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1847 Issue
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
210 P 1P3 image1847, 5¢ red brown, plate proof on India paper, overprinted "SPECIMEN." (Scott 1P3), clean with huge lateral margins, close but clear at top and bottom, Very Fine.
Scott $600. (Image)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
211 P 1P3 image1847, 5¢ red brown, plate proof on India paper, overprinted "SPECIMEN" (Scott 1P3), fresh and bright; full to large margins but just clear at top, Very Fine.
Scott $600. (Image)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
212 Pbl 1P3 image1847, 5¢ red brown, plate proof on India paper, overprinted "SPECIMEN." (Scott 1P3), horizontal block of 6, a lovely multiple with full, well-balanced margins all around, Very Fine.
Scott $3,600. (Image)

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Estimate $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction
213 og 1 image1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), horizontal strip of 3, o.g., previously hinged; vertical creases across all stamps, with crease on left stamp ending in large tear and lightened staining, Very Good to Fine, with 1993 P.F. certificate.
Scott $25,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
214 cover 1 image1847, 5¢ red brown, unique use from Thibodaux LA (Scott 1), full to large margins all around, blue "10" handstamp and tied by two of many vertical line pen cancels, blue "Thibodaux La. Oct. 8" circular datestamp at top right, on folded cover addressed to New Orleans, 1850 docketing noting received Oct. 12th, very minor discoloration at edges, still, Very Fine, Wendover Neefus backstamp. According to Alexander's 1847 Cover Census book, there are no other known 1847 covers from Thibodeaux, and Thibodeaux did not receive any 1847 stamps, ex-Lippman. (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
215 cover 1 image1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), three huge margins including adjacent stamp at top, just clear at right, tied by red grid cancel alongside a matching Dec 7 Pittsburgh c.d.s. on an 1849 folded letter with a printed letterhead for Taaffe & O'Connor, Forwarding & Commission Agents for the Pittsburgh Portable Boat Line; to Blairsville Pa., Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $1,500-2,000
CLOSED
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216 cover 1 image1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), three large margins, just clear at top, canceled by a light red grid and tied by a matching Feb 28 Pittsburgh c.d.s. on an 1850 folded letter with a printed letterhead for Taaffe & O'Connor, Forwarding & Commission Agents for the Pittsburgh Portable Boat Line; to Blairsville Pa., Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
CLOSED
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217 cover 1 image1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), three full margins, just clear at top, tied by a light red grid alongside a Mar 9 Pittsburgh c.d.s. on an two-page 1850 folded to Blairsville Pa., the second page being a printed promotional letter for the "Pittsburgh Portable Boat Line, for the Transportation of Freight to and from Philadelphia, Baltimore, New-York, Boston, &c."; Very Fine.


In the early 1800s, Conestoga wagons were the best method of transportation for travel and commerce. Under optimal conditions, 23 days were required to travel from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. But, by the mid-1820s, the success of New York’s Erie Canal system and its negative impact on Pennsylvania’s trade business inspired the Pennsylvania legislature to authorize the construction of canals from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. Unfortunately, the Allegheny Mountains lay between the two cities and the technology to build a canal system, either through or over the mountains, was lacking. The original plan involved building a four mile tunnel through the bottom of the mountains, but tunnel building was new and there were serious concerns about successfully maintaining an adequate amount of water in the tunnel. Thus, based upon a system being used in England, it was decided to build a railroad series of ten inclined planes, five on each side of the mountain. At the head of each inclined plane was a stationary engine, which moved endless ropes to pull the railroad cars up the mountain. This incline system had to be used because the locomotives of this time lacked the power to pull fully loaded cars up the steep mountains. Locomotives could only be used on the more level areas of the mountain.

The Allegheny Portage Railroad was 36 miles in length connecting the Hollidaysburg Canal Basin with the basin at Johnstown where canals finished the Public Works system into Pittsburgh. The Portage Railroad officially opened March 18, 1834, and reduced the travel time from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh to four days. The railroad and canal system successfully spurred trade in Pennsylvania. The system carried raw materials to the east and manufactured goods to the west. The Allegheny Portage Railroad and the Public Works system operated from 1834-1854 when it was replaced by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's newly-completed all-rail line from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.

The Pittsburgh Portable Boat Line was a private shipping line that carried freight along the Pennsylvania Canal system from Pittsburgh east to Philadelphia, and then on to New York, Baltimore, Boston, etc., and west to Cincinnati. The 82 feet long "portable boats" were built in three or four sections with each section watertight. The sections locked together to form a cplt boat, but were hauled separately - while still holding their freight - for overland transport, either by train or or teams of horses or oxen, to the next water route on the canal. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $2,500-3,500
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218 cover 1 image1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), four-margined single (close but clear at top) tied to datelined June 27, 1849 folded letter sheet to Upper Marlboro, Maryland by blue "5" in circle and matching Baltimore June 30 postmark; stamp sound and bordering on a brown shade, cover fresh less some toning to bottom edge of lower interior panel, Fine to Very Fine+, with 1986 P.F. certificate.
Scott $475. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
219 cover 1 image1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), huge margins all around except just touching at the unpunched perf left, tied by a light red grid and by manuscript. "Due 5" on a folded cover to Philadelphia with a bright red Pittsburgh c.d.s., Nov 4 (1850); stamp with minor faults visible only under high magnification, otherwise Very Fine. Ex-Telep.
Scott $425. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
220 O 1 image1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), blue cancel, four nicely balanced margins, pleasing color, unobtrusive cancel, a handsome example, Very Fine and attractive, with 2022 P.S.E. certificate graded VF 80.
SMQ VF 80; $450.
Scott $465. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
221 O 1 image1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), four ample to large margin, capturing portions of adjoining stamp at bottom, blue Troy c.d.s., Very Fine to Extremely Fine, with 1985 P.F. certificate.
Scott $475. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
222 O 1 image1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), light blue grid and manuscript cancels, large to huge margins all around, part of adjoining stamp at top, strong impression and pleasing color, premium quality first issue, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $465. (Image)

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Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
223 O 1 image5¢ brown (Scott 1), light red cancel, four large to huge margins with portion of adjoining stamp at bottom, rich color, unobtrusive cancel, excellent example, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $425. (Image)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
224 O 1 image1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), cleanly printed and perfectly balanced with a red grid cancel, Extremely Fine to Superb, with 1985 P.F. and 2022 P.S.A.G. certificates, the latter graded XF-SUP 95.
SMQ XF-SUP 95; $1,500.
Scott $350. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction
225 O 1 image1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), clean with bright color, four balanced large margins, and a blue grid cancel, Extremely Fine to Superb, with 2020 P.S.A.G. certificate graded XF-SUP 95.
SMQ XF-SUP 95; $1,500.
Scott $390. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
226 ng 1b image1847, 5¢ orange brown (Scott 1b), nearly four margins all around, only cutting into top of right margin, unused without gum; soiled with small tear at top, Fine, with 1986 P.F. certificate.
Scott $3,500. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
227 cover 1b image1847, 5¢ orange brown, unique use from Assumption LA (Scott 1b), large margins all around except close at bottom left, black 7-bar grid cancel, matching "Assumption LA Oct. 3" circular datestamp at top left, on cover front with right side panel written in French, addressed to New Orleans, Very Fine, stamp. According to Alexander's 1847 Cover Census book: 1) there are no other known 1847 covers from Assumption; 2) Assumption did not receive any 1847 stamps; 3) this cover is from 1850 but we cannot find any evidence to support the claim, ex-Lippman. (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
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228 cover 1d image1847, 5¢ brown orange (Scott 1d), horizontal pair, full to large margins at sides, clear at bottom and into at top, tied by complete strikes of blue 7-bar grid cancels, blue "Milwaukee Wis. Feb. 9" circular datestamp addressed to New York City, Feb. 1851 docketing on reverse, vertical file folds and water staining both clear of pair, otherwise, Fine, Scott $2,000 as two singles because Scott lists but does not price a pair on cover; Alexander census lists 8 5¢ 1847 covers excluding this cover; there is a cover from the same correspondence with a 10¢ 1847 in March 1851, ex-Lippman. (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
229 O/cover 1d image1847, 5¢ brown orange (Scott 1d), fresh with bright color and full, balanced margins; red grid cancels, Extremely Fine, only one stamp grades thus, with three 95s higher, in PSE's Population Report, with 2022 P.F. certificate graded XF 90.
SMQ XF 90; $2,200.
Scott $1,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
230 Z 2 image1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), especially nice stamp with four solid margins, intense color and precise impression, tied by neat red New York, Oct 23, town cancel, on small piece, a very lovely and collectible item in all respects, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,050. (Image)

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Estimate $800-1,200
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
231 cover 2 image1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), on folded letter, addressed to Tuscumbia, Alabama with blue Philadelphia, PA 10cts. postmark and with matching blue paid oval cancels tying the stamp to the folded letter several times, stamp has sharp impression with four full large margins all around, Very Fine cover with a Very Fine to Extremely Fine centered stamp.
Scott $1,000. (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
232 cover 2 image1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), pos. 39R, three full to huge margins including full frameline and tiny part of design of the adjacent stamp at bottom, into at top, pen cancel and barely tied by blue grid cancel, faint blue "Toledo Ohio" circular datestamp on folded cover datelined "Toledo Jany. 22 1848" addressed to New York City, business contents, file fold through stamp, still, Fine, this is the earliest of the four 10c 1847 covers listed in the Alexander census, ex-Lippman. (Image)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
233 cover 2 image1847, 10¢ black, unique use from Shreveport LA (Scott 2), full to large margins on three sides, close at top, red handstamp and pen * cancel, red "Shreveport La. Sep 4" circular datestamp at top left, on lady's small cover addressed to Corry PA with original enclosure statement sized embossed handwritten invation that reads, "Mr. & Mrs. George A. Torrence at home Thursday evening. 8 1/2 oclock Wednesday morning" which is physically impossible, use of a perpetual calendar indicates that this is an 1850 use, cover faults, still, Fine, According to Alexander's 1847 Cover Census book, there are no other known 1847 covers from Shreveport and Shreveport did not receive any 1847 stamps, ex-Lippman, P.F. certificate #135667 no longer accompanies. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
234 cover 2 image1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), large balanced margins, tied by a neat red grid on an 1850 folded letter with a clear red Jul 16 Pittsburgh c.d.s., to Philadelphia; vertical file fold through stamp, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $1,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
235 cover 2 image1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), ample to mostly large margins and prooflike impression, tied by two clear red grids on a folded cover to Philadelphia with a bold red Pittsburgh c.d.s., Jun 22 (1850), Very Fine and attractive. Ex-Telep.
Scott $1,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
236 O 2 image1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), attractive four-margined example with clear detail and a light red cancel essentially face-free, Very Fine, with 1984 P.F. certificate.
Scott $775. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $600-800
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
237 O 2 image1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), red square grid cancel, large margins, sharp vivid impression, strong eye appeal, choice, Very Fine, with 2004 P.F. certificate.
Scott $900. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $600-800
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
238 O 2 image1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), red grid cancel, large margins to just touching framline at bottom right, precise impression, rich color, mostly unobtrusive cancel, Fine, ex Lippman, with 2011 Weiss certificate.
Scott $900. (Image)

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Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
239 O 2 image1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), an attractive, completely sound horizontal strip of 3, clear to large margins almost all around, the left stamp being barely shaved at the top and just into the frame line at the lower left, Fine to Very Fine. An exceedingly rare sound strip of three.
Scott $10,000. (Image)

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Estimate $6,000-8,000
CLOSED
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240 O 2 image1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), fresh with clear detail, four full to large margins, and a black grid cancel, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $1,000. (Image)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
241 O 2 image1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), with great eye-appeal, fresh with strong color, four full, well-balanced margins, and a centrally struck light blue cancel, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, a pretty stamp, with 2022 P.F. certificate graded VF-XF 85.
SMQ VF-XF 85; $1,100.
Scott $800. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $800-1,000
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

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