Sale No: 0720
Lot No: 8001
Symbol: e
Cat No: 3XU2
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1845 Baltimore, Maryland, 5c red on manila entire envelope, with clear strikes of signature, provisional handstamps "Paid" and "5" in oval, blue "Baltimore Md. May 5" (1846) cds alongside at left, cover addressed to Miss Susan Julia Mayer, care of Geo. M. Keim at Reading Pa., faint stains as often, still v.f., with 1980 PFC. A rare Baltimore "5 Cent" Provisional, one of only nine recorded in red (in the unpublished 1996 Don Shearer census, which lists nine 5c envelopes struck in red ink, dated from March to May 1846. While the quality of the red strikes is generally weak, the envelope offered here has relatively clear strikes. The U.S. Philatelic Classics Society census lists only seven 3XU2 entires) cat. $10000 (Cat No. 3XU2) (Image)
Cat. $10000, Est.$6,500
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Opening US$ 6,250.00
Closed..Jul-07-2020, 13:03:14 EST
Sold For 0
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