Lot 1001
Baltimore, Md., 1845, 5¢ black on bluish (3X3), showing full or partial framelines on all sides, faint gum toning, tied solely by blue "Paid" straightline handstamp on a fresh buff envelope from the McDonald correspondence to Washington, D.C., matching clear "Baltimore Md. Aug 24" c.d.s., cover refolded, Extremely Fine.
Scott $13,000
AMONG THE FINEST RECORDED USAGES OF THE BALTIMORE 5¢ BLACK ON BLUISH PROVISIONAL.
Expertization: Signed W.H.C. (Colson), 1965 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Klein, J.R. Hill Jr.
The majority of the 26 recorded examples of the 5¢ black on bluish bear manuscript cancellations, the example offered here is one of a small number cancelled solely by a "Paid" handstamp and is certainly one of the most attractive.
No. 4 in the Hayes Census.
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