Lot 1053
1847, 5¢ red brown (1), large margins, clear impression, canceled by pen, on white envelope to Broadway street address in New York, clear red "Sing Sing 5 cts Feb. 7"c.d.s. below stamp, red friendship label on flap, Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
THE ONLY RECORDED 1847 COVER FROM SING SING.
Expertization: 1981 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Stolnitz
No 1847 stamps of either denomination were sent to Sing Sing. The distinctive 35mm postmark, with rate but without state designation, may be unique with an 1847 stamp. Sing Sing prison, originally called Mount Pleasant State Prison, was built by inmates of Auburn, under the direction of Warden Elam Lynds, and finished in October 1828. The site, near the village of Sing Sing, was chosen for the availability of marble and other stone.
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