Lot 3006
Millbury, Mass., 1846, 5¢ black on bluish (7X1), clear impression, tied on piece by attractive red "Millbury Ms. Mar 23" c.d.s., margins at two sides, just in at top and left, bright and fresh, Fine.
Scott $20,000
THE ONLY SOUND, AND THEREFORE THE FINEST OF THE NINE RECORDED USED EXAMPLES ON PIECE OR OFF COVER.
Expertization: 1996 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Morris
According to Philip T. Wall's article on the Millbury provisional, there are three examples recorded used on piece and six recorded used off-cover. He describes in detail the faults, creases or more serious flaws, associated with the other eight recorded examples.
Illustrated and described in the definitive article "The Millbury Postmaster's Provisional Stamp" by Philip T. Wall, The Chronicle, Nov. 1983 & Feb. 1984, No. 120-1, pp. 229, 12-19, fig. I.
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