Lot 1132
1847, 5¢ brown orange (1b), block of four, ample to large margins except clear to just in at bottom, attractive shade and fine impression, canceled by orange red grids and tied at lower right on partly printed bank notice form to Albany, N.Y., mostly clear "Fredonia N.Y. Apr. 27" c.d.s., this paid double the over 300 miles rate; top left stamp with small surface scrape, still Very Fine. Illustrated in Brookman. The 1847 Issue of United Stamps Postage Stamps, page 23, and The United States Postage Stamps of the 19th Century, Vol. 1, page 29.
Estimate 100,000 - 150,000
ONE OF THE GREATEST FIRST ISSUE COVERS IN ALL OF PHILATELY.
Expertization: 1993 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Knapp, Ishikawa
The Alexander census records just two other 5¢ covers with blocks: a pen canceled block of 5 on back of an 1849 folded letter to England from Philadelphia (sold in our "Como" Collection Part II, November 2002), and a block of four with red square grids on a rebacked front to Canada from New York.
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| Realized $220,000 |
