Show Your US 1851-57 Imperforate Stamps

Yes, those red carrier cancels on blue stamps are always pretty.

Actually I knew the postmark. I can't decide if I'd like the cancel to be a little heavier and clearer or if I prefer the very light cancel the way it is, either way I'm happy with it.

Thanks all.

#11A (unplated) on a Philadelphia to Bristol PA advertising/corner card cover from an alcohol, camphine, and burning fluid (lamp fuel) company.

I haven't come across many 3-cent imperforates on advertising/corner card covers.

This is almost certainly an 1852 usage, judging by the Blue cancel, and the stamp, which shows little to no plate wear.

Nice cover CC.

Thanks, Laurie.

Gary, nice cover. That stamp harkens back to an earlier conversation about the right inner frame line going up to far. On my screen it appears to be a great example of the inner line continuing all the way to the diamond block as one continuous line.
Nice color also.

It does have good color - I'm assuming its an 1852 brownish carmine, at least from the scan.

I appreciate the comments, folks.

Right on, txstamp. The color is brownish carmine.

Stephen, The right inner line appears to go a little more than half way into the triangle, although it's tough to be sure with the inking. I believe the line connecting the upper-right triangle to the diamond block is the line from the master die that can be seen on many printings.

Hi Classic Coins --

Your Philadelphia to Bristol PA advertising/corner card cover is very nice -- and the stamp is surely an early plate 2L impression. Many of those early 1852 brownish carmine clear prints have color that really "pops" -- and are one of my favorites.

FYI -- I plated the stamp to position 79L2L.

Thanks for showing it.

Regards // ioagoa

Hi ioagoa,

Thanks for taking the time to plate the stamp on the Philly cover. I also appreciate your comments about the cover and stamp.

Following up on the Lockwood correspondence from page 83, here are two more folded letters from the Lockwood estate.

The first cover features a rose red #11A from position 2R2L tied by a Nov 1 (1854) New York U. S. Express Mail cancel. On this stamp, there appears to be a line recut in the upper-right triangle (separated from the right inner line), although this position isn't credited with that recut. Upon examination of other online images of this position, the line in the UR triangle appears continuous with the right inner line.

The second cover is franked with a #10A from position 34R5e, and canceled with a blue Sep 29 (1851) Charleston South Carolina 3 PAID hand stamp.

I'm also re-posting a link to the Mark Schwartz exhibit on The Use of Boston's "PAID in Grid" Cancels: 1851-1859 that txstamp provided on page 84 since the second page of that exhibit has another 3-cent cover from the Lockwood estate:

https://www.rfrajola.com/PDR2020/MS2/MS2.htm

Those are nicely struck cancels.

I agree with that.

Great cancels with nice strikes. Nice covers.

Here's one that's a little different. I believe the P.M. Augustus Clarke added a note onto the back flap of this cover.
The addressee also a Clarke is likely a relative.

I posted this a few years ago and responses were mixed.







I read: Wednesday a m rcd ?? note with message for you yesterday

That's an interesting piece of postal history Stephen.

That is some tough handwriting to interpret. To me it looks like:

Wednesday, a.m, got [person's name] note with message from you yesterday. Then it may be a salutation.