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The Beginning of Adhesive Postage in the United States continued...

N.Y. Postmaster's Provisionals - July 1845 Covers
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
584 c New York N.Y., 5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e).> Large margins, tied by file fold and cancelled by red Paid arc handstamp, second strike to left and matching <New-York 5 cts. 15 Jul. (1845)> integral-rate circular datestamp on folded letter <fNew York N.Y., 5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e). Large margins, tied by file fold and cancelled by red "Paid" arc handstamp, second strike to left and matching "New-York 5 cts. 15 Jul." (1845) integral-rate circular datestamp on folded letter from Havana, Cuba, to London, England, via New York, Collomb & Iselin forwarder handstamp on back, manuscript "St. Hibernia", left Boston on July 16 and arrived at Liverpool on July 29, London July 30 receiving backstamp, lower left corner of stamp replaced

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USE OF THE NEW YORK POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ISSUE. ONLY FOUR JULY 15, 1845 USES ARE KNOWN TO ENGLAND AND TWO ARE COVER FRONTS ONLY.

According to the Piller book, it is believed that the first delivery of the New York Provisionals was on Saturday, July 12, 1845. The post office was open for only a short time on Sunday, and so it is believed that the stamps were not placed on sale until Monday, July 14. The Piller book records ten covers used on Tuesday, July 15, including three to France, two to Germany, three to England and two addressed to other U.S. post offices. This cover is not among those in the Piller book and makes a fourth example to England. All of the July 15 covers have stamps without the control initials. The earliest recorded cover with the control initials is postmarked on July 17.

Scott Retail $30,000.00 (Image)

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585 c New York N.Y., 5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e).> Position 34, large margins, cancelled by red Paid arc handstamp (not tied), second strike overlapping with matching <New-York 5 cts. 16 Jul. (1845)> integral-rate circular datestamp on cover toNew York N.Y., 5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e). Position 34, large margins, cancelled by red "Paid" arc handstamp (not tied), second strike overlapping with matching "New-York 5 cts. 16 Jul." (1845) integral-rate circular datestamp on cover to Hartford Conn., lengthy original contents datelined "New York July 15, 1845", small cover repairs at right, Extremely Fine appearance, a scarce July 16, 1845 use which is the second earliest known, fewer than five are recorded from this date, with 1989 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 1,350.00

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586 c New York N.Y., 5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e).> Position 24, margins ample to slightly in at top right, tied by file fold and two strokes of black pen, <New-York 5 cts. 16 Jul. (1845)> integral-rate circular datestamp and matching Paid arc haNew York N.Y., 5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e). Position 24, margins ample to slightly in at top right, tied by file fold and two strokes of black pen, "New-York 5 cts. 16 Jul." (1845) integral-rate circular datestamp and matching "Paid" arc handstamp on folded letter to Hartford Conn., datelined "New York July 16, 1845", manuscript "Paid", stamp creased from file fold, a Fine appearing and scarce July 16, 1845 use which is the second earliest known, fewer than five are recorded from this date (Image)

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 1,350.00

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587 c New York N.Y., 5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e).> Position 4, large margins to clear at top, tied by pen strokes and <red New-York 5 cts. 25 Jul. (1845)> integral-rate circular datestamp, matching Paid arc handstamp on folded letter to PlainfieNew York N.Y., 5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e). Position 4, large margins to clear at top, tied by pen strokes and red "New-York 5 cts. 25 Jul." (1845) integral-rate circular datestamp, matching "Paid" arc handstamp on folded letter to Plainfield N.J., contents datelined "New York July 25, 1845", Very Fine and choice early use of the Without Signature variety and unusual tied by the integral-rate circular datestamp, ex Weill, with notes on the back in the hand of Dr. Carroll Chase (Image)

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588 c New York N.Y., 5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e).> Full to huge margins, cancelled by perfect strike of red Paid arc handstamp (not tied), matching <New-York Jul. 27 (1845)> circular datestamp on folded letter to Philadelphia, datelined <<New YNew York N.Y., 5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e). Full to huge margins, cancelled by perfect strike of red "Paid" arc handstamp (not tied), matching "New-York Jul. 27" (1845) circular datestamp on folded letter to Philadelphia, datelined "New York July 25, 1845", some light soiling and ink erosion in address, file fold well away from stamp, Very Fine appearance and a nice companion to the July 17 letter in lot 589, the New York integral-rate datestamp is more often seen than this circular datestamp (Image)

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 1,350.00

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589 c New York N.Y., 5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e).> Position 10, large to full margins all around, cancelled by red Paid arc handstamp (not tied), small bit of New York circular datestamp at left with blue manuscript NY written on top, matching bNew York N.Y., 5c Black, Without Signature (9X1e). Position 10, large to full margins all around, cancelled by red "Paid" arc handstamp (not tied), small bit of New York circular datestamp at left with blue manuscript "NY" written on top, matching blue manuscript "Paid" on folded letter to Philadelphia, datelined "New York July 17, 1845", light overall toning and some ink erosion in address, Fine appearing and scarce early use, July 17 is two days after the earliest known use, with 1989 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 1,350.00

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