David Thompson contributes a stamp with a fabulous and intriguing cancel this week, a cancel that practically requires one to Google "Amos R. Eno". So Dave did, and so did I. And we found, just as you will, that Mr. Eno was one of Manhattan's great real estate millionaires. Not nearly as rich as the more famous John Jacob Astor, Eno nevertheless built a sizeable fortune based on New York real estate. Eno died in 1898 and the executors of his estate were clearly still taking care of things when this stamp was cancelled in 1899.
As I was preparing this post, I began to reflexively hum the song The True Wheel, by Brian Eno. I couldn't resist adding the video. If intrigued, I suggest listening the entire influential album, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy It is possible that Amos and Brian share a distant relative.
Brian Eno - The True Wheel from the album Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy - 1974
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