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Sale 31: The Autumn Sale

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U.S. Postal History: Postmasters' Provisional and 1847 Issues

Lot 980    

1847, 5¢ red brown, horizontal pair. Full margins to just touching at top left, tied by ultramarine grid cancels with matching "Newport, R.I., Sep 19" cds on cover to Columbia, Ky.; some cover tone spots at top, otherwise Very Fine, a rare color cancellation on the 1847 issue.
Scott No. 1    Estimate $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $475

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