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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 10, 2013 15:58:52 GMT
With all the Locomotive stamp talk over on the Canadian threads it got me to looking through some of my stuff and I found these I thought you may like to see? Here are some real neat locomotives for you! Scott #114 on cover from my collection. These was issued in a set colloquially known as "the pictorials" and were so unpopular (because of their size and subject matter) that other companies quickly submitted bids for both new designs and size. These are listed as ultramarine in the catalog.  Here is a little information on "the Sebring cover":
I deleted the image that had the wrong information. Thank you for the correction!
I really don't have much on the Smythe cover to share quite yet. These are all a work in progress. |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 10, 2013 16:50:17 GMT
Jay,
How did you link the addressee "S. A. Seabring" in Detroit with the muster record of "Stephen A. Sebring" of New York?
I see that Detroit's Harper Hospital was established in 1863 and immediately began treating Civil War wounded but what I perceive as the disconnect, besides the spelling of the last name, is that Sebring was mustered out in Virginia in 1865 so it is unlikely he was wounded in the war and remained hospitalized at Harper until at least 1869 when the stamp was issued.
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 10, 2013 17:14:32 GMT
Arthur H. Smythe graduated from High School in Columbus in 1869; perhaps the cover carried a graduation gift. In the 1886-88 Proceedings of the Ohio Engineering Society, he is listed as an Associate Member and a Dealer in Mathematical Instruments, Columbus, Ohio. In 1898, he was a member of the " Old Northwest" Geneological Society. In the book How the Arabian Nights Inspired the American Dream, 1790-1935, there is mention of him being a "talent agent" representing Egyptian talent agents who provided artists and merchants to work the "Streets of Cairo" exhibit at the 1893 Columbian Exhibition. Hope this is helpful.  |
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Post by BC on Aug 10, 2013 19:02:56 GMT
That US locomotive is on my bucket list - nice used of course |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 10, 2013 19:31:03 GMT
What better job for a locomotive than to pull a mail train?
This 5c carmine rose, single line watermarked, perf. 12 parcel post stamp (Scott Q5), issued on July 1, 1913, shows a mail train and mail bag.
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I.L.S.
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Post by I.L.S. on Aug 10, 2013 22:16:56 GMT
Jay, How did you link the addressee "S. A. Seabring" in Detroit with the muster record of "Stephen A. Sebring" of New York? I see that Detroit's Harper Hospital was established in 1863 and immediately began treating Civil War wounded but what I perceive as the disconnect, besides the spelling of the last name, is that Sebring was mustered out in Virginia in 1865 so it is unlikely he was wounded in the war and remained hospitalized at Harper until at least 1869 when the stamp was issued. wt1 I think? I like your research much better. It's more cohesive. I hate when stuff is off like this. Thank you for the correction. -ILS I went recently and found that post and it wasn't wt1's info it was one of first attempts at researching out a cover so I'm glad it's fixed now. |
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Aug 11, 2013 1:15:05 GMT
Movie props of Steve's Parcel issue, used on a genuine letter posted to Perry Mason.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 11, 2013 1:33:43 GMT
Nowhere near as impressive as any of the previous submissions, this 10c multicolored, tagged, perf. 11x10.5 stamp featuring old and new locomotives (Scott 1573) was issued on September 3, 1975 as one of four stamps in the U.S. Postal Service Bicentennial issue. The stamps of this issue were designed by James L. Womer.
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 11, 2013 1:42:29 GMT
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 15, 2013 22:07:44 GMT
These aren't on cover (yet) but they are locomotives. The booklet pane of 5 perf. 10, multicolored stamps (Scott 2366a) was designed by Richard Leech and issued October 1, 1987.
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Post by stampgeezer on Aug 15, 2013 23:01:00 GMT
And there is the Pan-Am expo isssue of 1901: The fast express (one of my favorites).  |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 15, 2013 23:58:46 GMT
First Train on a stamp : W Wyman Boston Mass. 1844 Carried Mail between Boston and new York Scott 149L Author and image Russ SCF.  SG2158a (1981) T1238 02c transport locomotive  |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 16, 2013 0:47:56 GMT
I believe this may be a BOGUS Locomotive local by Samuel Allan Taylor : Baldwin's Railroad Postage Taylor, Samuel Allan (1838-1913). A notorious producer of bogus stamps, known as 'the Master Grafter' and leader of the 'Boston Gang'. He was at the height of his fraudulent career in the period 1863-70, and for one of his productions, a fictitious U.S. local, used his own portrait in the design! Among his more audacious frauds was to add his own 10ยข. value to the then current issue of Prince Edward Island, and to produce a stamp for Paraguay at a time when stamps had not been introduced into that country. He was also responsible for the Stamp Collector's Record, the first philatelic publication in North America, which appeared for the first time in February 1864 and ran for more than forty numbers. - R. J. Sutton 6th edition revised by K. W. Anthony The Stamp Collector's Encyclopaedia Published 1966  |
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