Lot
2011 
New York, N.Y., 1845, 5¢ black on gray, signed "ACM" connected, double transfer at bottom, Position 2, full margins, creased & expert restoration, Very Fine appearance, extremely rare gray paper variety especially in double transfer position, ex-Col. Green.Scott No. 9X3 var. $5,250.
Realized: $700
Lot
2012
1847, 5¢ red brown, clear to huge margins, tied by red square grid handstamp on bronze floral border Valentine cover to Northcastle, N.Y., matching "New York, Feb 19" cds; light cover soiling and small edge tears, Fine, rare, the same Valentine design usage sold for $12,500 (see Ishikawa sale, lot 13); with 2025 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 1 Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $650
Lot
2013
1847, 5¢ red brown, mostly large margins, tied by neat red square grid handstamp on 1850 folded letter sent to Jerome Bonaparte (brother of Emperor Napoleon) to Baltimore, Md., matching "New York, May 13" cds below, with initialed reply on same sheet (sent back under another cover?), Very Fine.Scott No. 1 Estimate $400 - 600.
Lot
2014
1847, 5¢ red brown, ample to large margins, tied by three strikes of fancy blue "X" in circle handstamp on 1848 folded letter sheet to New York, matching "Utica, N.Y." fancy oval date stamp, Very Fine, ex-Saadi & Gross; with 1988 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 1 Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot
2015
1847, 5¢ red brown, ample to large margins, tied by red circular grid handstamp and matching "Boston, 5 cts, Dec 15" integral rate cds on 1840 folded letter to Taunton, Mass., Very Fine.Scott No. 1 Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot
2016
1847, 5¢ dark brown, large margins all round and deep color, tied by red circular grid handstamp on 1848 folded letter sheet to Utica, N.Y., matching "Rochester, N.Y., /5, Aug 4" integral rate cds, Extremely Fine, a lovely on cover example of this 1847 issue shade, ex-Matthies & Haas; with 1991 & 2024 P.F. certificates.Scott No. 1a Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $850
Lot
2017
1847, 5¢ red orange, two singles, margins large to slightly in, tied by red grid cancels on cover to Stauton, Va., matching "New York, May 31" cds at right, reverse with mourning black edging on backflaps, F.-V.F.; with 2025 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 1c Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A RARE DOUBLE USAGE OF THE 1847 5¢ ISSUE IN THE RARE RED ORANGE SHADE ON COVER - WITH ONLY FIVE RECORDED SOUND EXAMPLES ON COVER.
The 5¢ red orange is the rarest of all 1847 shades. According to the late Calvet 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: $3,500
Lot
2018
1847, 10¢ black, short transfer at top, position 35L1, large to huge margins showing significant portion of adjacent stamp at top, tied by blue circular grid handstamp on cover to New York City, matching "Buffalo, N.Y., 10, Jun 25" integral rate cds, with ornate blue "Mayflower" in scroll steamer handstamp along with matching "Buffalo NY Steam Boat 10 cts" rate mark, with additional light oval Buffalo N.Y. date stamp, F.-V.F., believed to be the only known 1847 10¢ usage in combination with the Mayflower steamer mark, ex-Boker & Gross.Scott No. 2 var. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
The steamboat "Mayflower" operated on the Great Lakes and covers picked up en route by this vessel entered the mails in Buffalo, N.Y. It connected Great Lakes traffic with the railroad routes.
Realized: $1,500
Lot
2019
1851, 3¢ orange brown, type I, margins ample to just in, faint crease, tied by 13-bar square grid handstamp (SD-G 93) on 1851 folded letter from Baltimore to Providence, R.I., with magenta "New York, Jul 7" cds alongside along with red "Baltimore R.R." straight line handstamp (PM-RR 4), Very Fine, a scarce Baltimore railroad usage of the 3¢ orange brown used during the first week of usage; with 2016 P.F. certificate.Scott No. 10 Estimate $500 - 750.
Lot
2020
1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II, two covers, each franked with single, both with four large margins including sheet margin at top, first is cancelled by black small Boston Paid grid on folded cover postmarked red "Boston 6 Jan" (1852) cds, second is tied by blue grid and matching "Lowell, Ms. Sep. 7" (1852) cds, fresh & Extremely Fine.Scott No. 10A Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $120