Part II - LOCALS A - G continued...
SPECIAL NOTE: Lot Numbers with an "A" preceding them will be offered in three special sessions. Please refer to the Arrangement of the Sale web page for the schedule.
| Lot | Lot Description | ||
| A | 857 |
 Butcher & Sandy's Despatch
Post, Baltimore Md. "Butcher & Sandy's/Despatch Post/Office No. 2 Light
St." three-line handstamp clearly struck on light blue folded cover to
Alexandria Va., blue "Baltimore Md. Nov. 16" (month inverted) circular
datestamp and matching "5" in oval handstamp, pencil note inside "Nov. 13,
1849", some worn spots at top and bottom of file fold and corners have been
reinforced insideVERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS BALTIMORE LOCAL POST. Little definite information is known about Butcher & Sandy's Despatch Post. Based on this one example, we know it was operating in November 1849. City directories do not provide a listing for the firm, but a copperplate printer named Samuel A. Sandy does appear in the 1851 directory. The elaborate style of this marking suggests that Sandy might have been involved (see Denwood Kelly's CCP series, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 161-162). Illustrated in the American Stampless Cover Catalog and major articles on Baltimore local posts (Kelly and Roth). Ex Hollowbush, Lowe and Jarrett. (Image) |
E. 2,000-3,000 |