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10¢ Black (2).
Positions 55-60L, horizontal strip of six with inter-pane sheet margin at
right, Position 57L (third stamp from left) is the Harelip” variety, mostly
full to large margins except at bottom center where just barely into
framelines, tied by multiple strikes of red 5” in circle cancel, matching
PHILADA. RAILROAD” straightline handstamp applied at New York City post
office on cover from Benjamin Rush in Philadelphia to his father, Richard
Rush, the American minister to France, addressed to Paris with Benjamin’s
instructions Via New York, British Mail Steamer of the 27th Septem.
‘Europa’”, carried on the R.M.S. Europa, which departed from
Cunard’s docks at Jersey City on Wednesday, September 27, 1848, and arrived
in Liverpool, England, on October 9, red 10 OC 10 48”(October 10, 1848)
receiving datestamp and matching COLONIES/&C. ART. 13” Anglo-French
accountancy handstamp applied at London post office, carried by rail to
Dover, across the channel to Boulogne, and then by rail to Paris where
ANGL./3/BOULOGNE-S-MER/3/11 OCT 48” receiving datestamp was applied (also
tying strip), manuscript 15” (grams) weight notation at upper left partly
on stamp, manuscript 33” (decimes) due marking, additional notations on
back possibly applied at Paris post office, docketed upon receipt
B.R. [Benjamin Rush] Sep. 26 and copies inside of same
date.”, small nicks in corners at top right and bottom left have been
mended with paper and archival tape, the strip appears sound, but there is
a horizontal crease across all stamps and a diagonal crease in the right
stamp, which were present before the strip was affixed by the sender, they
do not noticeably affect the appearance
VERY FINE. A STRIP OF SIX IS
THE LARGEST MULTIPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE KNOWN ON COVER. ONLY TWO
COVERS ARE RECORDED, THIS BEING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE IMPORTANT AS AN 1848
RETALIATORY RATE USAGE. IN THE 1944 GIBSON SALE CATALOGUE, PHILIP H. WARD
JR. DESCRIBED THIS REMARKABLE ARTIFACT OF POSTAL HISTORY AS THE MOST
IMPORTANT COVER KNOWN TO AMERICAN PHILATELY.” Ex Seybold, Gibson, Rust
and Kapiloff. With Philatelic Foundation certificate. |
E. 1,000,000-1,500,000
SOLD for $1,200,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
