Sale 1233 — Inverted Jenny Position 77 and William T. Robey Letters
Sale Date — Wednesday, 31 March, 2021
Category — William T. Robey Letters
C. A. Oswell letter to Elliott Perry, discussing how to get Robey to pay Perry for an outstanding philatelic debt, with accompanying promissory note signed by William T. RobeyTwo-page letter dated “June 14/1921” with William T. Robey’s promissory note to Oswell dated May 20, 1915 (due November 20, 1915) for $118.00, signed “W. T. Robey”
Letter states in part:
Tell him to send you $100 or $150 worth of stamps. After you receive them, let him know you bought his note from me. He quit Hibbs Sept. 1920 so you are supposed to have that note before he left Hibbs... he lost his house I understand so there is nothing to attach in that line.
With legal-size 2c entire in which the letter and enclosure were mailed to Perry, with pencil calculations at left.
This letter reflects how Robey’s fortunes took a turn for the worse after discovering and selling the Inverted Jenny sheet. Robey evidently owed Perry a sum of money in 1921.
