1847, 5¢ Red Brown, Horizontal Pair, large margins and bright color, tied by neat red orange grid handstamps on fresh cover to Boston, Mass., matching "Washington D.C., Jul 4" cds, Extremely Fine, a beautiful 4th of July usage from Washington D.C. Scott No. 1  Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. $0 (Image)

1847, 5¢ Red Brown, Horizontal Pair, large margins to clear at upper left, deeply blued paper, tied by neat red grid cancels on folded letter sheet to New Orleans, La., matching "Newark, N.J., 10, Feb 22" integral rate cds, Very Fine; with 2000 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 1  Estimate $750 - 1,000. $0 (Image)