Details For Cover ID# 29394
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| Cover Type: | USA domestic with stamp(s) |
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| Entered by: | schwamoo |
| Added on: | Mar 11, 22 |
| Edited on: | Mar 11, 22 |
| Postmark: | Sep 6, 1845 |
| Origin: | New Hamburgh, New York, UNITED STATES |
| Destination: | UNITED STATES |
| Description: | One of 14 New York Postmaster provisional stamps initialed “RHM” known on cover, and one of 6 posted in New Hamburg, NY. Sent from James Lenox, founder of the Lenox Library, who was in New Hamburgh while his townhouse in NYC was being remodeled. Tied by two strikes of the NY curved red "Paid" in arc, with a Sept. 6 (1845) manuscript postmark and “5” rate as an unpaid letter. The NYC postmaster, Robert H Morris had informed other PMs to consider letters with this stamp unpaid, and he would reconcile the account books when the letter reached New York. |
| Certificate? | Yes |
| For Sale? | No |
| Stampless? | No |
| Stamps: | Stamp images are from reference catalog. Click image to view at larger resolution. |