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Post by Admin on Aug 4, 2013 23:36:18 GMT
Today I won this. I got it at a good price. I don't collect USA but I have started a new collection of number ones. So I was looking for this. Sorry if I out bided any members.  |
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Post by BC on Aug 5, 2013 1:56:07 GMT
Wow, great cover!
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Post by zipper on Aug 5, 2013 11:18:51 GMT
I love it! Am envious.
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 5, 2013 12:45:40 GMT
WOW! Nice piece to be sure!! Here's something I'm currently bidding on if your curious?  That's right it's a Scott #2 on cover!! I doubt I'll win it but I'm on the high end of 4 figures right now! |
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Post by zipper on Aug 5, 2013 15:24:14 GMT
Good luck, ILS.
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 5, 2013 17:02:40 GMT
I doubt I'll win it but I'm on the high end of 4 figures right now! Is that with or without a decimal point?  Seriously, good luck to you -- I doubt I'll ever possess one of those either on or off cover. And congratulations to you Jack!!! The stamp is nicely tied on cover. Is there an accompanying letter of just the cover sheet? |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 5, 2013 20:25:22 GMT
Jack : What does the address read? Thanks.
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 5, 2013 20:41:21 GMT
Rod,
Jack's cover was addressed to Richard H. Rose, Esq., South Coventry, Connecticut
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Post by Ryan on Aug 5, 2013 20:57:30 GMT
Jack : What does the address read? Thanks. It's South Coventry, CT. maps.google.ca/maps?q=south+coventry+connecticutNote that the town is right next door to the Nathan Hale State Forest. Nathan Hale was a Revolutionary War hero who has been featured on a USA stamp in spite of the fact that there were never any portraits made of him in his lifetime. Just had to guess at how he looked, I suppose. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Hale Ryan |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 5, 2013 21:08:46 GMT
Thanks boys, the great big nasty worked OK, South Coventry layout looks a little like my town, suffers the same idiosyncracy, Jonathan Turnbull Highway, turns a bend and suddenly becomes Willimantic road. When driving home using my satnav, the lass that advises me with her sultry English voice, wants to take me there via the Cape, because of the same irritation. Know the Nathan Hale stamp well, always reminds me of Kevin Costner  |
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Post by Admin on Aug 5, 2013 21:09:24 GMT
I did a little digging into Richard H Rose and found this guy that seems to fit the bill records.ancestry.com/Richard_Hale_Rose_records.ashx?pid=131955343I noticed the H is for Hail. I looked back into the maternal side of the Family and it seems his grand father or Great Grand Farther was a brother of Nathan Hail en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Hale Who is a American Revolutionists that was Hanged. He was in turn a Great Grandson of John Hale One of the clergymen involved with the Salem witch trials. Off to find more. |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 5, 2013 21:14:01 GMT
If you can afford that cover Admin, we are paying you too much!
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Post by Admin on Aug 5, 2013 21:42:44 GMT
I got it for a ok price, I won it for $155 think I did well.
Just waiting for it to arrive and see if their is a letter with it and how the back side looks.
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Post by Perfs14 on Aug 5, 2013 22:42:04 GMT
Congratulations! looks like a very nice cover. |
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 6, 2013 7:01:10 GMT
155 is a GREAT bargain! And to answer your question that was before the decimal point!!
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 6, 2013 7:26:55 GMT
Dude beat me by $55.00 I wanted to pull out my hair! It's a good thing though because my Wife would have skinned me alive!
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 15, 2013 10:58:56 GMT
Did you receive that #1 on piece yet? I'd love to see a scan if you could?
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Post by Admin on Aug 15, 2013 11:10:27 GMT
Not yet, I should have it next week Tuesday or Wednesday .
I thinking of starting a small cover collection.
I like covers great history is often attached to the cover.
I also bought 13 cover albums last year that I like to put to use.
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Post by Admin on Aug 23, 2013 21:23:13 GMT
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Post by Admin on Aug 23, 2013 21:24:31 GMT
The inside letter  |
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Post by Admin on Aug 23, 2013 21:35:54 GMT
The letter is interesting, seems to be a letter asking about someone.
I think the last line is Please destroy this letter after reading. I glad that didn't happen.
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Post by Perfs14 on Aug 23, 2013 23:25:56 GMT
The letter seems to be a very sneaky affair. I am glad that it wasn't destroyed either, a better buy for you than we even thought. |
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Post by antoniusra on Aug 23, 2013 23:41:53 GMT
Today I won this. I got it at a good price. I don't collect USA but I have started a new collection of number ones. So I was looking for this. Sorry if I out bided any members. Very nice clean cover, if I collected covers that would be a hard one to be without. I think collecting number 1's is one of the best choices a collector can make. |
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 24, 2013 1:27:31 GMT
Wow stunning piece! Congrats Jack!!
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Post by mark on May 27, 2014 7:06:32 GMT
Hi Jack,
Nice cover. When I saw it on the Apfelbaum sale I was sure it was a Nov 5th mailing (the 5 is centered beneath the month and the 1 looks more like extra ink catching the edge of the date slug). Now that I see the contents, its nice to see that I was right. Anyway, I maintain the 1847 issue census on the uspcs website. I'd like to add the letter contents to the cover description as well as the price realized. The cover was part of Apfelbaum sale 1128, lot 1836 (a group of about 140 covers) that the buyer apparently broke down and resold individually. I assume you bought it elsewhere. Please let me know where and I will add the information, with your permission. Also, let me know who to credit the information to in the census.
Thanks. mark
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Post by jimbooregon on Jul 22, 2015 17:54:47 GMT
VERY nice congrats
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