Penny Post - January 2023

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Across
  1. 3. the City Dispatch Post cancelled stamps with a ________ handstamp
  2. 4. occupation of Henry Long, the father of the Valentine's recipient
  3. 8. the City Despatch Post stamp was the first __________ stamp used in the US
  4. 9. last name of author of the book Postage Stamps and Their Collection
  5. 10. last name of man who purchased the Gahagan & Howe City Express in 1865
  6. 11. auction house that sold the Steven M. Roth collection of carrier mail
Down
  1. 1. a Wells Fargo & Co Pony Express stamp with this variation is on sale in the upcoming CALS auction
  2. 2. auction house that sold the Valentine featured on this issue's cover
  3. 5. city where Barr's City Dispatch delivered mail
  4. 6. last name of well-known stamp dealer and CALS member who passed away last year
  5. 7. This color of Barr's stamp are the scarcer and more valuable
  6. 9. last name of notable philatelist who treated the City Disptach Post stamps as genuine