Summer 2025 | July 18-20, 2025

Blue oval handstamp “CROSBY’S SPECIAL MESSAGE POST / 19 WILLIAM ST. / N.Y.” on cover addressed locally to Edward Stephenson Esq., 49 South St., City. Minor tears at top of cover, otherwise very fine.

Lyon records only 7 stamped Crosby covers, 6 with the Underhill & Co. Corner advertisements.
The stamp with large to huge margins incl. sheet margin at bottom, with a scuff at the bottom left of the bottom margin. Used on a window ventilator manufacturer's illustrated advertising cover to local street address.

Illustrated on page 52 of The American Local and Carriers' Stamps - LXXI, by Donald Patton. Also included as Figure 1 in Lyon's Article, "Crosby's City Post A Used Pair" and Cover #1 in the Census

Stamp with large margins, tied by "Crosby's City Post, New York, 19 William St." double oval handstamp.