5c Red Brown (1). Ample
to large margins showing part of adjacent stamp at bottom, placed just
slightly over edge of cover at right and cancelled by clear blue
seven-bars-in-rectangle fancy cancel, matching "Cape Vincent N.Y. Mar.
4" cds on cover originating in Kingston, Canada, to Auburn N.Y.,
bold red "Kingston U.C. MR 3 1850" cds, receipt docketing at left, stamp
barely affected from placement at edge (not noted on accompanying
certificate)VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING COVER ORIGINATING IN CANADA WITH THE 5-CENT 1847 CANCELLED BY A FANCY CANCEL.
Postage to the Canadian border was paid in cash. The stamp was cancelled at the exchange office. Ex Pope. With 1985 P.F. certificate (Image)
5c Red Brown (1). Ample
to large margins showing part of adjacent stamp at bottom, tied by
perfectly struck "Troy N.Y. Oct. 29" cds on light blue 1849 folded letter
to Stanbridge, Canada, bold red "Montreal L.C. 30, 1849" cds, ms.
"4-1/2" Canadian rate, Oct. 30 receiving backstamp, Very Fine and choice,
rare with a single 5c stamp paying under-300-miles rate to the border, with
1976 P.F. certificate (Image) 
5c Red Brown (1).
Horizontal pair, three ample to clear margins, just in to clear at left,
Dark Grayish shade, cancelled by bold strike of deep green grid,
matching "Wilmington Del. Sep. 29" cds on 1847 folded letter to
Liverpool, England, ms. "Via Boston Steamer", bold "1/-"
shilling due handstamp, "Liverpool OC 16, 1847" receiving backstamp,
dateline with Quaker date, cover with small pre-use fold, stamps lightly
creasedVERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE 1847 OVERSEAS USAGE WITH THE WILMINGTON GREEN CANCEL.
Ex "Sierra Madre" sale. With 1989 P.F. certificate (Image)
5c Red Brown (1). Ample
to large margins, Dark Grayish shade and fine impression, tied by red grid,
matching "U.S. Express Mail Boston Mass. Jun. 19" cds and faint "5"
handstamp on 1848 folded letter originating in Canada and sent to
Liverpool, England, letter datelined "Montreal 9 June 1848",
endorsed "per Royal Mail Stmr from New York" at top, neat "1/-"
shilling due marking, bold "America Liverpool JY 5, 1848"
backstampVERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING COVER BOOTLEGGED FROM CANADA AND PLACED IN THE UNITED STATES MAILS FOR CARRIAGE TO ENGLAND. POSSIBLY A UNIQUE USAGE.
The cover was carried outside of the mails from Canada and given to the railroad route agent in Boston. The 5c U.S. postage paid the rate for 300 miles or less, applicable from Boston to New York. The letter entered the mails in England as unpaid, where it received the one-shilling due marking.
Ex Sampson. With 1989 P.F. certificate (Image)
5c Orange Brown (1b).
Large margins all around showing part of adjacent stamp at bottom, fresh
and bright color, tied by blue grid, matching "Philada. Pa. 5cts. Apr. 13"
cds on blue 1850 folded letter to Rotterdam, Holland, ms. "1/4" and
additional rate, transit and receiving backstamps, sender's routing "Pr
Steamer Europa from New York", light file foldsEXTREMELY FINE. A RARE TRANSATLANTIC USAGE OF THE ORANGE BROWN SHADE.
A similar cover realized $5,250 hammer in our Sevenoaks sale (May 9, 1998). (Image)
5c Red Brown (1). Huge
margins all around, bright shade approaching Orange Brown, small
pre-printing paper fold at top, cancelled by red grid, matching
"Cincinnati O. 5cts. Jan. 2" cds on 1851 folded letter originating in
Louisville Ky. and sent to Bremen, Germany, bold red "STEAM" handstamp,
ms. "1/4" and red crayon "40" due markings, Liverpool transit backstamp,
endorsed "Pr first Steamer via Liverpool and Ostende", light file
fold clear of stamp, the stamp with very slight negligible
creasingEXTREMELY FINE. A RARE AND UNUSUAL USE OF THE 1847 ISSUE ON A BRITISH PACKET COVER TO GERMANY VIA BREMERHAVEN.
This cover originated in Louisville and was carried by steamboat up river to Cincinnati, where it entered the mails ("Steam handstamp apoplied there). The cover went by mail to New York City and was carried to Bremerhaven by a British Packet via Liverpool. Great Britain charged 1sh4p, and there was an additional charge of "40" grote for delivery via the German mails.
Ex Pope. With 1985 P.F. certificate (Image)