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Lot 1134 |
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1847, 5¢ red brown and 10¢ black (1, 2), single of each, 5¢ margins to cut in at left, late impression, 10¢ with full to large margins, tied by red 4-circle targets on 1851 large-size folded cover to North Adams, Mass. with matching "Greenwich N.Y. Feb. 8" c.d.s. and additional Roman numeral "V" handstamp for an additional 5¢ due to make up a 20¢ rate; each stamp with small corner crease and 10¢ with ironed-out vertical crease, cover with wear and folds, still a showpiece and Fine.
Estimate 20,000 - 30,000
THE ONLY RECORDED 5¢ AND 10¢ 1847 COMBINATION COVER WITH FANCY CANCELS.
Expertization: 1989 P.F. Certificate.
At the beginning of the 1847 period, a writer sending a letter weighing over 1 oz. but under 1½ oz. would have paid a triple rate, but the Act of March 3, 1849 made this impossible. Letters weighing over ½ oz. to 1 oz. were charged a double rate, but two additional rates for each succeeding ounce or fraction thereof. The change resulted in confusion, and the use of the Roman numeral "V" here strikingly reflects this. Franked for the under 300 miles rate, and weighing under 2 oz., the letter was rated 2 x 5¢ + 5¢ + 5¢.
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Lot 1135 |
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1847, 5¢ red brown and 10¢ black (1, 2), single and pair respectively, 5¢ with large margins to slightly in at right, rich color, pair with margins to cutting at top, tied by red grids on large size 1848 folded letter to Lockport, N.Y. originally containing additional court papers, clear red "Batavia N.Y. Mar. 3" c.d.s. at far left, Fine and rare. Illustrated in Alexander, page 849.
Estimate 20,000 - 30,000
Expertization: signed Ashbrook, 1992 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Dick, Rohloff
This is the finer of the two recorded domestic 1847 combination covers with the franking and, as the other has a due 15¢ marking, is the unique example of the quintuple rate.
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Lot 1136 |
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1847, 5¢ red brown and 10¢ black (1, 2), single and strip of three respectively, first with margins to cutting, latter with clear to large margins, each with matching pen cancel, on ca. 1848 large size buff envelope to Rouses Point, N.Y., clear "Waterford N.Y. Nov. 4" c.d.s. at lower left, corner card at upper right: Office- Hudson River Insurance Company,/ Morgan Row-Broad Street, Waterford, N.Y. in 2 lines; 5¢ small corner crease, center 10¢ with tiny tear, Fine. Illustrated in Alexander, page. 541.
Estimate 30,000 - 40,000
THE ONLY RECORDED 1847 COMBINATION COVER PAYING A SEVEN TIMES RATE.
Expertization: 1996 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1137 |
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1847, 5¢ red brown and 10¢ black (1, 2), single and horizontal pair respectively, ample margins, canceled and tied by blue grids and red "3" credit handstamps on 1849 folded letter to Edinburgh, Scotland, paying the recently introduced 24¢ British treaty rate with the inevitable 1¢ overpayment, blue "Buffalo N.Y. Aug. 21" double oval with tear drop ornaments, credit mark repeated at upper right with pencil "24" above it, probably carried on the Hermann which departed New York August 20th, red Edinburgh Sep. 5 receiving postmark; 5¢ with pressed-out file crease, left 10¢ small tear at bottom, cover with some natural bleach spots affecting stamps, Very Fine appearance. Illustrated in color in Alexander, and featured in Smithsonian March 2003, page 52, "America's First Stamp".
Estimate 20,000 - 30,000
Only six covers and one front exist paying the 24¢ rate with a 5¢ and 10¢ combination.
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