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 The only recorded example of the 1851 Franklin Carrier
General Issue stamp on cover that shows the plate crack--only two other plate crack stamps are in private hands, both off cover and with much less conspicuous cracksDESCRIPTION (1¢) Dull Blue, Franklin Carrier, Cracked Plate (LO1
variety), Position 19L, deep and well-inked plate crack across entire stamp, large margins except touched at bottom left corner, intense shade and impression, cancelled by Philadelphia red star cancel, one point impressed strongly enough
to tie stamp through paper, used on cover addressed to Mr. Benjamin B. Myrick, Corner of Christian and Church Streets, Philadelphia”, red wax seal and Recd. Mar. 18, 1852 B.B. Myrick” receipt docketing on back
PROVENANCE * Alfred F. Lichtenstein, Eugene N. Costales sale, 4/26-27/1950, lot 767, to Elliott Perry on behalf of Gibson * Henry C. Gibson, Sr. (sold privately) * Siegel Auction Galleries, 4/27/1990, Sale 723, lot 355, to Golden *
David Golden, Siegel Auction Galleries, 11/15-17/1999, Sale 817, lot 15, to William H. Gross CENSUS, LITERATURE AND EXHIBITION REFERENCES * National Philatelic Museum, 1956, Vol. VI, No. 4, p. 482 * Scott R. Trepel, Carrier Stamps
During The 1851 Issue Period,” The 1851 Issue of United States Stamps: A Sesquicentennial Retrospective, p. 198 CERTIFICATION * The Philatelic Foundation (1999) CONDITION NOTES * Extremely Fine stamp and cover *
Henry C. Gibson owner’s backstamp with note Perry 1950” VIEW PDF OF HISTORY AND COMMENTARY at https://siegelauctions.com/2018/1188/44.pdf (Image) Search for comparables at
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E. $ 40,000-50,000
SOLD for $40,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
