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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 32° |  |
 10c Black (2). Large to huge margins, tied by paint-red grid, matching "Mobile Ala. Aug. 21" cds on folded letter (first page missing) to Canandaigua N.Y., stamp is an Extremely Fine Gem, ex Haas, with 1983 P.F. certificate
(Image Magnifier) |
E. 2,500-3,500 | 3,500.00 |
| 33° | |
 10c Black (2). Full to large margins, tied by orange grid on small white envelope with matching "Mobile Ala. Aug. 26" cds struck twice, Very Fine, considerably scarcer than the "paint-red" color of Mobile, ex
Haas, with 1983 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 2,000-2,500 | 3,750.00 |
| 34° | |
 10c Black (2). Mostly large margins, deep shade, tied by bold blue "Troy N.Y. Sep. 26" cds and ms. "4-1/2" rate on 1850 folded letter to Montreal, Canada East, red receiving cds on back, file fold at R., Very Fine, ex Sampson
(Image Magnifier) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 5,250.00 |
| 35° | |
 10c Black (2). Large to huge margins including part of adjoining stamp at B., a bit close at top, tied by red square grid, matching "New-York Jun. 19" cds on 1850 folded letter to Darlington, Upper Canada,
ms. "7" and black Queenston exchange cds, bold Darlington backstamp in blue, Very Fine, ex Sampson (Image
Magnifier) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 2,000.00 |
| 36° | |
 10c Black (2). Three, Pos. 8R, 48R & 46R respectively, mostly large margins except left stamp just touched at T.R. corner, tied together on folded cover to New York by multiple strikes of red orange
"10" rate handstamps, matching "Northampton Ms. Jun. 24" cdsA VERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE TRIPLE-RATE 10-CENT 1847 USAGE. With the exception of covers emanating from the Ludlow Beebee correspondence, examples of the triple 10c rate paid by 1847 stamps are very rare. Many of the Ludlow Beebee covers are part of the Miller collection in the New York Public Library and unavailable to collectors. (Image Magnifier) |
E. 7,500-10,000 | 13,000.00 |
| 37° | |
 10c Black, Diagonal Halves Used as 5c (2a). The lower left and upper right halves of the same stamp. Ample to large margins except first is just in at bottom, well-tied across cuts by red-orange grids,
matching "Gardiner Me." Apr. 28 and May 2 circular datestamps on 1851 white envelopes to Brattleboro Vt., first stamp with small sealed tear at top, the second is superbVERY FINE. ONE OF FOUR RECORDED PAIRS OF MATCHING 1847 DIAGONAL BISECTS ON COVERS, AND THE ONLY PAIR CANCELLED IN RED. This pair comes from the correspondence of Maine senator, George Evans, to his wife and was the subject of an article by the late Susan McDonald (The Chronicle, Nov. 1969, Feb. 1984). The covers yielded three pairs of matched bisects on cover, including two cancelled in blue. An example of the latter realized $45,000 in our June 1992 sale of the Kapiloff 1847 collection. Ex Moody and Baker. Accompanied by original ALS from Senator Evans which was sent in the May 2nd cover. With 1978 P.F. certificates (Image Magnifier) |
E. 40,000-50,000 | 40,000.00 |
| 38° |
 5c Red Brown, 10c Black (1, 2). Each has ample to large margins except 5c close at T.L., tied by red grids on small part of 1849 folded letter from New Orleans to Blackburn, England, shilling handstamp on
face, most of blue Blackburn backstamp, Very Fine, rare piece showing combination of 5c and 10c 1847 Issue, with 1973 P.F. certificate (Image Magnifier) |
E. 4,000-5,000 | 4,250.00 | |
| 39° | |
 5c Brown, 10c Black (1, 2). First with full to large margins except corner nick at T.R., other with margins except touched at B.L., attractive shades, tied together by red square grids on folded letter
to Millard Fillmore as Comptroller of the State, at Albany, paying three times the 5c rate for under 300 miles, matching "New-York May 13" cds, 1848 docketing on back, lettersheet with hinge reinforcement inside, vertical file crease passes
between stampsA VERY FINE AND BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE RARE 5-CENT AND 10-CENT 1847 COMBINATION. Only a handful of covers are known with both values of the 1847 Issue used together, and examples showing one of each are extremely rare. (Image Magnifier) |
E. 20,000-30,000 | 27,000.00 |