Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc.

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF SULLIVAN'S DISPATCH POST BLUISH BLACK ON WHITE STAMP -- BOTH WERE DISCOVERED ON SEPARATE COPIES OF THE WESTERN HORTICULTURAL REVIEW, AND THE OTHER WAS DONATED TO THE SMITHSONIAN. THEREFORE, THIS IS THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF 135L2 AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS.

Very little is known of Sullivan's City Dispatch Post. We know it existed in Cincinnati in 1853, based on four covers recorded from January through June. Only five Sullivan's stamps of any kind are recorded, as follows: 1) 135L1 Green Glazed Paper, uncancelled, cut to shape, tied by filing crease on 1853 folded letter to W. Graham, Louisville Ky., Cincinnati Jun. 23 datestamp (5c due), the discovery copy, ex Chapman, Lilly, Patton, 2) 135L2 Bluish Black on White, uncancelled, cut to shape, on Feb. 1853 issue of Western Horticultural Review, one of three journals discovered in 1952 and sold to Frank A. Hollowbush, see also lot 849 and the next entry, ex Hollowbush and Boker, the cover offered here, 3) 135L2 Bluish Black on White, uncancelled, cut to shape, faults, used on Mar. 1853 issue of Western Horticultural Review, one of three journals discovered in 1952 and sold to Frank A. Hollowbush (see also lot 849 and the previous entry), donated to the Smithsonian Institution and now part of the National Postal Museum, 4) 135L3 Green on White, tied by blue smear or smudged target on cover to Geo. Ross, New York City, ex Boker, Siegel Sale 363, lot 1160, and 5) 135L3 Green on White, uncancelled, off cover, ex Burrus (where described as 135L1).

Ex Hollowbush and Boker. (Image)