1952 Postal Card Jefferson 1c Revalued 2c Brooklyn to Kew Gardens Tax Bill For Sale

This item is a used government postal card dating to 1952, featuring a one-cent green Thomas Jefferson stamp (Scott 805) and a circular black postmark from Brooklyn, N.Y., dated September 16 at 7:30 PM. The card is further distinguished by a rectangular green \"REVALUED 2¢ P.O. DEPT.\" overprint, a mid-century postal marking reflecting the two-cent postal rate that took effect in 1952. Horizontal cancellation lines extend from the postmark across the revaluation mark and the stamp. The card is addressed in black ink to \"City Collector / Boro Hall / Kew gardens 24, ny,\" designating the Queens Borough Hall in Kew Gardens, Queens County, New York, with the numeral \"24\" serving as a postal zone code prior to the introduction of ZIP codes in 1963. The printed directive \"THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS\" is enclosed within a green rectangular border.The handwritten message on the verso, rendered in blue ink, reads \"S, Block 1364 lot 16. 9.18.52,\" followed by \"Tax bill just received\" (with portions of \"Tax bill\" underscored in green and brown), \"indicates arrears. Please,\" and \"mail us bills for same.\" The notation \"Block 1364 lot 16\" reflects the metes-and-bounds property description system commonly used in New York City tax records, while the date September 18, 1952, two days after the Brooklyn postmark, indicates the message was composed shortly after receipt of the mailing. The card exhibits a light cream tonality consistent with aged paper stock, along with two small pinholes or staple perforations near the upper left quadrant, indicating it was at one time affixed to another document or file. Minor surface wear and faint smudges are present but do not obscure any text. The combination of the Jefferson one-cent stamp, the provisional two-cent revaluation, and the Brooklyn-to-Queens municipal correspondence makes this a representative artifact of mid-century postal rate transition and local government record-keeping.