US Stamp Value Scott 1: 1847 5c Benjamin Franklin. Page 5

5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Ample to full margins, cancelled by two strikes of striking red “Way 5” handstamp, one struck horizontally (complete strike) and one vertically (partial), light horizontal crease at top, Very Fine appearance, a rare cancellation on the 1847 Issue and this may be the only example with a double strike, ex Garrett, with 1976 and 2012 P.F. certificates

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5c Brown (Scott 1). Top sheet margin, ample to full other sides, rich color nicely complemented by bold red cancel, Very Fine, with 1986 P.F. certificate

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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Large to full margins, rich color, red grid cancel, fresh and Very Fine

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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Large margins all around, wonderful color and impression, excellent light strike of scarce magenta town datestamp, Extremely Fine, an uncommonly choice example displaying a seldom seen town cancellation in magenta, ex Meyers, with 1989 P.F. certificate

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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, balanced full to large margins all around, attractive pastel color, central struck red “Paid” cancels, very fine; 1980 PF certificate.

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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, used, ample to mostly large margins all round, lovely blue Roman numeral “V” in double circle cancel, crisp impression and deep color on fresh paper, very fine; 2011 PF certificate.

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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, full to large margins all around, attractively cancelled by two generous strikes of red N. Y. grid cancel, very fine; 1985 RPS certificate.

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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, select used single, ample to mostly large margins all around, rich color and sharp impression on fresh paper, central blue town cancel with clear attractive date, very fine; 2015 PSE certificate.

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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, mostly large margins all around, light red grid cancel, very fine.

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United States Scott 1847 Issue 1847 5c red brown, margins all around, irregular at top, tied by manuscript and red grid cancels on cover, with corresponding “Boston Dec. 3” cds alongside, fine, with 1982 PFC

Cherrystone Auctions, Jul 2015, Sale 201507, Lot 2

United States Scott 1847 Issue 1847 5c brown, unused with original gum which is lightly hinged, brilliant color, full to large margins all around, lightly creased and faint translucency, still v.f., with 1973 PFC (“genuine, lightly creased”)

Cherrystone Auctions, Jul 2015, Sale 201507, Lot 2001

#1d, 5c Brown orange, a highly desirable used right margin horiz. pair of this scarce and often misidentified color, large sheet margin at right and well clear to large margins on the other three sides, bright rich color in an unmistakable brown orange shade, red grid and light ms. cancels, very fine and choice; unusually scarce in multiples which Scott does not price in pairs; catalog value is for two singles 2002 and 2015 PF certificates.

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5c Brown Orange (Scott 1d). Huge margins all around, gorgeous unmistakable brown orange color on deeply blued paper, light unobtrusive red grid cancel EXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB USED EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE IN THE ELUSIVE BROWN ORANGE SHADE, WHICH HAS BEEN GRADED XF-SUPERB 95 BY P.S.E. — THIS IS THE HIGHEST GRADE AWARDED. With 2013 P.F. and P.S.E. certificates (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $5,000.00). This is the highest grade awarded and only one other shares this grade. As an indication of the rarity of the 5-cent 1847 in the Brown Orange shade in gem quality, it is revealing to note that the much higher cataloguing Red Orange shade (No. 1c) has two examples recorded in the P.S.E. Population Report in the grade of 95, exactly equal the number of 95’s of the Brown Orange shade.

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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Large margins except at left where the slightly irregular margin clears frameline, tiny corner crease at bottom left, clear strike of Wheeling, Virginia, red 7-bar grid precancel at upper right corner, no other cancellation, blue “Wheeling Va. Oct. 1” circular datestamp on 1847 folded letter Kanawha C.H. Va., trivial cover soiling and light vertical file folds well away from stamp VERY FINE. THIS IS A RECENTLY-DISCOVERED 5-CENT 1847 COVER WITH THE WHEELING GRID. IT IS THE EARLIEST OF THE FOUR RECORDED 5-CENT WHEELING GRID COVERS, AND, SINCE NO OTHER CANCELLATION WAS APPLIED TO THE STAMP, THIS COVER DEMONSTRATES THAT THE WHEELING GRID SERVED AS A PRECANCEL. The red grid of Wheeling, Virginia, was applied to sheets of the 5c and 10c 1847 Issue, precisely at the center of each block of four. Some have argued that the Wheeling grid is a control mark, not a precancel, because almost all examples were additionally cancelled by the customary “Paid” or grid in blue. However, the example offered here, an early use, has no other cancel on the stamp, indicating that the Wheeling postmaster considered the stamp cancelled. This use meets every criteria for a precancel. The Alexander census lists three 5c and four 10c covers with the Wheeling grid. This cover, held by the addressee’s descendants from 1847 until 2008 when offered in our Rarities sale, is the fourth 5c cover. The earliest 10c cover is dated October 1, 1847. Only two others are cancelled solely by the Wheeling control marking. With 2008 P.F. certificate

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5c Red Brown (Scott 1). Original gum, large margins, bright color, diagonal crease at bottom right EXTREMELY FINE APPEARING ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE. With 2015 P.F. certificate

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