Lot 1093
1847, 5¢ brown (1), mostly large margins, clear at top left, canceled by neat black grid and tied by scattered blue ink from bit messy "Norton Ms. Oct. 24" c.d.s. on 1850 folded cover with matching "5" rate handstamp, to Scituate, Mass., marked "Scituate Mass. Oct. 26" in manuscript. with "Forwarded" at bottom, additional "5" written under handstamp and totaled to "10", Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
THE ONLY RECORDED 1847 COVER FROM NORTON.
Expertization: 1981 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Stollnitz
Of the many interesting forwarded usages with 1847 stamps, this is one of the most intriguing. Other than traces of blue ink from the postmark, the stamp was probably otherwise uncanceled. The grid may have been added in transit (Boston, which was cancelling stamps with a black grid by Sept. 1850, remains a possibility). The Scituate postmaster added his postmark, "forwarded" notation and "5" and then proceeded to total the two "fives" (although the handstamped "five" was apparently a restatement of the rate). What the letter's final destination was is not known, though from docketing, we know that it was received and read.
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