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**1847 Issue (Scott 1-2)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
9		5c Red Brown (1). Large margins all around, wonderful color and impression, excellent light strike of scarce magenta town datestamp, Extremely Fine, an uncommonly choice example displaying a seldom seen town cancellation in magenta, ex Meyers, with 1989 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
10		5c Dark Brown (1). Large margins, deep rich color, central strike of red grid cancel, Extremely Fine, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate (XF 90; SMQ $1,100.00) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 900.00 SOLD for $475.00 Will close during Public Auction
11		5c Red Brown (1). Huge to ample margins incl. framelines of adjoining stamps at top and bottom, red grid cancel, Very Fine and choice, with 1997 .P.S.E. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	$ 400.00 SOLD for $275.00 Will close during Public Auction
12		5c Red Brown (1). Uniformly large margins, fresh color and detailed impression, beautiful crisp central strike of blue 8-bar rimless cancel, an unusual non-standard grid cancel, Very Fine and choice, a desirable cancellation for the specialist, with 2006 P.S.E. certificate (VF 80; SMQ $425.00 for the basic stamp and no premium for the cancellation) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
13		5c Red Brown (1). Ample to full margins, rich color and sharp impression, central strike of red 14-bar grid cancel of Brattleboro Vt., small manuscript numerals on reverse, Very Fine, one of the finest examples of this scarce and distinctive grid cancellation, with 1994 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 500-750 SOLD for $475.00 Will close during Public Auction
14		5c Red Brown (1). Large and well-balanced margins, rich color and impression, nice strike of distinctive magenta grid cancel, Very Fine and choice, very scarce true magenta color, ex Emerson, Bingham, Meyers and Koppersmith, with 1987 P.F. certificate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $475.00 Will close during Public Auction
15		5c Dark Red Brown (1). Ample to full margins, deep rich color and detailed impression, neat central strike of red criss-cross grid cancel of Boston & Albany Railroad, Very Fine, an eye-appealing fancy cancel, interestingly this stamp is the consignor's earliest 5c 1847 Issue purchase from Siegel, making its first auction appearance since 1982 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
16		5c Brown (1). Three large margins, fourth at bottom ample, distinctive brown shade, lovely central strike of unusual blue grid of dashes cancel, slight fading at top left, still Very Fine and striking, one of the rarest cancels found on 5c 1847 Issue, ex Sweet, Hessel and Garrett (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 500-750 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction
17		5c Grayish Brown (1a). Full to large margins, distinctive shade, most unusual red 3-thick bars grid cancellation centrally struck right over Franklin's vignette, the only example of this cancellation we have seen, faint inconsequential bleach spots at bottom, Very Fine appearance, ex Cole and Stollnitz (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 500-750 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction
18		5c Dark Brown (1a). Ample margins, striking proof-like color and impression, excellent central strike of unusual blue 4-bar grid cancel, with bars widely spaced, small thins at top of little importance, Very Fine appearance, one of the more distinctive cancellations found on this stamp, with 1997 P.F. certificate (erroneously identifying the shade as Red Brown) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 500-750 SOLD for $425.00 Will close during Public Auction
19		5c Brown (1). Ample to full margins all around, strong color and impression, choice central strike of rare black fancy Herringbone cancel of Binghamton N.Y., light horizontal crease, small thin spots and a trivial tone spot, Fine appearance, any Binghamton Herringbone fancy cancel is rare, but especially so in black, with probably less than six known, with 2002 and 2010 P.F. certificates (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $450.00 Will close during Public Auction

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