First Day Covers

JULY 1 1845 FIRST DAY ALBANY N. Y. Red CDS with 2cent Printed Circular Rate

JULY 1 1845 FIRST DAY ALBANY N. Y. Red CDS with 2cent Printed Circular Rate
JULY 1 1845 FIRST DAY ALBANY N. Y. Red CDS with 2cent Printed Circular Rate
JULY 1 1845 FIRST DAY ALBANY N. Y. Red CDS with 2cent Printed Circular Rate
JULY 1 1845 FIRST DAY ALBANY N. Y. Red CDS with 2cent Printed Circular Rate
JULY 1 1845 FIRST DAY ALBANY N. Y. Red CDS with 2cent Printed Circular Rate
JULY 1 1845 FIRST DAY ALBANY N. Y. Red CDS with 2cent Printed Circular Rate

JULY 1 1845 FIRST DAY ALBANY N. Y. Red CDS with 2cent Printed Circular Rate

This is an original envelope that once contained a now-gone letter that was addressed (it is the real deal--NOT a reproduction) and was then mailed through the United States Postal Service. You are purchasing only the postal portion; I do not have the letter.

ONE of the reasons it is collectible is because of the fact that the local postmaster applied postal markings considered appropriate for the letter's journey. In addition to being collectable becasue of the content of the letter, or the writer, or the addressee, it is a collectable item of postal history because of the rates, markings and usage. One of the Top Five or so items from the Hahn Handstamp collection and a very important item of Amercian postal history.

An amazing item that the Hahn notes call First Day Cover of Circular Rates in America. JUL 1" on the obverse with a "2" rate and "PRINTED CIRCULAR in either small handstamp or printing in black-brown. This is on a New York Agriculatural Society printed form dated Albany, June 1845. It's like they were waiting for the new rate as of July 1st. Some amount of edge wear at corners and fold from refolding.

A key item to any NYS collection or study of circular rates. This item is from the collection of Calvet Hahn and is accompanied by his original album notes. Hahn's collection is very fresh to the market. Most of his items, including this one, have not been offered for sale for 35-50 years. Many of the items are "listing" and/or "recording" items according to his album notes.

The item "JULY 1 1845 FIRST DAY ALBANY N. Red CDS with 2cent Printed Circular Rate" is in sale since Thursday, December 01, 2016. This item is in the category "Stamps\United States\Covers\Postal History". The seller is "ivymontcpa" and is located in Richmond, Virginia. This item can be shipped worldwide.


JULY 1 1845 FIRST DAY ALBANY N. Y. Red CDS with 2cent Printed Circular Rate