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 | 1385 |
 Morton's Post, Philadelphia
Pa., 2c Black on Grayish (unlisted). Large margins, affixed with red
wax wafer on folded letter from William Kennedy, President of New Jersey,
Delaware and Pennsylvania Steamboat Company to Merrick & Town, datelined
"Port Penn, April 15th, 1846" in Delaware, addressed to Philadelphia
in care of "Capt. Boon", who presumably arrived by steamboat and
gave the letter to Morton's Post, pencil street address "76 Walnut St.
below 4th" probably applied by Morton's, minor splits along interior
foldsVERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THE MORTON'S POST STAMP, A SHORT-LIVED PHILADELPHIA POST OF WHICH VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN. According to Steven M. Roth (Penny Post, Oct. 1993), there is no one named Morton in the city directories who could be positively identified with this post. This cover with the adhesive and the stampless cover in the following lot are the only examples of Morton's Post recorded by Roth. Only this cover is dated. Accompanying the cover is a letter from S. W. Woodhouse Jr. to John J. Klemann, dated Apr. 29, 1930, which states that Woodhouse was the discoverer of the Morton's cover and several other Philadelphia locals among the papers of William Meredith. There is also a note from George Sloane to Frank Hollowbush, which states "Personally I think your cover is alright with the adhesive put on with a wafer." Ex Caspary, Hollowbush and Middendorf. With 1990 P.F. certificate. (Image) |
E. 3,000-4,000 |
| A | 1386 |
 Morton's/Post/2.
Three-line handstamp with inverted apostrophe, mostly clear strike on
undated folded cover to St. George Campbell with "98 South Fourth"
street designation in tiny handwriting at upper right, light soiling, file
folds, Very Fine, the only recorded example of this handstamped marking,
only one other Morton's Post cover is recorded (see lot 1385 for
background), ex Waterhouse (Image) |
E. 1,500-2,000 |