C & W Bridge Despatch Bogus Post Local Stamp Period Lyons Listed Cinderella Founding Fathers 1915 Warsaw (Warschau) Town Post

1915 Warsaw (Warschau) Town Post / Stadtpost issue

Imperforate as produced

This cover was mailed just one year prior to the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in 1941

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C & W Bridge Despatch Bogus Post Local Stamp Period Lyons Listed Cinderella Founding Fathers 1915 Warsaw (Warschau) Town PostA 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