Lot 138
U.S. 1847, 5¢ red brown (1), large margins all round showing portion of adjoining stamp at right in combination with Canada 3d red (2), both cancelled, and the former tied, by red grid on 1851 folded letter from Scottsville, N.Y. (near Rochester) to St. Catharine's, Canada matching "Rochester N.Y. /May 4" c.d.s., "U. States" horseshoe handstamp also in red and "Queenston U.C./May 6 1851" double arc exchange office postmark which also ties the 5¢ to the cover, the 3d has small nicks at bottom and a clipped lower right corner just impinging on outer frame line, the cover also has light water staining which effectively ties the 3d stamp, a Fine and unique usage Illustrated in Boggs, Vol. I, proof. 77, and Brookman, Vol. I, proof. 23.
Estimate 150,000 - 200,000
THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE OF THIS STORIED MIXED FRANKING ORIGINATING IN THE U.S.
Expertization: 1959 & 2004 P.F. Certificates, signed Ashbrook.
Provenance: Barrett, Hinds
Ashbrook notes that "after a very careful examination it is my opinion that this rare cover is absolutely genuine Sep. 15, 1944"
There are three full covers and two on piece usages of the U.S./Canada first issue mixed franking:
The Ishikawa cover 5/5/51 bearing a horizontal strip of 5 of the 5¢ (24) and a single 3d Beaver from Toronto to the U.K.
The June 8, 1851 cover Montreal to New York bearing a single 5¢ and 3d to Kennedy in New York sold in our Como Sale #243, March 2002
The present cover
A piece cancelled June 4, 1851 Kingston, Canada with a single 5¢ 3d
A piece cancelled 9/23/1851 the only post demonetized usage, being offered in this sale, see next lot.
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