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FILTER: Area=United States, Sub Area=U.S. Stamps, General=19th Century Issues, Issue/Country=1857-60 Issue, All Sale Dates thru 2023/01/01, Catalogue = 28, Symbol IN ("COVER")
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General/Issue
General/Issue
Sale#/
Date
Date
Lot#/
Grade
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
United States
U.S. Stamps
19th Century Issues
1857-60 Issue
5c Red Brown (28). Horizontal strip of three, deep rich color in the 1858 shade, attractive margins and centering, tied by red "New York Paid 3 Aug. 14" (1858) credit datestamp on blue folded letter datelined at Baton Rouge La. on Aug. 5, written in French and addressed to Bordeaux, France, French entry datestamp ties strip, small red boxed "PD" handstamp, La Havre and Bordeaux backstamps, the addressee's name has been excised, breaking the paper in that area but the strip is sound and Very Fine, an attractive use to France, Scott value as off-cover strip of three $3,850.00
E. 500-750
950
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1857-60 Issue
5c Red Brown (28). Horizontal pair and single, typical 1856 shade (prior to 1858 Red Brown printing), perfs scissors-separated in places but intact including portion of adjoining stamps to right of pair, tied by two strikes of “New Orleans La. Nov. 13, 1857” circular datestamp on blue folded cover to Paris, France, red “New York Paid 12 Nov. 25” 12c credit circular datestamp, boxed “P.D.” handstamp and French transit and arrival datestamps, small tear at bottom of cover and minor stain at right, Very Fine
E. 500-750
325
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5c Red Brown, Ty. I (28). Horizontal pair, vivid rich color and sharp proof-like impression, tied by perfectly struck "Fentonville Mich. Jul 6" circular datestamp on buff cover to Folsom City, Cal., single pulled perf on right stamp, otherwise Extremely Fine, a handsome and rare domestic transcontinental use, ex Mason, Ackerman, Gibson, Knapp and "Sevenoaks"
E. 500-750
650
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5c Red Brown (28). Vertical strip of three with interpane margin and guideline at left, rich color, scissors-trimmed perfs at bottom, used with vertical strip of three 10c Green, Ty. III/II/III (33/32/33), scissors-trimmed perfs at top, tied by "New Orleans La. Dec. 2, 1857" circular datestamp on folded cover to Paris, France, red "New York Paid 9 Dec. 12" credit datestamp (three-times 3c credit for American Packet), ultramarine Havre transit datestamp, red "PD" in frame, horizontal file fold thru center 5c stamp (pressed-out crease), still Fine appearing and an impressive triple-rate franking, ex "Lake Shore"
E. 1,000-1,500
425
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A magnificent strip of six of the 5¢ 1857 Red Brown on cover to France--the largest and finest recorded on-cover strip5¢ Red Brown (28), horizontal strip of six, well-centered, rich color, tied by clear strikes of "Charleston S.C. Apr. 16, 1858" circular datestamp on blue folded cover to Lille, France, red "Boston 21 Apr. Paid 24" 24¢ credit datestamp--carried on the Cunarder America, departing Boston on April 21, 1858, and arriving at Liverpool May 4--French arrival datestamp (May 4) and "P.D." in frame struck twice, receiving backstamps
Very Fine strip and cover. No strip larger than six is recorded on cover, and this is the finest of the few known 5¢ 1857 multiple uses.
Illustrated in Hill, United States Five Cent Stamp of 1856-1861 (p. 45) and Bakers' U.S. Classics (p. 141). Ex Howard Lehman, J. David Baker, Walter C. Klein (where it was illustrated on the front cover of the postal history sale) and "Sevenoaks."
E. 10,000-15,000
23,000
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5c Red Brown (28). Positions 21-24R, third stamp with defective transfer, 1856 shade (prior to 1858 Red Brown printing), scissors-separated with intact perfs at bottom and s.e. at left, tied by "New Orleans La. Sep. 1, 1857" circular datestamps on blue folded cover to Vera Cruz, Mexico, neat "2" reales due handstamp, horizontal file fold does not affect stamps, Fine and rare use of a strip with the defective transfer, ex Hill and Bilden, illustrated in Brookman on p. 222
E. 500-750
1,000
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1857-60 Issue
5c Red Brown (28). Horizontal pair and single, typical 1856 shade (prior to 1858 Red Brown printing), perfs scissors-separated in places but intact, tied by "New Orleans La. Jan. 4, 1858" circular datestamps on blue folded letter to Paris, France, "New York 6 Jan. 12" debit datestamp, red "SHORT PAID" in oval handstamp, "16" decimes due handstamp, receiving backstamp, top right stamp light crease from placement near edge of cover, otherwise Fine and attractive, with 1989 P.F. certificate
E. 500-750
500
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5c Red Brown (28). Tied by "New Orleans La. June 29, 1859" datestamp on folded part-printed notice to Barcelona, Spain, bold "Boston Br. Pkt. Feb. 1" backstamp, sender's directive "Via England", London and receiving backstamps, "4 Rs" due marking, fresh and Very Fine, ex Rose
E. 300-400
375
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1857-60 Issue
5c Red Brown (28). Horizontal strip of three, deep rich color, tied by "New Orleans La. Jan. 4, 1858" circular datestamp on folded letter to Bordeaux, France, red "New York 12 Jan. 12" credit datestamp, French transit datestamp of Jan. 26, missing portions of letter but one flap and portion of another present, Very Fine cover to France via British Packet, Scott Retail as off-cover strip of three $4,250.00
E. 400-500
400
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5c Red Brown (28). Tied by "New Orleans La. June 29, 1859" datestamp on folded part-printed notice to Barcelona, Spain, bold "Boston Br. Pkt. Feb. 1" backstamp, sender's directive "Via England", London and receiving backstamps, "4 Rs" due marking, fresh and Very Fine, ex Rose
E. 400-500
0
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