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VERY FINE. THIS IS THE EARLIEST REPORTED POSTMARK FROM GEORGETOWN IN PRIVATE HANDS.
Ex Haas, Jarrett and Siskin. (Image)
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VERY FINE STRIKE OF THE RARE "NEW/TOWN" BRITISH COLONIAL HANDSTAMP, APPLIED IN TRANSIT FROM TALBOT, MARYLAND, TO PHILADELPHIA.
Siskin reported three "documented" examples of the "NEW/TOWN" handstamp, describing his 3/19/1773 cover as the finest and latest. The cover offered here falls within the recorded date range (1770-73), and the strike is comparable to the Siskin example, although it obviously differs from the marking on earlier covers offered in lots 2523-2525 in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania sale. The Siskin exhibit and sale catalogue did not note the presence of the "Queen Anne" manuscript postmark on his cover, although it is the listing example in the ASCC. Both the Queen Anne and Talbot post offices were located across the Chesapeake Bay. For a brief period mail originating from Eastern Shore offices was postmarked at New Town on the route north to Philadelphia (see Ter Braake, pp. W-6-7).
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