Part III - Locals H-Z continued...
SPECIAL NOTE: Lot Numbers with an "A" preceding them will be offered in three special sessions. Please refer to the Arrangement of the Sale web page for the schedule.
| Lot | Lot Description | ||
| A | 1605 |
 Wood & Co. City Despatch,
Baltimore Md., (1c) Black on Yellow (148L1). Ample to clear margins at
sides, touched at top and bottom, tied by ms. "M" cancel on 3c Red Nesbitt
entire to Erie Pa., clearly struck blue "Baltimore Md. Oct. 3, 1857"
circular datestampVERY FINE. ONE OF FOUR RECORDED WOOD & CO. STAMPS -- ALL USED ON COVERS -- THIS BEING THE ONLY RECORDED USAGE IN COMBINATION WITH UNITED STATES POSTAGE. ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING LOCAL COVERS EXTANT. Little is known about Wood & Co., which appears to have established its local post in mid-1856 and disappeared by the end of 1857. In his CCP series on Baltimore, Denwood N. Kelly cited two 1857 city directory listings, including one for "Wood & Co., city dispatch post, 9 South", located on the east side of South Street, between Baltimore and German (now Redwood) Streets. Only four covers were known to Kelly, and the recent census by Steven M. Roth (Chronicle 173) identifies the same four covers, two of which are offered in this sale. The other two covers are a Susquehanna & Tide-Water Canal Companies report dated May 12, 1856, with the stamp tied by a similar ms. "M" (ex Keyser), and a May 16, 1856, folded letter with the stamp tied by ms. "X" (ex Caspary and Boker). No off-cover stamps have been located by Kelly, Roth or in our search of auctions and other sources. Ex Chapman, Caspary and Middendorf. (Image) |
E. 10,000-15,000 |
| A | 1606 |
 Wood & Co. City Despatch,
Baltimore Md., (1c) Black on Yellow (148L1). Ample to large margins,
cancelled by four intersecting ms. lines (not tied), used on brown cover to
local street addressEXTREMELY FINE. THE FOURTH AND LAST EXAMPLE OF THE WOOD & CO. STAMP TO BE DISCOVERED -- FOUND IN AN ORIGINAL BALTIMORE CORRESPONDENCE IN 1960. As noted in the description of lot 1605, only four Wood & Co. stamps are recorded, each on cover. Ex Kelly. (Image) |
E. 10,000-15,000 |