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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Horizontal strip of four, large margins to clear, bright shade, tied by red grid cancels, matching “U.S. Express Mail, Boston Mass. Jun. 8” circular datestamp on light green 1849 folded cover to Baltimore, manuscript “Paid” at upper left, some slight wear, some expert internal mends mostly along folds VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE STRIP OF FOUR OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE PAYING THE DOUBLE 10-CENT RATE FROM BOSTON TO BALTIMORE. ONLY THREE COVERS WITH STRIPS OF FOUR HAVE THE U.S. EXPRESS MAIL MARKING. Only 17 covers in the Alexander census are listed as having a multiple of four or larger of the 5c 1847 Issue. Of these, three are blocks and nine are strips of four. Three are used with the U.S. Express Mail marking.. Ex Boker and Gross. Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2014, Sale 1082, Lot 330 |
US$3,750.00 |
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5c Orange Brown (Scott 1b). Horizontal pair, large margins to just touched at bottom left, brilliant color, tied by blue grids, matching “Detroit Mich. Apr. 29 (1851)” circular datestamp on blue folded letter to Hartford Conn., light vertical file fold well away from stamps, Very Fine, a beautiful example of the striking late-printing Orange Brown shade, ex Haas, Klein and Goldberg, with 1969 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2014, Sale 1082, Lot 332 |
US$650.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Three large margins incl. right sheet margin, just in at left, cancelled by red grid, matching “Cincinnati O. 5cts. Nov. 13” integral-rate circular datestamp on 1847 folded letter to Indianapolis, file folds incl. one through datestamp, Fine Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2014, Sale 1082, Lot 331 |
US$130.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Horizontal pair showing misaligned entries, large margins to full at bottom right, neat strikes of red grid cancel, Very Fine and choice, ex Mirsky, the subject of misaligned entries was addressed by Wade Saadi in the August 2010 Chronicle, he surmises that the reason only five U.S. stamps prior to 1870 had framelines is because the siderographer had difficulty aligning the entries and, therefore, designs with ornamental frames produced a better appearance Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2014, Sale 1082, Lot 321 |
US$700.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Unused (no gum), large to full margins, rich color, repaired incl. filled thins, couple tiny scissors-cuts in margin, Very Fine appearance, with 1985 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2014, Sale 1082, Lot 320 |
US$600.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Ample to clear margins, socked-on-the-nose blue “5” handstamp cancel, Fine, a striking cancel Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Oct 2014, Sale 1082, Lot 322 |
US$375.00 |
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5c Black, Trial Color Plate Proof on India, Red Specimen Overprint (1TC3S). Block of four, on card, large margins incl. right sheet margin, light horizontal crease at top, still Extremely Fine, an attractive sheet-margin block of the 5c 1847 Black trial color proof, Scott Retail as singles Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2014, Sale 1078, Lot 1 |
US$1,200.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Full to large margins, intense shade and impression, light strike of red grid cancel, Very Fine and choice Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2014, Sale 1078, Lot 28 |
US$275.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Full to large margins, deep rich color, neat strike of red New York square grid cancel, Very Fine and choice, a pretty stamp Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2014, Sale 1078, Lot 29 |
US$300.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Large margins, bright shade, distinctive impression which appears to us to come from the cleaned plate, face-free strike of blue circular datestamp cancel, Extremely Fine Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2014, Sale 1078, Lot 26 |
US$300.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Full to large margins, bright shade, red grid cancel, Very Fine and choice Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2014, Sale 1078, Lot 27 |
US$275.00 |
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5c Brown (Scott 1). Large to huge margins all around, magnificent rich color and clear impression, neat red grid cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, with 1978 P.F. certificate Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2014, Sale 1078, Lot 24 |
US$375.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Large even margins, rich color, blue grid cancel, Extremely Fine Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2014, Sale 1078, Lot 25 |
US$325.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Large to full margins, deep shade and detailed impression, red New York square grid cancel, filled thin speck, Very Fine appearance, ex Rust Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2014, Sale 1078, Lot 33 |
US$275.00 |
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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Rich color, full to large margins, crisp shade and impression, light strike of red grid cancel, light vertical crease at center, Very Fine appearance, ex Emerson Robert Siegel Auction Galleries, Sep 2014, Sale 1078, Lot 34 |
US$250.00 |