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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, four large margins including a portion of the adjoining frameline at top, deep rich color, red square grid cancel, extremely fine; 2008 PSE certificate (XF 90; SMQ price $650.00). Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 10 |
US$290.00 |
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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, used left sheet-margin single boasting enormous margins including parts of the adjoining frameline at top and bottom, rich color and strong impression, two strikes of a blue town cancel, very light vertical crease, otherwise extremely fine; 1996 PF certificate. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 11 |
US$475.00 |
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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, used single boasting large to just clear at bottom right, adjoining frameline at top, great color and a fine impression, well struck and attractive blue Troy (N.Y.) c.d.s. cancel, very fine. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 12 |
US$400.00 |
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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, four margin example with strong color, cancelled by a red Scarab fancy cancel of Johnsbury, Vt., stamp with small tear at top, very fine; the Scarab is one of the most famous and desirable fancy cancels of the 1847 Issue. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 13 |
US$270.00 |
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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, single with three large margins and clear at top, intensely rich color and impression, tied by blue “5” numerals with matching Baltimore c.d.s. on 1849 folded letter to Philadelphia, very fine. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 18 |
US$210.00 |
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Scott #1, 5c Brown, large to huge margins all around, including a portion of the adjacent stamp at base, cancelled by two strikes of handstamped “Paid” and ms. strokes on 1849 folded letter to Cambridge, Mass., matching “Canajoharie, N.Y./28 May” datestamp at lower left, extremely fine. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 19 |
US$210.00 |
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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, full to large margins all around, rich color and a fine impression, light red grid cancel, very fine; 2010 PF certificate. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 14 |
US$230.00 |
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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, four ample to large margins, strong color and clear impression, neat blue grid cancel, very fine. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 15 |
US$180.00 |
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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, horizontal used pair, large margins to just in at top left, deep rich color and a fine impression, three vertical paper folds affecting both stamps with great eye appeal, blue grid cancels, fine-very fine; a dramatic and striking pair. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 16 |
US$800.00 |
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Scott #1, 5c Brown, a most desirable horizontal strip of three, large margins all around, outstanding rich color in the Brown shade, well incised impression, bright red grid cancels, trivial corner crease at top right outside the frame lines, extremely fine; multiples of the Five Cent 1847 larger than a pair are extremely scarce, with only a small number of strips recorded, this example being one of the finest and largest margined strips of three known. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 17 |
US$2,700.00 |
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#1 var., 5c Red brown, double transfer Type “B”, position 90R1, ample to very large margins all around, fine impression, light red grid cancel, very fine; 2009 PF certificate. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 21 |
US$400.00 |
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Scott #1b, 5c Orange brown, full to large margins all around, distinctive warm rich color coupled with a well incised impression, black grid cancel, very fine and choice example; 2007 PF certificate. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 22 |
US$375.00 |
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#1d var., 5c Brown orange, double transfer Type “B”, position 90R1, full margins around, brilliantly rich color in the scarce Brown orange shade, blue grid cancel, very fine; 1993 and 2012 PF certificates; Scott does not price the scarcer shades with double transfers, but they give a 30% premium for the normal shade; cataloged as a normal Brown orange stamp. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 23 |
US$1,000.00 |
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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, handsome horizontal pair with large even margins all around, gorgeous rich color and an excellent impression, tied by light blue grid cancels with matching Philadelphia c.d.s. on 1850 folded cover to Kentucky, docketing on back “Toppan. Carpenter & Co. 16 Apr 1850”, extremely fine; not only is this a desirable cover because it is such outstanding condition, but it also has a connection to the printer’s of the 1851 Issue. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 20 |
US$3,000.00 |
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Scott #1, 5c Red brown, scarce mint single with full to large margins around, warm fresh color with a fine impression, small sealed tear at top, part o.g., fine-very fine appearance; 2012 PF certificate. Spink Shreves Galleries, Jul 2012, Sale 140, Lot 8 |
US$675.00 |