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UNITED STATES SEMI-OFFICIAL LOCAL ISSUES for CHARLESTON

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Semi official local issues exist in the following towns: Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Louisville, New York and Philadelphia. WARNING: many of these stamps exist forged, some of the stamps shown here could be forgeries too! If I have note indicated that the stamp is genuine, then I'm not quite sure.

Charleston (West Virginia)

Many carrier stamps seems to have been issued in Charleston.

1849 Inscription 'HONOUR'S CITY EXPRESS POST' or 'HONOUR'S CITY POST PAID' in an ellipse

(Genuine on letter, reduced sizes, images obtained from a Siegel auction)

  2 c black on lilac (Express)
  2 c black on yellow (Express)
  (?) 2 c black on lilac (Paid)

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1854 Inscription 'CITY POST' in a square

(Genuine on envelope, reduced size, image obtained from a Siegel auction)

  2 c black on blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1849 Inscription 'HONOUR'S CITY POST'

(Genuine, reduced size, 'Ceuts' misprint, only one stamp known with this misprint, image obtained from a Siegel auction)

  2 c black
  2 c black on blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

(probably a forgery)

1851 Inscription 'Paid, HONOUR'S CITY POST'

Genuine stamp

(Genuine, reduced size, image obtained from a Siegel auction)

  2 c black on blue
  2 c black on lilac

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

(Could be a forgery)

(Probably other forgeries)

1851 Inscription 'HONOUR'S Penny Post PAID'

(Image obtained from a Siegel auction)

  2 c black
  2 c black on blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

(Probably a forgery of this stamp)

1851 Inscription 'HONOUR'S City Post PAID'

(Genuine, reduced size, image obtained from a Siegel auction)

  2 c black on blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

The next stamp could be a forgery, the size of the word 'PAID' does not correspond to the image above. But it does correspond to the image in Scott's Specialized Catalogue however:

(Forgeries?)

1851 Inscription 'KINGMAN'S City Post Paid

(Genuine, reduced size, image obtained from a Siegel auction)

(Genuine, image obtained from a Siegel auction)

  2 c black
  2 c black on green
  2 c black on blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

Forgery, example:

(Forgery)

1851 Inscription 'Paid, KINGMAN'S CITY POST'

(Reduced size, genuine, image obtained from a Siegel auction)

  2 c black on blue

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1858 Inscription 'MARTIN'S City Post. Paid'

(Genuine, image obtained from a Siegel auction)

  2 c black on blue
  2 c black

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

1860 Inscription 'BECKMAN'S City Post'

  2 c black on blue

There is only one stamp of the Beckman's City Post known (on envelope), I do not posess a picture of this stamp.

Value of the stamps
vc = very common c = common * = not so common ** = uncommon		*** = very uncommon R = rare RR = very rare RRR = extremely rare
Value	Unused	Used	Remarks
2 c	-	RRR

1858 Inscription 'Steinmeyer's City Post.'

(Genuine, image obtained from a Siegel auction)

(Genuine, reduced sizes, images obtained from a Siegel auction)

(Image obtained from a Schuyler Rumsey auction)

  2 c black on blue
  2 c black on blue (different frame, pearl border)
  2 c black on lilac
  2 c black on yellow

vc = very common
c  = common
*  = not so common
** = uncommon

*** = very uncommon
R   = rare
RR  = very rare
RRR = extremely rare

The next stamps could all be forgeries or reprints:

(Could all be forgeries!)

Forgeries, example:

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