Lot 38
1861, 10¢ dark green, First Design (62B), used with 5¢ buff (67) and 30¢ orange (71) two singles, each tied by circular grid cancel on 1861 folded Payen correspondence cover to Lyon, France, red "New York Paid Sep. 17" c.d.s., magenta "60" credit, red French (10.1) entry and matching framed "P.D." handstamp, endorsed "Steamship Arabia"; some minor edge splitting, top 30¢ with perf fault, a Very Fine and choice usage.
Estimate 20,000 - 30,000
A HANDSOME AND IMPORTANT 1861 USAGE, THIS BEING THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USAGE OF THE 1861 10¢ FIRST DESIGN.
Expertization: Signed and with pencil notes on reverse by Ashbrook.
Provenance: Mason, Herzog, Paliafito, Sevenoaks
Described in Collector's Club Philatelist (Vol. 10, No. 4, p. 446).
Illustrated in Baker's U.S. Classics (p. 247).
Illustrated in the Chronicle (Feb. 1971, p. 33).
Illustrated in Stamp Collector (Dec. 18, 2000, p. 50).
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