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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 A rare Baltimore "5 Cent" Provisional, one of only nine recorded in red (in the unpublished 1996 Don Shearer census, which lists nine 5c envelopes struck in red ink, dated from March to May 1846.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)
1845 5c black, "ACM" connection, blue pen cancel, full to large margins all around, fine, with 2019 William T. Crowe certificate, cat. $475 (Cat No. 9X1) (Image)
Cat. $475, Est.$150
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 160.00
Closed..Jul-07-2020, 13:04:08 EST
Sold For 160
United States Postmasters' Provisionals St. Louis,
1845 St. Louis Bear, 10c black on greenish paper, light red cds, full margins to just clear at lower right, nice impression, small faults, fine appearance of this popular rarity, with 2019 PSE (Scott value of $8,000.00 is for a normally pen-canceled stamp off cover, footnote states: "Values for used off-cover stamps are for pen-cancelled copies. Handstamp cancelled copies sell for much more.") cat. $8000 (Cat No. 11X2) (Image)
1847 5c red brown, full to large margins all around, tied by red grid cancel on FL from New York to Bordeaux, France, endorsed "per Steamer Niagara", boxed "Colonies & C.Art.13" handstamp, Calais transit, charged "15c" on arrival, with London transit and Bordeaux arrivals on reverse, filing fold through the stamp, otherwise a v.f. letter to France, with 1997 van der Linden and 1998 Holcombe certificates, cat. $2500 (Cat No. 1) (Image)
Cat. $2500, Est.$750
Opening US$ 675.00
Sold...US$ 675.00
Closed..Jul-07-2020, 13:07:56 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 0720
Lot No: 8007
Symbol: P
Cat No: 2TC1b
1847 10c black, unused with disturbed original gum, full to large margins all around, sharp impression, a rare sound unused example in exceptional condition, with 2017 PFC and 2018 PSE certificate, the latter graded "VF-XF 85", one of only three with this grade in the SMQ Population report, with only two graded higher. The 10c 1847 is one of the most difficult stamps to obtain in completely sound, original gum condition, with full margins all around (SMQ $60,000) (Cat No. 2) (Image)
1847 10c black, margins all around, fine, tied by blue grid cancel on FL used in 1847 from Baltimore, Md to Cattaraugus County, New York, addressed to Reverend Asher Wright, Cattaraugus Reservation (Reverend Asher Wright worked for 43 years among the Seneca, on the Cattaraugus Reservation), fine 1847 usage to a very unusual destination (Cat No. 2) (Image)
Est.$1,000
Opening US$ 900.00
Sold...US$ 900.00
Closed..Jul-07-2020, 13:08:52 EST
Sold For 900
United States 1875 Reproductions of the 1847 Issue
1851 1c blue, type I, pos. 7R1E, black cancel, margins full at sides with parts of adjoining stamps, to just barely touching at upper and lower right, fresh color, with 2017 PSE certificate graded "VF 80", one of only two known in this grade (the published census compiled by Jerome S. Wagshal contains at least 98 unduplicated records of Scott No.5. There are probably no more than ten examples existing outside of the Wagshal census population, including the example offered in this auction. Therefore, U.S. Scott No.5 is the rarest of all United States stamps issued regularly prior to the 1868 Grills) (SMQ $150,000) (Cat No. 5) (Image)
1851 1c blue, se-tenant horizontal pair, types II-IIIa, pos. 35-36L1E, used, margins touching at upper left and right, full on all other sides, fine, with 2019 PFC, cat. $1450 (Cat No. 7-8A) (Image)
1851 1c blue, type III, Plate 4, large part original gum, full to just clear margins, fresh color and sharp impression, fine and especially rare with original gum, with 2019 PSE certificate, cat. $25000 (Cat No. 8) (Image)
1851 12c black, red grid cancels, large margins all around including parts of adjoining stamps at left, right and bottom, with 2020 PSE certificate graded "XF-Sup 95" (SMQ $1,150) (Cat No. 17) (Image)
1857 1c blue, type III, black cds and lightened pen cancels, usual centering, rich color, fine, with 1997 PSE certificate, cat. $1600 (Cat No. 21) (Image)
1857 1c blue, type V, n.h., usual centering, fresh color, with 2019 PFC for a block of four from which this originated (catalogued as hinged, never hinged not priced) cat. $140 (Cat No. 24) (Image)