Lot 1753
Germantown Collection 1806-1890s, collection of 38 covers mostly from Germantown with a variety of postmarks, cancellations, and frankings including 1806 "Germantown" manuscript postmark, 1835 "Germantown Pa. Dec 21" with manuscript date, 1843 red "Germantown Pa. Apr 27", 1844 red "Germantown Pa. Nov 30" postmaster free frank, 1854 stampless to England, 1861 Aug 29 use bearing 3¢ rose pink (64b), 1876 "Centennial Phila'da Pa" use to Germantown and received with purple "Philada Pa 'G'" receiver, and 1887 light blue all-over advertising cover for Chelten Avenue Steam Grits Mills, also includes a printed 1870s circa map of the Germantown township; Fine to Very Fine, an interesting collection of this Philadelphia neighborhood and postal station.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Germantown was first settled in 1683 by immigrants from the Rhine Valley. In 1681 William Penn published a broadside in German to recruit settlers for his new colony. The first group to respond, Mennonites from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in Philadelphia on the 'Concord' in October 1683. Germantown was incorporated in 1691. Germantown proper, and the adjacent German Township, were incorporated into the City of Philadelphia in 1854. The Germantown post office became station "G" of Philadelphia.
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