Lot 1136
1847, 5¢ red brown and 10¢ black (1, 2), single and strip of three respectively, first with margins to cutting, latter with clear to large margins, each with matching pen cancel, on ca. 1848 large size buff envelope to Rouses Point, N.Y., clear "Waterford N.Y. Nov. 4" c.d.s. at lower left, corner card at upper right: Office- Hudson River Insurance Company,/ Morgan Row-Broad Street, Waterford, N.Y. in 2 lines; 5¢ small corner crease, center 10¢ with tiny tear, Fine. Illustrated in Alexander, page. 541.
Estimate 30,000 - 40,000
THE ONLY RECORDED 1847 COMBINATION COVER PAYING A SEVEN TIMES RATE.
Expertization: 1996 P.F. Certificate.
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