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U.S. Stamps & Postal History and Important Historical Documents


Other 1856 Five Cent Red Browns
 
 
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Lot 1273
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1856, 5¢ red brown (12), large margins including sheet margin at right, rich color. New Orleans town cancel. Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott $900+

Provenance: Mayer
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Lot 1274
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1856, 5¢ red brown (12), margins to just touching at left. Cancelled by a neatly struck pinwheel cancel. Small tear and tiny corner crease. Choice Very Fine strike. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 27, fig. 3-26.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000

Expertization: 2000 P.F. Certificate.

Provenance: Mayer

Fancy cancels on the 5¢ imperforate are rarely seen and this fancy cancel of Placerville, Ca. is possibly unique.

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Lot 1275
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1856, 5¢ red brown (12), wonderfully fresh. Large partial strike of the "ETATS UNIS PAQ. AM." French entry postmark. Tiny margin crease at corner. Otherwise Extremely Fine. A beautiful stamp. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 27, fig. 3-26.
Scott $900+

A CHOICE SINGLE CANCELLED ALMOST ENTIRELY BY A FRENCH ENTRY POSTMARK—A RARE OCCURENCE.

Provenance: Mayer
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Lot 1276
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1856, 5¢ red brown (12), large margins with a small portion of adjoining stamp at top. brownish red grid cancel. Minor tiny corner crease at top right no where near the design. Otherwise Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,050

Provenance: Rohloff, Mayer
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Lot 1277
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1856, 5¢ red brown (12), full to large margins, with deep and vivid color on fresh paper. Light town cancel. Choice Very Fine. SMQ $1,000.
Scott $950

Expertization: 2003 P.S.E. Certificate graded VF-XF 85.
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Lot 1278
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1856, 5¢ red brown (12), wonderfully fresh with radiant color and a deeply etched impression on bright paper. Lightly cancelled. Extremely Fine and handsome.
Scott $950

Expertization: 2000 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1279

1856, 5¢ red brown (12), large margins to slightly in, used with 1¢ blue, type II (7), both tied by "Mayville N.Y. Apr 29" c.d.s. on 1856 circa cover to Oakland N.Y.; cover faults including sealed tear and reduction at left, 1¢ with light corner crease, Fine, possibly the earliest domestic 1856 5¢ usage. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 34, fig. 4-3.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000

Provenance: Cipolla, Mayer
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Lot 1280

1856, 5¢ red brown (12), margins to just in at left, used with 1857 1¢ blue, type V (24), both tied by "New-York Mar 12 1858" c.d.s. on folded cover to Baltimore Md., blue merchant's oval handstamp on flap; file fold at center partially split, and also along edges, Fine. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 34, fig. 4-4.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500

A SCARCE MIXED ISSUE FRANKING.

Provenance: Rohloff, Mayer
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Lot 1281

1856, 5¢ red brown (12), large margins to slightly in on two sides, tied by boldly struck "Baresville Ohio Jun 11" c.d.s. on 1857 buff envelope to Schwyz, Switzerland, black "New York '6' Jun 16" intregral debit exchange office c.d.s., French "Et Unis Serv. Br. A.C. 29 Juin 57" entry c.d.s., reverse with Paris Jun. 30, Basel Jul. 1, and Bern Jul. 3 transits, red crayon "230" (rappen) due; slight edge wear, Very Fine, prepaid the 5¢ British open mail rate per ½ ounce, actually sent unpaid at the 42¢ French mail rate for ¼ - ½ ounce equivalent to 230 rappen due from addressee. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 123, fig. 10-5.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000

Provenance: Gibson, Hubbard, Mayer

The cover was prepaid at the British open mail rate of 5¢ but the New York clerk disregarded the prepayment and sent the cover at the French mail rate of 42¢ for a letter weighing between ¼ and ½ ounce. The cover was exchanged in the New York office with the debit 6¢ datestamp, representing the United States debit to France for the inland postage. It was carried by the Cunard Line steamer
America, which departed from Boston on June 17 and arrived at Liverpool on June 28, 1857. It bears a French entry postmark of June 29 from Calais, which indicates that it is a letter from the United States that was carried via Great Britain. The cover bears a red crayon 230 rappen due notation representing the Swiss equivalent of the 42-cent rate. It has a Bern transit backstamp of July 3, 1857.
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Lot 1282

1856, 5¢ red brown (12), ample to large margins, tied by "New Orleans La. Mar 1 1857" c.d.s. on blue folded cover to Marseilles France, partial "New-York Br. Pkt." exchange office c.d.s., red Liverpool "30 MR 1857" backstamp, "Angl. Amb. Calais 30 Mars 57" entry c.d.s. with framed "G B / 1F 60C" debit and "8" (décimes) due handstamps, reverse with French transits, paper loss from ink erosion in address, Very Fine and choice. Illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, p. 84, no. 27.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000

Provenance: Gore, Haas, Mayer

Carried on the thirteenth sailing of British packet service during the Three-Months Period.

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Lot 1283
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1855, 10¢ green, type I (13), large margins all around, deep color and a light town c.d.s. Fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $900

Expertization: 2002 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1284

1855, 10¢ green, type II (14), large and beautifully balanced margins, with especially deep color, a finely etched impression and full fresh original gum. Very Fine.
Scott $5,500

A RARE STAMP IN THIS CHOICE MINT STATE.

Expertization: 2006 P.S.E. Certificate graded VF 80.
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Lot 1285
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1855, 10¢ green, type II (14), huge to enormous margins, with especially deep color and strong impression. Light red cancel. An Extremely Fine gem. SMQ $710.
Scott $225

Expertization: 2006 P.S.E. Certificate graded XF-Superb 95.
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Lot 1286
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1855, 10¢ green, type II (14), four large margins, exceptionally strong color and impression with a truly neatly struck New York ocean mail cancel. Fresh and Extremely Fine.
Scott $200

Expertization: 2004 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1287
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10¢ green, type III (15), large to huge margins including a portion of the adjacent stamp at bottom, with fresh vibrant color and black, blue and red cancels. Extremely Fine and colorful.
Scott $225

Expertization: 2006 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1288
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1855, 10¢ green, types III & IV (15,16), horizontal pair from positions 85-86L, full to large margins including portions of adjacent stamps at top, fresh and rich color. Light c.d.s. cancels. An Extremely Fine and attractive pair.
Scott $2,100

Expertization: 2005 P.F. Certificate.
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