1847 Issue
| Lot |
Sym. |
Lot Description |
Est/Cat |
Realized |
| 18 |
 |
 5c Brown (1).
Horizontal Pair, Large Margins All Around, Fantastic Deep Rich Color, Beautiful Fine Impression, Part o.g., insignificant natural paper wrinkle, Extremely Fine, A Magnificent Pair (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
3,250.00 |
17,500.00 |
| 19 |
 |
 5c Brown (1). Horizontal Block of Six, Large Side Margins, Large to trifle in top & bottom, Bright Fresh Color, Fine Impression, Full Original Gum, Bottom Three Never Hinged, An Exceptionally Fine &
Tremendously Rare Classic Piece, with P.F. Certificate which states, "the bottom left stamp has a small paper inclusion (natural) and some light creasing" (in our opinion the' 'creasing" referred to in the certificate is caused by the characteristic
crackly original gum) (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
15,750.00 |
28,000.00 |
| 20 |
 |
5c Red Brown (1). Large to Enormous Margins showing bits of Three other stamps, lightly creased before use, tied by light Black Grid & Red "Boston 5cts, 10 Feb" pmk. on 1851 folded letter, political
contents, Extremely Fine Appearance, An Incredible Stamp (Image Magnifier) Search for comparables |
450.00 |
2,200.00 |
| 21 |
|
 5c Red Brown (1). Unused!, Two Large to Huge Margins, cut in other two sides, Bright Rich Color on Folded Cover to New Jersey, Bold Red "Scrantonia Pa July 15" Fancy Cancel (The So-Called "Railroad Track"),
part of address strengthened, A Fantastic Cover, Unique, ex- Richey, Foote, 1940 article from "Stamps" accompanies (Image
Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 2,000-5,000 |
2,200.00 |
| 22 |
|
 5c Dark Red Brown (1). Three Large Margins, clear at bottom, minor wrinkling at right, tied by fairly light Blue "Philada Pa 5cts" on Dec 1850 Folded Letter, Bold Oval "Ferguson & Bro. Columbia House
Philadelphia" on back flap, Only Recorded Example of this Hotel Forwarder Used with an 1847 Stamp, Fine (Image
Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 750-1,000 |
1,850.00 |
| 23 |
|
5c Red Brown (1). Horiz. Pair, Beautiful Large Margins on Cover to California! Stamps tied by Red Grids & Clear "New-York 40" in Black, Red "New-York" pmk. to Cullom a then Forwarded to San Francisco. Bold "Culloma, Alta Cal." pmk., Magenta
ms. "fwd 121/2," "Culloma" lined out, "521/2" " "San Francisco" added. Apparently sender not aware of 40c Rate to California & NY Post Office did not notice deficiency when first received, full 52Y2C collected from addressee (40c Transcontinental &
121/2c local postage charge), Oct. 1850 Usage as indicated by neat docketing, Extremely Handsome, One of the Most Outstanding 5c 1847 Covers in Existence, & the only one known with this Usage Search for comparables |
E. 5,000-10,000 |
32,500.00 |
| 24 |
|
 5c Brown (1). Horiz. Strip of Four! Three Large Margins, Clear to Large at Top, three tiny tears, tied by repeated strikes of Bold Two Line "Steam Ship" Cancels, another strike to left of strip on Buff
cover to Kentucky, ms. "Via New-Orleans & Louisville" Routing Instructions, cover bit worn around edges, flap partly reinforced, still an Eye-catching Cover of Enormous Rarity (used off-cover, strip of four unlisted), ex-Seybold, Gibson, A Remarkable
Cover (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 10,000-20,000 |
19,000.00 |
| 25 |
|
 5c Red Brown, 10c Black (1, 2). Former margins to touched, latter Large to Huge Margins, on large size (8Yix3"VB") cover tied together by Bold Dark Blue Grids, "Baltimore Md" pmk., lOc just tied by ms. "Due 5", A
Handsome & Tremendously Rare Combination Cover with P.F. Certificate which states stamps' 'creased. " (The cover does have filing creases & the 5c is somewhat affected, the 10c even less) (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
E. 5,000-10,000 |
12,500.00 |
| 26 |
|
 10c Black (2). Margins All Around, Fresh, small part o.g., Very Fine & Choice, with P.F. Certificate (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
8,500.00 |
24,000.00 |
| 27 |
|
 10c Black (2). Vertical Strip of Three, Large Even Margins All Around, Wonderfully Fresh, Part o.g., bottom stamp tiny tear & bit of bottom left corner torn off (replaced with hinge), otherwise Extremely
Fine, An Extraordinary Strip of the Highest Order of Rarity, with P. F. Certificate (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
28,500.00 |
52,500.00 |
| 28 |
|
 10c Black (2). Four Beautiful Margins, cancel, Extremely Fine, A "Gem" Neat Orange Red Square Grid (Image Magnifier)Search for comparables |
900.00 |
5,250.00 |
