5c Deep Red Brown (1).
Original gum, large margins all around including sheet margin at
bottom, beautiful rich color and sharp impression from an early
printing on deeply blued paperEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL-GUM 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE IN EVERY RESPECT -- COLOR, GUM, PAPER AND OVERALL FRESHNESS -- AND ONE OF THE GEMS OF THE HALL COLLECTION.
Acquired by the Halls from Leland Powers, this stamp has been kept out of sight since 1950. Spared from light and handling, it possesses color and freshness very rarely seen among classic stamps today. (Image)
5c Red Brown (1). Original
gum, large evenly-balanced margins, distinctive bright shade and fine
detailed impressionEXTREMELY FINE GEM. AN EXCEPTIONALLY FRESH ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1847 IN AN UNUSUAL BRIGHT SHADE.
Parisian dealer's small backstamp. Ex West. (Image)
5c Dark Brown (1a). Unused
(no gum), full to large margins all around, intense dark color and detailed
impressionEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A VERY RARE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE DARK BROWN SHADE -- IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH REMARKABLY WELL-PRESERVED COLOR.
Purchased from a Morgenthau auction in 1921, this stamp has not been exposed to light or other harmful elements so often affect 5c 1847 shades. (Image)
5c Red Brown (1). Large
margins all around including huge sheet margin at left, bright shade
on lightly blued paper, clear strike of vivid red grid
cancelEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB SHEET-MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE.
Ex Arthur C. Weil (purchased in 1947 at the Fifield auction) (Image)
5c Red Brown (1). Large
margins all around, fresh and bright color, multiple strikes of unusual
grid of tiny blue diamonds fancy cancel, faint horizontal crease and
tiny corner crease -- negligible in a stamp of this beauty -- Extremely
Fine appearance, a rare and unusual cancellation, ex Duckwall (Image)
5c Red Brown (1). Full to
huge margins including sheet margin at right, dark color and
detailed impression, cancelled by bright red 10-bar open rectangular
grid used by Housatonic Railroad route agent, Extremely Fine and
choice, a rare cancel (Image)
5c Red Brown (1). Large to
huge margins all around, bold bright red 10-bar open rectangular grid
used by Housatonic Railroad route agent, slight internal vertical
crease, corner crease at top right, otherwise Extremely Fine, rare cancel,
only twenty covers bearing the 5c 1847 are recorded with this railroad
cancel, ex Brown (Image)
5c Red Brown (1). Full to
large margins all around, distinctive bright red shade from a late
impression on nicely blued paper, perfect full strike of black oval grid
with 10 diagonal lines fancy cancel, faint vertical crease at right,
otherwise Extremely Fine, very rare cancel
(Image)