Lot 1096
1847, 5¢ brown (1), huge margins to cutting, sheet margin at left, handsome color and early impression, tied by fancy nine-bar unframed grid in blue, matching "Sparta Ga. Dec. 1" c.d.s. on 1847 folded letter to Warrenton, Ga., Fine and exceedingly rare grid cancel.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
THE ONLY RECORDED 1847 COVER FROM SPARTA.
Sparta received no 1847 stamps of either denomination.
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