1, 1847 5c Red brown, wonderful full strike of the red Hudson River Mail route agent circled 13-bar grid cancel, three ample margins, clear to just cutting at right, still Very Fine and a marvelous example of this appealing cancel (Image)

CV. 750

1, 1847 5c Brown, centrally struck small Boston "Paid" grid cancel (demonetized use) plus a lightened manuscript cancel, rich color, ample even margins, Very Fine; 2006 PF certificate (Image)

CV. 750

1, 1847 5c Red brown, clear strike of Canadian 6-ring target cancel, clear to wide margins incl portion of adjacent stamp at bottom, Very Fine and a scarce cancel on the 1847 issue (Scott $3,350) (Image)

CV. 750

1, 1847 5c Red brown, two blue "STEAMBOAT" straight-line cancels, stamp with rich color and clear to full margins, Very Fine and quite scarce; 2005 (identifies stamp as "1a") and 2015 PF certificates (Image)

CV. 750

1, 1847 5c Red brown, clear portion of black (Fort L)eavenworth cds, margins to cutting, tiny faults, still a Fine and quite rare use during the "unorganized territory" period in Kansas; ex-Hart (Image)

CV. 750

1, 1847 5c Red brown, centrally struck red "38" numeral cancel (British credit), three clear to ample margins, clear to in at left, VG-Fine; a rarely seen marking on this stamp and likely unique (Image)

CV. 500

1, 1847 5c Red brown, fair strike of the rare red open grid of tiny diamonds cancel used in East Hampton Mass, margins to just cutting, couple sealed tears, Fine appearance; East Hampton Mass did not receive any of the 1847 issue (Image)

CV. 450

1, 1847 5c Red brown, splendidi strike of the Tiffin, Ohio 8-bar grid with an additional ms "X," stamp clear to full margins, Very Fine and a rare cancel (Image)

CV. 300

1, 1847 5c Red brown, portion of a blue Baltimore cds with the accompanying red "5" cancels, ample to full margins, Very Fine (Image)

CV. 250

1, 1847 5c Red brown, red "PAID" in arc cancel of New York, clear to wide margins, thin spot, Very Fine appearance, a scarce cancel on the 1847 issue (Image)

CV. 250

1, 1847 5c Red brown, light blue cancel, full to large margins, Very Fine; 2003 PF certificate (Scott $390) (Image)

CV. 250

1, 1847 5c Red brown, light but legible red "FREE" cancels, ample to wide margins incl sliver of adjacent stamp at left, thin spot, Very Fine appearance; 1998 PF certificate (Scott $750) (Image)

CV. 250

1, 1847 5c Red brown, light but legible strike of blue "Albany & Buffalo R.R" cds, full margins except just in at top right, Fine example of this scarce route agent cancel (Image)

CV. 200

1, 1847 5c Red brown, red numeral "6" in circle cancel (incoming ship), three full to wide margins, in at right, small diagonal crease UL, pinhole in top margin (not mentioned in cert), VG-Fine; 2000 PF certificate (Image)

CV. 200

1, 1847 5c Red brown, tied on small piece by light red cancel, ample balanced margins, Very Fine (Scott $350) (Image)

CV. 100

1, 1847 5c Red brown, "criss-cross" grid cancel of Boston & Albany RR, margins in places, VG-Fine (Image)

CV. 75

1, 1847 5c Red brown, bottom sheet margin single, margins to barely in at upper right corner, rich color, attractive red grid, trace of possible diagonal crease, otherwise F-VF, ideal for plating specialist (Scott $350). (Image)

CV. 75

1, 1847 5c Red brown, "cross-hatching" manuscript cancel, ample to huge margins incl portions of adjacent stamp top and right, Very Fine; 2009 PF certificate (Scott $190) (Image)

CV. 50

1a, 1847 5c Grayish brown, blue grid cancel of the Norwich & Worcester RR, three clear to full margins, clear to just in at right, minor faults, Fine appearance yet a nice strike of this elusive marking (Image)

CV. 500

1a, 1847 5c Brown, neat strike of Brunswick Me 11-bar rimless cancel in red, stamp clear to full margins, Very Fine and choice (Image)

CV. 500

1a, 1847 5c Dark brown, full centrally struck blue Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad "Propeller" fancy cancel, three margins, in at left, vertical crease, Fine appearance but a Very Fine strike of this rare cancel; 2015 APS certificate (Image)

CV. 500

1c, 1847 5c Red orange, left margin single with large margins top and right, clear to just in at bottom, red cancel, a Fine example of this rarest of all the 1847 5c shades which was produced exclusively during the last printing; 2018 PF certificate (Scott $9,000) (Image)

CV. 3,000

1d, 1847 5c Brown orange, Double transfer "C," showing clearly on the bottom frame line and in the "5"s and "FIVE CENTS", lighty cancelled with a black circular grid and a just legible red foreign transit/receiver cancel, three clear to wide margins, clear to just in at right, tiny thin spot, still Very Fine and an 1847 issue rarity (Scott $10,500+) (Image)

CV. 2,500

1, 1847 5c Red brown, single tied on folded letter sheet addressed to Pars by pen cancel and lightly struck red grid with accompanying N. YORK & N. HAVEN R.R. Apr 2 (1850) cds, ms "p Niagara", black French Angl/ Calais transit cancel and red boxed "COLONIES/&c ART. 13" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, "30" (decimes) due, British 16 AP 16 1850 backstamp, stamp margins to just cutting, letter shet with a pronounced horiz file fold and some pencil docketing, Fine use to France especially with the route-agent marking; 2013 Weiss certificate (Image)

CV. 500

1, 1847 5c Red brown, well margined single with rich color, tied on 1848 folded letter sheet to Northampton, Mass. by blue Philadelphia, Pa "10 cts" 10/16 cds, light and insignificant wax seal stain in address panel, some internal filefold splitting, otherwise Very Fine; 2010 P.F. certificate. (Scott $550). (Image)

CV. 150