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EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF THE LARGEST MULTIPLES OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE IN EXISTENCE AND MOST DESIRABLE WITH THE CORNER SHEET MARGINS.
The 1847 Issue is much scarcer in unused condition than other issues, because the stamps were demonetized in 1851. They could be exchanged for the new issue, but once the exchange period ended, the stamps would have no postage value. Considering the purchasing power of five or ten cents in 1851, it is not surprising that the stamps were either used or exchanged, rather than left for future generations of collectors.
A census of 5c 1847 multiples -- proofs, unused and used -- was published in 1996 by Mal Brown in Chronicle 171. This block of ten is listed in Brown's census. The unused blocks preceding it in size are: a block of 30 (reported but not yet documented), the well-known block of 16, Positions 21-24/51-54R1, original gum, ex Earl of Crawford, Ackerman, Ward, Ishikawa, currently in the William H. Gross collection, and an irregular block of of eleven reported to have been in the Senator Ackerman collection. This last block (ex Ackerman) does not appear in any of the auction catalogues or records we have surveyed. If, in fact, it once existed, it is possible that it was cut down to a smaller, more uniform size.
If the unconfirmed block of 30 and the ex-Ackerman block of eleven are removed from the census, this block of ten becomes the second largest block of the 5c 1847 Issue, and it is the only block of its size in unused condition.
Ex Kapiloff. With 1994 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as two blocks of four and a pair. (Image)
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VERY FINE AND REMARKABLY CHOICE ORIGINAL-GUM BLOCK OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES GENERAL ISSUE. ONLY TWO UNUSED BLOCKS OF THE 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE ARE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS. ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST IMPORTANT MULTIPLES IN CLASSIC PHILATELY.
The 1847 Issue is much scarcer in unused condition than other issues, because the stamps were demonetized in 1851. They could be exchanged for the new issue, but once the exchange period ended, the stamps would have no postage value. Considering the purchasing power of ten cents in 1851, it is not surprising that the stamps were either used or exchanged, rather than left for future generations of collectors.
Only three unused blocks of the 10c 1847 stamp are recorded:
1) Block of six (largest known), original gum, ex Gibson, Ward and Ishikawa, currently in the William H. Gross Collection
2) Block of four, original gum, ex Green, Klein, Kapiloff and Zoellner, the block offered here
3) Block of four, without gum, contained in the Hirzel Collection at the Swiss PTT Museum
The elusiveness of 10c 1847 unused blocks is shown in the fact that none was contained in the great classic collections formed by Slater, West, Caspary, Moody, Lilly or Grunin.
Ex Edward H. R. Green, Klein, Kapiloff and Zoellner. With 1970 and 1998 P.F. certificates (Image)
VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A BEAUTIFUL UNUSED PAIR OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE IN THE EARLY DARK BROWN SHADE.
With 1989 P.F. certificate. Scott Retail as no gum singles (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE IN THE BROWN ORANGE COLOR.
1995 P.S.E. certificate no longer accompanies. (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. AN EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE AND RARE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE. SELDOM ENCOUNTERED IN SOUND UNUSED CONDITION WITH FULL MARGINS.
Ex Moody and Hetherington. With 1980 and 1999 P.F. certificates. (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE.
Ex Dr. Amonette. With 1991 P.F. certificate (Image)