Details For Cover ID# 28247

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Cover Type:	USA domestic with stamp(s)
Entered by:	dwsnow
Added on:	May 20, 19
Edited on:	May 20, 19

Postmark:	May 17, 1860
Origin:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, UNITED STATES
Destination:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, UNITED STATES

Description:	Blood's Penny Post, (1c) black, Henry Clay (#15L18) tied by grid in framed oval cancel, on locally addressed folded letter, with "Blood's Penny Post Philada. May 17 10½ A.M. 1860" circular datestamp. From Newhall & Sons, Pennsylvania Steam Sugar Refinery, Corner of Race & Crown Streets, Philadelphia, letter datelined 17 May 1860. Since the handwriting is hard-to-read, I confirmed the name of the addressee: Boggs & Kirk were listed in the newspaper Philadelphia Age, September 4, 1865: "Wm. T. Kirk, Boggs & Kirk, Wholesale Grocers and Dealers in Country Produce, No. 10 Arch Street (between Front & Second) Philadelphia."
Owner's ID:	2153

Certificate?	No
For Sale?	No
Stampless?	No
Stamps:	Stamp images are from reference catalog. Click image to view at larger resolution.