C & W Bridge Despatch Bogus Post Local Stamp Period Lyons Listed Cinderella Founding Fathers Thoreau lived outside his hometown

Thoreau lived outside his hometown of Concord

Censorship"

Giovanni Chiavarello (Napoli)

the entire ecosystem collapsed virtually overnight - and the stamps they left behind became immediate targets for the Victorian forgery trade

Manila to San Francisco via Guam & Honolulu

C & W Bridge Despatch Bogus Post Local Stamp Period Lyons Listed Cinderella Founding Fathers Thoreau lived outside his hometownA delightful artifact from the Victorian era "wild west" of American philately an example of the C. & W. Bridge Despatch, printed in brown on green paper, imperforate as produced. This item is officially classified in the Lyons Identifier for Carriers, Locals, Fakes, Forgeries and Bogus Posts of the United States as a Bogus Post meaning the company itself never existed. It was a pure invention of the 19th century stamp trade, almost certainly produced