1847 5c dark brown, two copies, each pen canceled, margins all around, minor thin spots, fine appearance (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$200

1847 5c red brown, black grid cancel, large margins all around, with 2019 PSAG certificate graded "90" (SMQ $625) (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$300

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

1847 10c dark brown, trial color proof on bond paper, with cross-hatchings, v.f., cat. $800 (Cat No. 2TC1b) (Image)

Cat. $800, Est.$400

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)

Est.$40,000

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