3070 – ERIVAN X

City Dispatch, St. Louis Missouri, 2c black on wove paper, trial color plate proof, typically large margins all around, well clear of outer frameline at all points, with manuscript “T. C.” initials in blue, diagonal crease, crease at upper left, and a few small yellow spots near top margin above “AT”, the latter two not mentioned on accompanying certificate, a rarity of this mysterious local post, of which little information is recorded; with 2019 Philatelic Foundation certificate.Two examples are recorded of the St. Louis City Dispatch, both black on blue paper. The discovery example is on cover, and was recorded in the famed Ferrary collection, later selling to John Boker via W.H. Colson. The second example, a single stamp, was first noted in a collection purchased by H.R. Harmer, was later also acquired by Boker. It was offered in the 1973 Robson Lowe sale of his Carriers and Locals, and subsequently resided in the famed Golden collection.