Help Identifying Locals

Greetings. Would appreciate some assistance in identifying these locals. Thanks!

Brainard & Co.
Possibly a 24L1. I cannot determine if it is authentic. Siegel has many of these in their Power Search.

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Page & Keyes City Letter Express
2c black on lilac (vertically laid paper)

No data on Siegel.

Found a couple of references at http://catalogue.klaseboer.com

There is also a violet "L." stamped on the back. I have seen this before, but cannot recall where.

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Westcott Express Company

This is authentic and has gum, but I cannot find any information on it.

The only thing I found was the following, from Siegel:

Express Company Cancellations on Revenue Stamps. containing 41 stamps, range of express companies incl. Westcott's Harnden's, Spaulding's, U.S. Express Co., Southern Express Co., Kinsley's Express, American Express, Adams Express Co., range of stamps and cancellations with large number of handstamps, some faults to be expected, many are Fine-Very Fine, an interesting group

The Brainard local appears to be a Scott forgery.

Regarding the Page and Keyes label, this is a quotation from the Scott catalog:


I believe your pic shows a Taylor bogus printing.

As far as I know, there is a real and quite rare Page & Keyes local post, but it is a red handstamp.

The Page & Keyes City Letter Express is S. Allan Taylor label and not a local post. The Westcott Express Company was a parcel delivery service with offices in New York City and Brooklyn

Thanks everyone.

Great Post Scott!
on a topic we don't see often.