2ct Franklin Far Rockaway 1920s Queens Tax Notice Postcard Postal Card For Sale

30 PM, with the year obscured but stylistically consistent with the early to mid-twentieth century. The card bears a two-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp design printed directly on the stock, a denomination and portrait combination characteristic of the period spanning the 1920s through the 1950s, and is addressed to the City Collector in Kew Gardens, New York. The verso contains a typewritten letter from Anthony Schiavone of 214 Beach 39th Street, Edgemere, New York, who identifies himself as the new owner of premises designated as Ward 5, Block 319, Lot 79 in Queens. Schiavone states that he did not receive the tax bill for the additional tax recently imposed on the Queens property and requests that it be sent to him with interest computed to approximately one week in advance. He further instructs that all future tax and water bills be directed to his address, establishing a formal change-of-ownership notification within the municipal tax record system.The card exhibits the uniform yellowish-cream toning typical of aged cardstock, with minor creases along the right edge, the bottom right corner, and a faint vertical fold line running down the right side. Scattered dark specks consistent with foxing or surface dirt are present across the face, and the edges appear softened from handling. The postmark and wavy-line cancellation are clearly struck, and the typewritten text remains legible despite minor imperfections in individual letter strikes. A handwritten notation reading \"Horowitz Registration Card\" appears diagonally across the lower-left portion of the message side, and a date of \"4406 - 4/29/88\" is written at bottom center, accompanied by a circled checkmark at bottom right, indicating processing or filing within a municipal records system. The card represents a tangible artifact of mid-century property tax administration in Queens County, New York, and offers insight into the bureaucratic procedures governing ownership transfers and municipal billing during that era.