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George A.Hussey not only owned a local stamp delivery company. He also let the printer Thomas Wood print imitations and reprints of other local stamps (between 1854 and 1866).
Temple: 50 William St. Two types: with or without small line
above the "I" of "DELIVERY"
Temple and postbox with inscription "82 Broadway"
(Reprint)
5 c black on red 10 c gold on green 15 c gold on black 20 c black 25 c gold on blue 30 c gold on red 50 c black on green
Reprints exist.
The two types of 'Benson' forgeries, reduced sizes.
I've also seen forgeries with no value an inscription in "CENT" (without "S"). They are printed quite badly and if I'm well informed are made by a forger named Benson. I've seen them in the colors black, red and black on green. This Benson also made forgeries of the stamps with value inscription (I've only seen the 5 c value, in various colors).
Forgery made by Scott of the 20 c value,
the "20" is smaller than in the genuine stamp.
(I've been told that this are reprints made by Scott)
The above reprints for J.W. Scott can be distinghuished from the original by a 4 mm break in the bottom frame line under the '54'.
(Genuine)
Dubious item, probably a forgery.
In my opinion, in the first type of these forgeries, the word "BANK" is written too far to the right. The "B" of this word is now placed on top of the "N" of "INSURANCE" and the "K" is directly above the "A" of "INSURANCE". Also, "BANK" and "&" are much closer together.
In another forgery, the "C" of "CLOSES" is placed besides "50", the "M" of "A.M". is placed too low, the "1" is also placed too low.
Other forgeries exist.
Genuine
Two sub-types exist, one with "11" placed besides "MESSAGE" and another with "11" placed next to the space in between "Special" and "MESSAGE".
Type I and Type II
I've only seen this stamp in color red. Forgeries exist of these stamps, in which the "." behind "ST" almost touches the "H" of "HUSSEY".
"Special Message" written at the left. Exists in red,
blue and black. A type with "COPYRIGHT 1877" in between
the legs also exists (rare, only exists in black). Reprints with
less shaded right leg of the messenger exist.
"Special" at the left; three types exist differing in
the size of the word "TRADE MARK". All types exist in
blue, black and red.
(Forgery)
"Hussey's 54 Pine St."
Genuinely used stamp; this stamp exists in the colors brown, red
and blue.
(Reduced sizes)
Large label with man on horse, inscription "NOT A COMMON
CARRIER SPECIAL MESSAGE POST HUSSEY'S 50 WmSt. ALWAYS READY
RELIABLE. TRY IT!", colour: black on yellow, reduced size
Examples:
(Dupuy & Schenk forgery)
The above forgery of the Cornwell Post Office Madison Square was printed by Thomas Woods in 1866 for George Hussey. A total of 3000 of these forgeries were printed.
Hussey 'reprint' of a Jenkins' Camden Dispatch
(A Hussey forgery of the 'Moody Penny Dispatch Chichago')
Reprints made by Hussey of "Bouton's Rough and Ready City Dispatch Post":
(Reduced sizes)
(Note the 'SX' below the ship in these forgeries of the 'Essex
Letter Express', made by Hussey)
(Letter Express Free forgery made by Hussey)
(Reprint of W.Wyman local stamp made by Hussey)
(Forgery of an American Letter Mail Co stamp made for Hussey)
Minisheet of 10 reprint of Kidder's
City Express Post, apparently done with the original printing
plates.
Brown & Mc Gill's Hussey reprint (actually forgery)
According to John.N.Luft in 'Some notes on the New York postmaster provisional five cents, black, 1845' (1911), reprints were also made of the New York 5 c black provisional stamp of 1845.