Lot 323
1847, 5¢ red orange (1c), large margins all around, tied by red open grid cancellation on 1851 folded cover to the President of Yale College in New Haven, Ct., red "New-York May 6" c.d.s., docketed as letter dated May 5; Extremely Fine.
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE 5¢ 1847 RED ORANGE USED ON COVER.
Expertization: signed by Stanley B. Ashbrook, 1955 & 2001 P.F. Certificates.
Provenance: Chase, Emerson
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