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Hi team, I have come across this cover and I was just wondering if this is a genuine use? Any assistance would be appreciated  |
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Morning Laurie and all,
Yep, it could be and may well be; however, we need to see the entire item not just the stamps and cancels. Is it year dated anyplace or within its contents if available? Look forward to seeing more.
Russ
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Thanks Russ
Unfortunately, it's an empty envelope with no date and I've never seen another example of a #24 and possible #25 or #26 used this way |
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As others have said, we need to see the entire cover. However, it could be a three cent domestic letter rate plus a 1 cent carrier fee. |
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The combination of a Scott 26 and Scott 24 used on cover from NYC is not rare. It indicates a carrier usage. Similar covers are known in the 1860 and 1861 time period. |
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Actually, the U.S. Post Office issued stamped envelopes with 3c + 1c to facilitate just this, though they weren't used that often. Look up U28 and U29 in your Scott catalog.
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The 3¢ paid the city to city rate and the 1¢ paid for the drop rate. As mentioned above the 1¢ with the barred oval cancel is cancelled by the carrier. |
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Stallzer, no. Not a drop rate, not 2 cancels.
As SPQR and wtcrowe state earlier, the 1 cent stamp is pays the carrier fee to get the letter from an outlying area to the post office more rapidly and the 3 cent stamps gets the letter from NYC to Stonington. The cancel is a duplex device applied at the NYC post office canceling both stamps with one hit. |
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With the duplex it's almost certainly 1861. As noted, the use is not rare but it's certainly better than a regular first class cover. Here's one I just wrote up...  |
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Thank you all for your replies, I purchased the cover for $25.00 so I reckon I got a bargain.
That is a lovely cover paperhistory and thanks for the dating of my cover. |
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$25 isn't a bargain but it's not a bad price. (if I had your cover in stock and was selling it at eBay, I'd start it at $24.99 and I'd expect it to sell). It wouldn't surprise me to see a bourse dealer price it at $40-50. |
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Thanks paperhistory, it'll sit alongside my #24 strip of 3, and as I mentioned I haven't seen this combination on a cover before, so it adds to my collection. |
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