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Lot 561 |
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Baltimore, Md., 1845, 5¢ black on white (3X1), choice single with 3½ framelines tied by manuscript cancel on a December 1846 folded letter to New York, blue Baltimore c.d.s. with matching "PAID" and "5" in oval handstamps; Fine-Very Fine. Scott $13,500
A FINE EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE BALTIMORE PROVISIONAL ON COVER.
This cover is #21 in the Hayes census.
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Lot 562 |
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New York, N.Y., 1845, 5¢ black on bluish (9X1a), position 5, large balanced margins, tied by blue manuscript cancel on folded letter to New Haven Ct., postmarked red "New-York, 5 cts, 1 Dec" c.d.s. and PAID in arc; a choice, Extremely Fine stamp on a Very Fine cover from the Augustine Heard correspondence. Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 563 |
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1847, 5¢ red brown (1), large-margined horizontal pair tied by orange red grids on fresh white envelope to Boston, postmarked partial matching Washington City D.C., Jul 4; slightly refolded at top, Extremely Fine. Scott $1,250
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Lot 564 |
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1847, 5¢ red brown (1), huge balanced margins and fine impression, tied by one of two strikes blue "Philada. Pa./ 5/ Apr 15" on 1849 folded letter to Clearfield Pa., fresh and Extremely Fine. Scott $700
Provenance: Waterhouse
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Lot 565 |
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1847, 5¢ red brown (1), huge margins and sharp impression, tied on an unusually small 1847 folded letter to New Haven, Ct. by red New York/5 cts., 25 Sep c.d.s., Extremely Fine stamp and cover. 1847 issue canceled soley by the New York postmark are very uncommon. Scott $575
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1847, 5¢ red brown (1), large balanced margins and deep color, tied by lightly struck red grid on 1847 folded letter to Washington, D.C., red "New-York Nov 15" c.d.s., Very Fine-Extremely Fine. Scott $575
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Lot 567 |
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1847, 5¢ red brown (1), large margins and clear impression, canceled by black PAID handstamp (tied through embossing) on 1847 folded letter to Churchtown, Pa., postmarked "Westchester, Pa., Sep 2" c.d.s., Very Fine. The Paid handstamp is very scarce in black. Scott $725
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Lot 568 |
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1847, 5¢ grayish brown (1a), large margins, tiny sealed tear at top, tied by two strikes red "WAY/5" handstamp on buff envelope to Salem Mass., lightly struck red Boston c.d.s., Very Fine. Scott $1,150 Estimate 500 - 750
Because several 10¢ 18'47 covers from this correspondence are from Washington, D.C., this may have been the origin of the letter, entering the mails at Baltimore.
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Lot 569 |
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1847, 5¢ orange brown (1b), ample to large margins and vibrant color tied by blue boxed PAID on 1847 pale green letter sheet postmarked matching "Philada. Pa./ 5cts/ Dec 13"; fresh and choice Very Fine-Extremely Fine. Scott $1,150
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Lot 570 |
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1847, 10¢ black (2), huge margins including bit of adjacent stamp at right, tied by light square grid on folded letter sheet postmarked "New York, May 24" c.d.s., to Newbern, N.C.; vertical file fold not affecting stamps, an Extremely Fine stamp on a Very Fine cover. Scott $1,500
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1847, 10¢ black (2), huge margins with bit of adjacent stamp visible at top, tied by lightly struck red grid cancel on buff envelope to Burlington, N.J., postmarked red "Pittsburgh Pa., Sep 12" c.d.s., Extremely Fine. Scott $1,500
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1847, 10¢ black (2), large to oversize margins and finely etched impression, tied by lightly struck black grid on folded letter sheet to Baltimore, postmarked red "Boston, 10 Cts, 16 Dec" c.d.s., Extremely Fine. Scott $1,850
Expertization: signed Ashbrook.
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Lot 573 |
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1847, 10¢ black (2), position 51L, full margins and prooflike impression, tied by one of two strikes red "St. Louis Mo./ 10/ May 13" c.d.s. on white envelope to South Boston, Mass., fresh and Very Fine Turner cover. Scott $1,500
Expertization: signed Ashbrook.
Provenance: Krug
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Lot 574 |
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1847, 10¢ black (2), adequate to oversize margins and prooflike impression, tied by light blue grid cancel on 1850 printed circular (Peach Mountain Coal Prices) postmarked blue "Philada. Pa./ 10/ Feb 25" to Dorchester Mass., fresh and Very Fine. Scott $1,500 Estimate 750 - 1,000
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1847, 10¢ black (2), four-margin vertical pair, positions 70/80, tied by light red grid cancels on double rate 1847 folded letter sheet to Detroit, postmarked red "Boston, 10 Cts, 25 Sep" c.d.s. and large "20" in circle; fresh and Very Fine. Vertical pairs of the 10¢ 1847 on cover are quite rare. Scott $3,400
Expertization: signed Ashbrook.
Provenance: Krug
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