Part III - Locals H-Z 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 | 1271 |
 Jefferson Market P.O., New
York N.Y., (2c) Black on Pink Glazed (88L1). Unused (no gum), large
margins, couple minor cracks in surface coatingVERY FINE. THE FINEST OF THE FOUR RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE JEFFERSON MARKET STAMP ON PINK PAPER. AN OUTSTANDING NEW YORK CITY LOCAL ISSUE. The Jefferson Market P.O. was not officially connected to the New York Post Office, but used the "Post Office" designation in its name, much like Swarts and other contemporaries. The post is believed to have been operated by Godfrey Schmidt, who was listed in the 1850-51 city directory as Godfrey Smith at 6 Greenwich Avenue (source: Elliott Perry). In addition to the stamps issued by the Jefferson Market P.O., a stampless cover was reported by Thomas C. Mazza in The Penny Post (Jan. 1995). The stampless folded letter is addressed to Sing Sing N.Y. and bears a clear strike of a large Eagle-type frame containing "Jefferson Market Post Office/Y G. SCHMIDT & CO." in two lines. It also has a red New York Jun. 30 datestamp, and the letter is year-dated 1850. One of the recorded 88L2 covers is clearly dated Mar. 8, 1851, which establishes at least a nine-month existence for the post, corresponding to the city directory listing for Godfrey Schmidt (Smith). Our records contain four examples of 88L1 (Pink paper), all uncancelled off cover, and three of 88L2 (Blue paper), used on separate covers. For the record, we list all of them here: Pink 88L1: 1) unused, surface cracks, ex Caspary, Boker, Lily, the stamp offered here, 2) unused, surface cracks, ex Abt, offered in the following lot, 3) unused, surface cracks, ex Caspary (on cover, did not originate), Middendorf (on piece), and 4) unused, condition unknown, large left and bottom margins, show in Sloane's notes. Blue 88L2: 1) tied on Mar. 8, 1851 folded letter to Germany, ex Caspary, Boker, 2) uncancelled (scissors cut), on cover to Baltimore, ex Caspary, and 3) tied by New York datestamp on cover to Julia Lampher, no other details, John A. Fox sale, Oct. 27, 1950, Sloane's notes. Ex Caspary, Boker and Lilly. (Image) |
E. 3,000-4,000 |
| A | 1272 |
 Jefferson Market P.O., New
York N.Y., (2c) Black on Pink Glazed (88L1). Unused (no gum), full to
large margins, usual cracks in surface coatingVERY FINE. ONLY FOUR EXAMPLES OF 88L1 ARE KNOWN, ALL OF WHICH SHOW SIMILAR CRACKING IN COATED SURFACE. AN IMPORTANT AND DISTINCTIVELY-DESIGNED LOCAL-POST RARITY. The description of lot 1271 contains a list of the four recorded 88L1 and three 88L2 (Blue) stamps. Ex Abt. With 1957 P.F. certificate describing stamp as "damaged", but the only faults are cracks as described. (Image) |
E. 2,000-3,000 |