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 The famous and unique 1847 Issue cover from California to
New York with the 40¢ rate paid by a 10¢ strip of four--this is the only known 10¢ 1847 Issue cover from California, and it ranks among the most important covers in United States postal historyDESCRIPTION 10¢ Black (2),
Positions 83-86L, horizontal strip of four, large margins on three sides, large to just barely in at bottom, tied by several strikes of orange-red PAID” cancel, additionally cancelled by criss-crossing pen strokes, orange-red San Francisco
1 Jan.” (1851) circular datestamp struck very clearly at left on blue part-printed signed notice to the firm of Howland & Aspinwall in New York City, matching 40” rate and PAID” handstamps struck on cover, sender’s directive per
Carolina”--the Pacific Mail Steamship Company vessel that carried this from San Francisco to the Isthmus of Panama PROVENANCE All sales private until 1992 Kapiloff auction * Rep. Ernest R. Ackerman (bought and sold
privately) * Henry C. Gibson, Sr. * Edgar B. Jessup (inherited by Pearce) * Basil C. Pearce (Jessup’s son-in-law; inherited and sold privately) * Marc Haas (bought privately from Pearce, August 1972) * Duane B. Garrett (collection sold
privately to Dr. Kapiloff) * Dr. Leonard Kapiloff, Siegel Auction Galleries, 6/9/1992, Sale 743, lot 147 * Siegel Auction Galleries, 2005 Rarities of the World, 6/3/2005, Sale 895, lot 64, to Hackmey * Joseph Hackmey (collection sold privately
to William H. Gross, 2010) CENSUS, LITERATURE AND EXHIBITION REFERENCES * USPCS census no. 225 * https://www.uspcs.org/resource-center/censuses/1847-cover-census/ * Lester G. Brookman, The 1847 Issue of United States Stamps, 1942, fig. 17, p. 19 * --United States Postage Stamps of the 19th Century, Vol. I,
fig. 18, p. 22 * Jesse L. Coburn, Letters of Gold, p. 42 * William T. Crowe, Opinions I, pp. 28-29 * Gordon Eubanks, Jr., The William H. Gross United States Collection,” Chronicle 258, May 2018, front cover illustration * Duane
B. Garrett, Domestic Postal Rates for the 1847 Period, Part II,” Chronicle 109, February 1981 CERTIFICATION * The Philatelic Foundation (1981 and 2005) CONDITION NOTES * Very Fine strip and cover with light
horizontal file fold clear of stamps VIEW PDF OF HISTORY AND COMMENTARY at https://siegelauctions.com/2018/1188/25.pdf (Image) Search for comparables at
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E. $ 150,000-200,000
SOLD for $105,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
