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Return To Catalogue - United States locals overview - Wells Fargo - Spaulding to Sullivan's - United States
Note: on my website many of the
pictures can not be seen! They are of course present in the catalogue;
contact me if you want to purchase it.
Reprints were made by George Hussey in black on orange, the original stamps were printed in black on red (vermillion) or black on green.
Forgeries exist, by the way, I'm not sure if the above stamps are genuine.
Forgery
I've seen stamps in a similar design as above, but with a large "2" instead of the portrait. These seem to have been made by Taylor (I've seen the colours black on red, black on yellow, black on lilac and black on green).
Two other very dubious items.
Another forgery?
Bogus issue of Price's City Express; '2' in an ellipse. I've seen
it printed quite smudged. I've also seen the value 2 c red on
white.
Prices City Express post 2 Cents
(reduced size, image obtained from a Siegel auction)
Genuine stamp, with forged cancel
A 2 c red stamp with inscription "PRICE'S POST OFFICE 8TH AVE" was issued in 1854. This stamp is very rare. The image is similar to the Russell 8th avenue stamps.
1851 Inscription "Priest's Paid Despatch"
(Images obtained from a Siegel auction)
Reduced sizes, first and second image obtained from a Siegel
auction. The silver colour is badly oxydized in the first stamp
(but the stamp is genuine).
This stamp was issued in the colours siver on red, gold on blue and in black on several background colours. It was issued in 1851.
Forgeries exist:
Note the weird "E" of "DESPATCH". I've also
seen this forgery in the colors red and red on yellow.
Forgeries
Very dubious stamp, probably a forgery.
(Genuine)
One stamp was issued in 1861, inscription "LETTER DISPATCH J.H. Prince" with the image of a steamship. The unused stamp is not very rare.
Forgery with no engraver's name "LOWELL ENG" below the
ship. I've also seen it in the color black on blue.
Another forgery with no engraver's name "LOWELL ENG"
below the ship. This one has shading lines behind the ship.
Design is correct, but the printing is very blur, perhaps a
forgery?
Stamps in a similar design, but with inscription "LETTER DESPATCH E.D.PRINCE" are bogus issues (made by Taylor?):
Bogus issue, I've also seen it in the colors black on green,
black on blue and blue.
Bogus issue 2 c in a slightly different design with the value
written twice at the bottom.
Bogus item with inscription "LETTER DESPATCH THE
PRINCE", otherwise very similar to the first bogus issue
shown above.
(Sorry, no image available yet)
This stamp is very rare (issued in 1849), it has the text "Providence Despatch" written in black in two lines in an ornamental border.
(On letter, image obtained from a Rumsey auction:
http://www.rumseyauctions.com/cgi-local/stamp.cgi?category=9 )
Label in blue, issued in 1876. W.F. stands for Wells Fargo?
Image obtained from a Siegel auction.
Two stamps were issued in 1853; one in black on green and one in black on blue, both do not have any value indication. The inscription reads "REED'S City-Despatch POST" in an ellipse. These stamps are extremely rare, only about 5 copies are known to exist of both stamps together.
1857 Inscription "RICKETTS & HALL ONE CENT DISPATCH No 4 Rechabite Hall, Fayotte & Frederick Sts."
(Image obtained from a Siegel auction)
Image obtained from Richel Cole.
The only stamp issued was this red stamp in 1857. It is extemely rare, only 7 copies are found.
1855 Letter in oval, inscription "ROBISON & CO"
(Genuine)
1 c black on blue
Reprints/forgeries:
(I've been told that this forgery was made by S. Allan Taylor)
Forgery with ellipse consisting of a single line only.
I know that forgeries (reprints?) exist, however, I do not know the distinguishing characteristics of these forgeries.
(Genuine, image obtained from a Siegel auction)
Issued in 1850 in the colour black on green, inscription "ROCHE'S CITY DISPATCH WILIMINGTON, DEL". Only a few of these stamps (less than 20) have survived.
(Genuine, reduced size, image obtained from a Siegel auction)
Only one stamp seems to have survived of this local post, the colour is black on green. A similar handstamp exists.
Genuine, image obtained from a Siegel auction
(Genuine, reduced size, image obtained from a Siegel auction)
The values blue on lilac, black on yellow and red on blue were officially issued. The shown lilac stamps below are probably forgeries:
Forgeries.
Forgery with no line above "RUSSELL." No lines below
"TH" and "VE". Lilac stamp reduced size.
Another forgery, no line above "RUSSELL." and no dots
or lines below "AV" of "AVE", no line below
"TH".
(Relatively modern forgery)
(A Taylor forgery)
There exist a unique stamp with inscription "8th AVENUE Post Office PAID" in an ornamental border. I have no picture of this stamp. It is uncancelled on cover and the colour is red.
(This is a forgery of this unique stamp)
According to some sources, Smith's City Express Post was the succesor of the American Express Company. The labels of these two companies do indeed look very similar.
Genuine label.
Only 4 genuine labels seem to have survived (issued in 1856?). Forgeries and bogus items exist:
Three types of forgeries; the third type without a dot behind the
word "PAID", but with a dot behind "Post".
Smith's City Express Post, Postage Two Cents' the word "PAID." below, colour blue. A similar stamp in green has been described in the 'Standard Guide to Postage Stamp Collecting' (by Bellars and Davie, 1864). They say it was supposed to be issued in New York. I have also seen this label in the colour orange (2 c) and black on greenish paper (2 c) or black on lilac paper (2 c). These labels are probably products of the forger Taylor.
(Smith's City Express post, black on red, three different types;
see positioning of the letters)
The inscription of the above stamp reads: "DELIVERED BY SMITH'S CITY EXPRESS POST POSTAGE TWO CENTS. To be collected on delivery"; 2 c black on red. This stamp has been described in the 'Standard Guide to Postage Stamp Collecting' (by Bellars and Davie, 1864). They say it was supposed to be issued in New York.
Two other bogus Smith labels exist: one with a curly ornamental border (inscription "To be collected on delivery" at the bottom) and another with a wavy border (with "PAID." written at the bottom).
Another stamp with inscription "SMITH'S MOUNTAIN EXPRESS PAID FIVE CENTS" is probably a bogus stamp (not very common); its color is violet on lilac (other colors might exist). Sorry, no image available yet.
