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1847
Issues (#1)
| Item # |
Description |
Price |
Picture |
| 9709 |
#1, sound,
all margins clear, worn-plate impression, bright
shade,
canceled by an unusual
orange-red 5-bar grid that
ties to VF
FLS, dated "NORWICH Ct. NOV 16", to Tauton MA.
Signed Ashbrook (with his hand stamp). Ex Garrett, Boker and Gross. Beautiful
usage.
The cover received a 1976 PFC that no longer accompanies. |
$500 |
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| 9683 |
#1 5¢ red brown, barely clear to large margins, pretty
shade,
canceled by orange
circular grid with matching "ROCKVILLE Ct., FEB 5" postmark on XF
intact blue Pettibone correspondence cover to
Norfolk Conn. A
beauty (back
scan). |
$375 |
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| 9682 |
#1, VF,
sound, nice margins, bright
red circular grid ties
to intact
buff cover with
matching serifed caps "CHICAGO,
ILL. NOV 28" postmark.
The cover to New York City was determined to have been underpaid
and a manuscript "Due 5" applied.
1850 docketing. Minor cover faults and wear (back
scan). 1976
PFC. |
$350 |
 |
| 9551 |
#1, VF
4 margin copy tied
by red
grid and light PAID hand stamp on VF
FLS to
Westfield [MA] with red
BOSTON & ALBANY R.R. May 2 terminal postmark (Remele
B8-a, operating via Boston & Worcester and Western railroads. FLS
has a very light horizontal bend under the adhesive. Attractive
and scarce first issue railroad usage.
Ex Paige. |
$400 |
 |
| 8985 |
#2, VF
sound 4 margin copy,
close at bottom, tied by two
overlapping strikes of magenta numeral 10 rate marks with
matching HARTFORD,
Ct. OCT
29 (1850) postmark on intact
FLS to
Marietta, OH. 2007
PFC.
Alexander and USPCS census listed, one of only five reported #2
usages (including two bisects) from Hartford. Ex-Dewey. A
great Connecticut and Hartford cover. |
$950 |
 |
| 8677 |
#1, sound 4 margin copy, close at top left, tied by
blue grid killer with matching PEEKSKILL,
N.Y. MAR 16 (1848) postmark on
intact FLS to Weston, CT (central vertical file fold, a cover
wrinkle, not a crease, beneath the adhesive). Peekskill
received no 1847 issue stamps, this being the only recorded use from
here as listed in Alexander.
Photographed and recorded in the USPCS census, which notes three
prior sales for this cover, including one for $875. A
rare 1847 issue usage and a real bargain. |
SOLD |
 |
| 7671 |
#2, VF,
sound,
close at bottom, proof
like impression, vivid orange grid killer with matching
DANSVILLE, N.Y., OCT 24 [1849] postmark,
on VF
FLS,
file fold away from stamp. This is one
of three recorded Dansville 10¢ usages, easily the finest,
and one of six 1847 covers recorded from this town. Dansville
received 900 10¢ stamps. Cover has an extensive auction history.
Its most recent recorded sale: Matthew Bennett International Sale
262 Lot 158, hammer price $1,250. A
terrific value at the the offered price for this beautiful 1847
issue cover. |
SOLD |
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