Lot 1389
1847, 5¢ red brown, ample to huge margins showing small portion of adjacent stamp at top, in combination with 1847, 10¢ black, single with large margins all around and vertical pair with margins large to just in at bottom right, tied by red orange grid cancel on piece, Extremely Fine.Scott No. 1, 2 Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
AN EXTREMELY RARE COMBINATION OF THE 1847 ISSUE BEARING A SINGLE AND VERTICAL PAIR OF THE 10¢ ISSUE.
This combination most likely overpaid the 34¢ Retaliatory Rate by 1¢ or possibly the 45¢ rate to Hong Kong and lacking the additional 10¢.
Realized: $4,000