UX1 with manuscript "Received May 14th 1873 D. Jones" on message side, Very Fine group (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
2375 c Image1c Brown on Buff, 1873 Postal Card, Large "USPOD" in Monogram Watermark (UX1, USPCC S1). "Philadelphia May 16" circular datestamp and quartered cork cancel on card datelined May 14, 1873 to New Brunswick, Canada, blue crayon "10" due rate, treated as a letter as the postal treaty for cards had not yet begun, May 19 Fredericton N.B. receiving backstamp, message includes "This is the first-day these cards were issued.", Very Fine, the earliest recorded postal card to Canada, it is not clear why this was not postmarked May 14 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $5,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

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