The letter IS present. You are purchasing BOTH the letter and the postal markings. The letter has not been separated–it’s still here, and pictured. ONE of the reasons it is collectible is because of the fact that the local postmaster applied postal markings considered appropriate for the letter’s journey–namely: The originating town name and a rate. In addition to being collectible because the addressee or the town from which it was sent, it is a collectable item of “postal history”. Because of the rates, markings usage, the addressee or something that might appeal to the collector. ANOTHER is the writer, the content and the addressee. 1839 New York TURNED RE-USED STAMPLESS LETTER Albany to Schuylers Lake to Albany. First Use Albany Nov 13, 1839 with poor strike of a Red Circular Datestamp addressed to Mr. Plumb, Inn Keeper, Schuyler’s Lake, NY. Regarding rents due on certain patent lots in the Schuyler’s Patent and to notify Peter cole. Second Use, Schuylers Lake NY manuscript dated November 27th with Eli Plumb writing back to “James Daxter, Albany” that he had done as asked. Super nice to have “Inn Keeper” as well as a nice Turned Usage. Sometimes I will require this to protect us both. This item is in the category “Stamps\United States\Covers\Postal History”. The seller is “ivymontcpa” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Place of Origin: United States
• Quality: Used
• State: New York
• Grade: Ungraded
• Topic: Stampless
• Modified Item: No
• Certification: Uncertified