Lot 4
Baltimore, Md., 1845, 10¢ black on white (3X2), type II, position 9, large margins showing framelines on all sides, tied by file fold and blue oval "10" rating handstamp on folded cover to Kentucky bearing matching "Baltimore Md. Oct 12" c.d.s. and "Paid" handstamp, stamp additionally cancelled by manuscript; stamp lifted and replaced with pressed out filing crease, address mostly erased; Fine, the earliest documented usage.
Scott $60,000
ONE OF THE RAREST POSTMASTER PROVISIONALS, WITH ONLY FIVE RECORDED, ALL OF THEM ARE ON COVER.
Expertization: 2006 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Lord of Crawford
The five recorded examples are:
1. 1846, Oct. 12, to Kentucky, the example offered here. (Hayes No. 2)
2. (1847) Feb. 26, cover to Montgomery Ala., returned to Baltimore Md. (Hayes No. 1)
3. (1847) Mar. 13, to Rev. William I. Enter in Boston Mass. (Hayes No. 3)
4. (1847) Mar. 28, to B. Webster at the Theatre Royal in London, England. (Hayes No. 4)
5. (1847) May 5, to Mr. Nathan Smith Lincoln, Member of the College at Hanover N.H. (Hayes No. 5).
Philatelic Journal of America. Volume 23.
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