Lot
330 
New York, N.Y., U.S. City Despatch Post, 1842-45, 3¢ black on light blue, large margins except ample at top, tied by clear strike of New York City Post Office red "Paid" in arc cancellation on printed notice datelined "Augusta, Ga. October 18, 1842" addressed to Prime Ward & King Bankers, New York, Extremely Fine, ex-Caspary, Middendorf, Kapiloff; with 1991 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 6LB3 Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
THE ONLY REPORTED COVER WITH THE NEW YORK "PAID" IN ARC CANCELLATION ON THE U.S. CITY DESPATCH POST CARRIER STAMP. THIS IS THE FIRST RECORDED USE OF A POST OFFICE HANDSTAMP USED AS A CANCELLATION.
The first United States cancellation on postage stamps were the several examples of this curved red "Paid" on the July 15th 1845 first day usages of the New York Postmaster Provisional issue. Here we have the same curved red "Paid" handstamp used on a carrier stamp almost three years earlier. Another example of this cancellation on the U.S. City Despatch Post is not known.
Realized: $3,250