Lot #: 13024
1845 Stampless Cover, Utica to Albany, Drop Letter
Scarce Albany Drop Letter
Folded stampless letter from Kellogg Hurtqust in Utica, N.Y. to Hon. Mr. Titus, Albany, N.Y., postmarked at Albany with red circular “ALBANY FEB 18” handstamp. Addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Trade & Manufactures.
Likely sent as a single-sheet collect letter or carried by hand and posted at Albany. Treated as a drop letter as the carrier fee in Feb 1845 was 2c.