1862 Cover addressed to 25 Park Row, NY, with two US #63 stamps For Sale

This 1862 cover was addressed to George L. Rose, care of Abraham Bell and Son, at the prominent 25 Park Row address, New York City, and franked with three Scott #63 stamps (one now missing, as noted). The recipient\'s care-of address ties the cover to a notable New York mercantile house: Abraham Bell and Son (originally Abraham Bell and Co.) was a Quaker-run shipping and commission firm whose business centered on the Southern cotton trade with Britain, and the firm is also remembered for chartering ships that carried thousands of Irish immigrants to America during the Famine years of the 1840s. The company changed its name to \"Abraham Bell and Son\" in 1844, matching the firm name on this cover. Sent in October 1862, the letter falls squarely within the Civil War years, when cotton commerce with Britain — the firm\'s specialty — was under acute strain from the Union blockade, adding a layer of historical tension to a piece routed through its offices. Scott value: $97, plus its significant historical value.