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Postmasters' Provisionals & 1847 Issue

Lots 1443-1452 Lots 1453-1456

Lot 1443    

New York, N.Y., 1845, 5¢ Black on Bluish, "AC" Connected, large margin single tied by blue manuscript cancels on folded letter to New Haven, Conn., red arched "Paid" handstamp and matching "New - York, 5 cts, Dec 1" cds, Extremely Fine; with 2012 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 9X1a    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $750

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Lot 1444    

1847, 5¢ Red Brown, Horizontal Pair, large margins and bright color, tied by neat red orange grid handstamps on fresh cover to Boston, Mass., matching "Washington D.C., Jul 4" cds, Extremely Fine, a beautiful 4th of July usage from Washington D.C.
Scott No. 1    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $2,300

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Lot 1445    

1847, 5¢ Red Brown, Horizontal Pair, large margins to clear at upper left, deeply blued paper, tied by neat red grid cancels on folded letter sheet to New Orleans, La., matching "Newark, N.J., 10, Feb 22" integral rate cds, Very Fine; with 2000 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 1    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $850

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Lot 1446    

1847, 5¢ Red Brown, full to mostly large margins, tied by red circular grid cancel, matching "Rochester N.Y. '5' Sep 10" integral-rate cds on blue 1849 folded letter to Cobourg, Canada West, manuscript "9" Canadian due marking, Queenston (9.11) transit and red Colbourg (9.13) receiving backstamp, light non-contemporary purple manuscript, Very Fine, Scarce use of a single 5c 1847 Issue on a cover to Canada at the under 300 mile 5¢ rate.
Scott No. 1    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $700

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Lot 1447    

1847, 5¢ Brown, clear to large margins, rich color, tied by manuscript cancel on embossed illustrated floral ladies cover to Harrisonburg, Va., "West River, Md., Feb 7" cds at center, Very Fine and attractive; with 2009 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 1    Estimate $600 - 800.

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Lot 1448    

5¢ Red Brown, Horizontal Pair, manuscript canceled on 1849 folded letter to New York City, "Jackson, Te., Jun 9" origin cds at left; file fold affecting right stamp, Fine appearance, a rare usage from Tennessee of which only 26 5¢ 1847 usage are recorded for the whole state; with 1991 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 1    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $375

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Lot 1449    

1847, 5¢ Brown, clear to large margins, tied by red square grid handstamp on fresh 1848 folded letter to Worcester, Mass., matching "New - York, Oct 18" cds, Very Fine; with 2010 W. Weiss certificate.
Scott No. 1    Estimate $250 - 350.

Realized: $325

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Lot 1450    

1847, 5¢ Dark Brown, ample to large margins, canceled by red grid handstamp on 1848 folded letter to New York City, matching "Washington, D.C., Apr 16" cds alongside; light file fold and certificate mentions cover "roughly opened" which is an obvious error, Very Fine; with 2013 P.S.E. certificate.
Scott No. 1a    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $300

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Lot 1451    

1847, 5¢ Orange Brown, large margins to just into frameline at top left, bright fine impression, tied by blue grid handstamp, matching "Philada, Pa., 5cts, Nov 18" cds with inverted day, on 1850 folded letter to Bristol, Pa., first page is printed price list for the Waterford Glass Works, fresh and F.-V.F.
Scott No. 1b    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $500

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Lot 1452    

1847, 5¢ Red Orange, rich distinctive red orange color on bright bluish paper, margins large to well clear at bottom, tied by red square grid handstamp with matching "New -York, Apr 3" cds at right on 1851 folded letter to Belvidere, N.J., Very Fine, a Wonderfully Choice Example of the 1847 5¢ Red Orange on Cover, this being one of only four recorded sound examples on cover; with 2010 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 1c    $10,500.

The 5¢ red orange is the rarest of all 1847 shades. According to the late C. Hahn in the Collector's Club Philatelist, the red orange shade was produced in December of 1850 during the fourth and last printings. The known usages on cover appear for only a very short time between April and June of 1851 and all but one are used from New York City.

Realized: $2,800

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