1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), red grid cancel, rich color and impressionwithin nice margins, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, with 2021 P.S.A.G. certificate graded VF-XF 85.
SMQ VF-XF 85; $475.
Scott $350
Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)

Scott $350
Suggested Bid $350-500

1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), red grid cancels, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, with 2013 P.S.E. certificate graded VF-XF 85.
SMQ VF-XF 85; $475. Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $350-500

1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), Manuscript X atop glowing red grid cancels, large margins, Extremely Fine to Superb.
Scott $350
Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Scott $350
Suggested Bid $250-350

1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), a fresh, attractive four-margin single with a light central red grid cancel, Very Fine.
Scott $350
Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Scott $350
Suggested Bid $200-300

1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), blue town and bold bright red numeral 5 5 cancels, margins tight at top and bottom, Very Fine strikes.
Scott $350
Suggested Bid $200-250 (Image)

Scott $350
Suggested Bid $200-250

1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), horizontal pair, a gorgeous duo, fresh in wondrous color, each fully margined (the right stamp outstandingly so) and bearing a light red grid cancel, Extremely Fine, don't nickel and dime yourself on this one—bid high, with 1988, 2000 and 2021 P.F. certificates.
Scott $800
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,200 (Image)

Scott $800
Suggested Bid $1,000-1

Sale No: 755
Lot No:1142
Symbol:Cat No:1 var.

1847, 5¢ red brown, double transfer (type "B") (Scott 1 var.), position 90R1, showing double transfer of top and bottom frame lines, o.g., lightly hinged, Exceptional rarity especially with orgiinal gum, large margins to just touching at right, deserving of placement in the finest collection; vertical crease at center, otherwise Very Fine, rare, with 2001 P.F. certificate.
Scott $50,000
Suggested Bid $4,000-6,000 (Image)

Scott $50,000
Suggested Bid $4,00

1847, 5¢ orange brown (Scott 1b), a stunner with bright color, balanced large to massive margins, and a light face-free red grid cancel, Extremely Fine to Superb, everything you could want in this stamp, a Top of the Pop, with none listed higher in PSE's Population Report, with 2021 P.S.A.G. certificate graded XF-SUP 95.
SMQ XF-SUP 95; $3,000.
Scott $700
Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)

Scott $700
Suggested Bid $2,000-3

1847, 5¢ brown orange (Scott 1d), circular grid postmark, bold emblazoned color and sharp impression within margins "one would dream of", Extremely Fine to Superb, with original lot sheet from 1940s Kelleher sale.
Scott $1,000
Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Scott $1,000
Suggested Bid $500-7

1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), Post Office fresh with deep color and wonderful detail; four full, balanced margins, and a light black cancel, Extremely Fine, a very pretty stamp, with 2021 P.S.A.G. certificate graded XF 90 (erroneously stating "red cancel").
SMQ XF 90; $1,600 without cancel premium.
Scott $1,000
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Scott $1,000
Suggested Bid $1,000

1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), wonderfully printed with four full to large margins; light red cancel, Extremely Fine, choice, with 2021 P.S.A.G. certificate graded XF 90.
SMQ XF 90; $1,600.
Scott $775
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Scott $775
Suggested Bid $1,000-1

1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), red circular grid cancel, Very Fine, with 2000 P.F. certificate.
Scott $775
Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)

Scott $775
Suggested Bid $600-800

1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), red grid cancel, nice lightly canceled example, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $775
Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Scott $775
Suggested Bid $500-750

1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), black manuscript cancel, wonderful well-centered example, Extremely Fine.
Scott $475
Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)

Scott $475
Suggested Bid $350-500

1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), red town cancel, four full margins, nice cacel; light paper winrkle at the left, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $775
Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Scott $775
Suggested Bid $300-400

1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2 var), position 38R die crack similar to harelip, black grid cancel, interesting variety, well-centered with large margins, crisp and sharp, lovely showpiece, Extremely Fine, with 1974 P.F. certificate. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500

Sale No: 755
Lot No:1132
Symbol:Cat No:1

1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), two covers, the first bearing a magnificently bright example (an early printing showing full detail in Franklin's fur collar), with three full margins, the bottom tight but clear of the frameline, tied by blue grid with blue Philadelphia postmark at right, on folded letter to Carlisle, Reading, Pa.; the second with a flawlessly margined example, cleanly printed, tied by manuscript cancel on folded letter sheet on cover to Maysville, Ky, with red Cincinnati O/APR/6/5 cts" postmark; first with central file fold and hinge remnants on reverse, but both sound and fresh, Very Fine, a lovely duo for the 1847 collector.
Scott $705
Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Scott $705
Suggested Bid $300-400

Sale No: 755
Lot No:1133
Symbol:Cat No:2

1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), used on a pair of covers, the first four-margined (capturing portions of adjacent framelines at top and at right), gorgeously printed, and tied on folded letter sheet to Philadelphia by red barred-oval cancel, with matching "10" (doubled) and partial "U.S. Express Mail/Mass." cancel at left; the second on folded letter sheet to Washington, No.Ca., three-margined, tied by red square grid with red "New-York/DEC/7" postmark at right; four-margined stamp with corner crease/scuff at lower left; three-margined faulty, Fine to Very Fine, a presentable pair of First Issue covers.
Scott $1,550
Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)

Scott $1,550
Suggested Bid $750-1

Sale No: 755
Lot No:591
Symbol:Cat No:1

1847, 5¢ brown (Scott 1), two singles, one with four large margins, the other with three, tied together and onto a neat cover by two light red grids and a matching Sep 6 Lewiston, N.Y. c.d.s., to North Wakefield, N.H., Very Fine, the only recorded Five-Cent 1847 cover from Lewiston, which received no 1847 stamps, signed Pfenninger. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750

1847, 5¢ deep blue, trial color large die proof on bond (Scott 1TC1be), with cross-hatching, 27.5 x 32 mm, Very Fine.
Scott $800
Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)

Scott $800
Suggested Bid $350-500

1847, 5¢ dull blue green, trial color large die proof on bond (Scott 1TC1bf), cross-hatching trimmed away but still with large balanced margins, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $800
Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Scott $800
Suggested Bid $250-350

1847, 5¢ yellow green, trial color small die proof on India (Scott 1TC2e), still on original card, nice margins, Very Fine.
Scott $625
Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Scott $625
Suggested Bid $250-350

1847, 5¢ black, trial color plate proof on India (Scott 1TC3b), nice margins, Very Fine.
Scott $600
Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Scott $600
Suggested Bid $200-300

1847, 10¢ deep blue, trial color large die proof on bond (Scott 2TC1be), with cross-hatching, 31 x 42 mm, Extremely Fine.
Scott $800
Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)

Scott $800
Suggested Bid $350-500

1847, 10¢ black, plate proof on India (Scott 2P3), bright and fresh with small, even margins, Fine.
Scott $900
Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Scott $900
Suggested Bid $250-350