ADAMS, WILLIAM THOMAS

William Thomas Adams (1889-1975), was born on November 17, 1889, son of William Commodore Adams, and Emily J. Adams.

William T. Adams was a stamp dealer and owner of Downtown Stamp Company, 44 Academy Street, Newark, New Jersey.

Block of 12 (Double Error) Se Tenant Pair: This block, from the upper left pane of the printing plate, contains a vertical pair of the 5¢ error stamps at positions 74 and 84, surrounded by normal 2¢ stamps. CV = $1,200 - $3,000. Sale $1,000 write john@numsiamticmall.com

Advertisement in Lehigh Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, December 1932, page 12.

Advertisement in Linn's Weekly Stamp News, Vol. 5, No. 37, July 15, 1933, page 601 address 140 Halsey Street, Newark, New Jersey

Downtown Stamp Company was an exhibitor in the National Stamp Exhibition of 1934

Renown stamp collector and dealer, Souren Serebrakian (1900-1991), at the Hotel Astor, New York to Downtown Stamp Co., 53 Bank Street, Newark, New Jersey, postmarked Registered December 7, 1939

January 3, 1948 Downtown Stamp Co. to August Heque, Dallas, Texas, pane of 6 #551

Advertisement in Weekly Philatelic Gossip, Vol. 59, No. 3, September 18, 1954

June 10, 1955 William T. Adams T/A Downtown Stamp Company to genealogist, William Eugene Norman, Norfolk, Virginia

William T. Adams APS#9748, owner of Downtown Stamp Company, 44 Academy Street, Newark, New Jersey

William T. Adams died in May 1975

Bibliography

American Philatelist, Vol. 60 (1946) : 576 lists William T. Adams APS#9748,