5c Red Brown (1). Large
margins all around, deep shade, cancelled by neat red Scarab fancy
cancel of St. Johnsbury Vt., faint vertical crease at right, otherwise
Extremely Fine, a rare cancel, two small purple backstamps (one barely
shows thru), ex Duckwall (Image)
5c Red Brown (1). Full to
large margins, marvelous deep rich color and fine impression, cancelled by
light strike of red-orange thick 4-bar rectangular grid cancel,
Extremely Fine and choice (Image)
5c Red Brown (1). Large
margins to clear at top, rich color, perfectly struck Wilmington &
Raleigh Rail Road dark blue propeller fancy cancel, tiny trace of pen
mark at left, Extremely Fine and choice, a rare cancel, purchased from the
Economist Stamp Co. in 1930 (Image)
5c Red Brown (1). Large to
huge margins all around with trace of adjacent stamp at top, rich color on
deeply blued paper, neat strike of red "Paid" cancel, Extremely Fine Gem (Image)
5c Red Brown (1). Large
margins all around, dark color, cancelled by perfectly-struck red "5"
numeral cancel, Extremely Fine Gem, ex Knapp
(Image)
5c Dark Brown (1a). Full
even margins all around, dark shade and deep rich color, cancelled by bold
"5" numeral in circle cancel of Philadelphia, Very Fine, ex Duckwall
(purchased in 1939) (Image)
5c Red Brown (1).
Horizontal pair, large to huge margins all around, rich color, each stamp
with lightly struck red grid cancel, Extremely Fine and choice pair (Image)
5c Red Brown (1).
Horizontal block of six, large margins to just in at bottom left, small
piece cut off from top left corner, rich color, each stamp cancelled by
neat ms. "X", on piece of package wrapper with pink ribbon beneath block,
scissors-cut at bottom between left stamps, the righthand block is
superbVERY FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE BLOCK OF SIX OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE.
Scott Retail as a block of four and two singles (Image)