Lot 1164
1847, 5¢ red brown (1), ample to large margins, fine late impression, used with 1851 1¢ blue type II (7), on double 3¢ rate cover to Lexington, Ky., 1¢ with large to huge margins including part of the adjacent stamp at bottom, bright color, tied together by single pen stroke and green "Cannonsburgh Pa. Sep. 15" c.d.s., repeated at left, originally noted "No Go" and rated "10" (due) in pen, the former struck out and the cover most likely treated as paid by the Cannonsburgh postmaster and accepted at Lexington, 1852 docketing at top; some minor ink erosion in answering date, 5¢ with tiny margin tear at bottom, Very Fine appearance, 1¢ 1851 Extremely Fine.
Estimate 30,000 - 40,000
ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL POST-DEMONETIZATION USAGES AND ONE OF ONLY TWO USED WITH STAMPS FROM THE 1851 ISSUE.
Expertization: Signed Ashbrook, 1992 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Sampson, Pope, Kapiloff
Of the two mixed issue usages of the 1847 issue with the 1851 issue, this one pays the 6¢ rate. Presumably the 5¢ came from the supply of 1847 stamps ordered by the Cannonsburgh postmaster, though it was clearly bought prior to July 1, 1851. The other recorded cover is a single 5¢ 1847 stamp paying the 10¢ rate to California from Exeter, N.Y. with a single 3¢ and two 1¢ 1851s (see next lot). Additionally there are also three 1857-61 mixed frankings known.
As with the mixed franking in the next lot, this cover is important to the 1851 collector as well as to the student of the 1847 issue.
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| Realized $40,000 |
