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1783, January 2 and January 9, Boston, Mass.... (Total: 1 Misc)

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JULY 26, 1775 TO JUNE 30, 1851
Earliest Recorded Newspaper Sent by Post
During the Confederation Period

1783, January 2 and January 9, Boston, Mass. Two highly important copies of The Continental Journal and Weekly Advertiser, four pages each, 9¾x15; the January 2 edition bears a manuscript "Post" above masthead and is the earliest recorded Confederation period newspaper to bear a definite postal marking; it also bears the handwritten address line, "Falmouth Way". Both papers have archival filing holes along the left edge, the first has pages partly separated, Fine to Very Fine.

Of particular note to postal historians is an article which is serialized on the second page of the two papers: "Extract from an Ordinance passed by the United States of America, in Congress assembled, October 18, 1782 entitled An ORDINANCE for regulating the Post Office of the United States of America."

Estimate $4,000-$5,000.

THE JANUARY 2 EDITION IS THE EARLIEST RECORDED NEWSPAPER IN PRIVATE HANDS TO BE CARRIED BY THE MAILS AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, MARCH 1, 1781.

The January 9 edition is addressed to subscriber "Geo. Thatcher, Esq." Thatcher, a lawyer, jurist and politician from the Maine district of Massachusetts, was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1787 and 1788.

N.B. This item is new to philately.

From the Ron Cipolla Collection

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2009 December Signature New York Rare Stamps Auction #1111 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2009
11th-14th Friday-Monday
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