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Lot 2139



Glen Haven Daily Mail, 1854, 1¢ black on dark green (71L1), tied on small piece along with 3¢ dull red, type II (26) by fine strike of "Scott, N.Y. Dec 1" c.d.s., Fine.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000

THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS GLEN HAVEN LOCAL TIED ON PIECE OR COVER.

Glen Haven Daily Mail was a local post operating out of the town of Glen Haven, N.Y. The post served as supplementary carrier service on mail eminating from the local sanitarium due to the lack of a local post office. The post moved mail to the nearest U.S. Post Office in either Scott (about 3 miles away) or Homer (about ten miles away).


 
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