Lot
1417 
1851-52, 3¢ brownish carmine, type II, showing additional outer frameline at right, clear to mostly large margins, tied by grid cancel with matching "Abington, Mas., Oct 5" cds on cover with allover Phonography advertising design, with text extolling the virtues of phonography and Fowler and Wells imprint at bottom, to Bridgewater, Mass., Extremely Fine; with 2012 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 11A Estimate $400 - 600.
Sir Isaac Pitman was an Englishman who invented phonographic shorthand, or phonography, a shorthand system based on phonetics. As it could be adapted to a wide variety of languages, it became one of the most widely used systems in the world. It was his brother, Benn, who popularized phonography in America.