S401

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Fire Pumper 1860s

Spring 2017 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 12 S401 — Fire Pumper 1860s 

This hand painted action cachet features an early 19th Century horse-drawn fire pumper with two firemen aboard. They are passing burning structures. A single is postmarked in official city Alexandria. VA, and a second stamp has a first day postmark from a town where the name is a play on the subject. Collins is the only cachetmaker to get these stamps canceled in Ashburn. The postmark is a beautiful magenta color with killer bars. This one will always be sought by firefighting topicalists and future Collins collectors. It can be seen on page 267 of the book.