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5c Red Brown (75). Horizontal pair, tied by cogwheel cancels, "San Francisco Cal. Dec. 10, 1862" double-circle datestamp on cover to Lowville N.Y., endorsed "Overland", pair with small corner fault at bottom left, cover with trivial soiling, appears Very Fine
5c Red Brown (75). Horizontal strip of three, beautiful warm shade, tied by large Boston "Paid" grids on Brigadier General Franz Sigel Patriotic cover to Vienna, Austria, "F. Hedge, Boston" imprint, Angell correspondence, red "N. York Paid Hamb. Pkt. 10 Mar. 7" 10c credit datestamp, "FRANCO" in frame handstamp, 1863 transit and receiving backstamps, trivial edgewear at top leftVERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE STRIP OF THREE OF THE 5-CENT 1862 RED BROWN ON A PATRIOTIC COVER TO AUSTRIA, FROM THE FAMOUS ANGELL CORRESPONDENCE. A PHENOMENAL COVER.
Dr. Henry C. Angell was a Boston optometrist who spent considerable time traveling in Europe. Covers are known sent to him in France, Italy, England, Germany and Austria, plus a few forwarded to other destinations. Dr. Angell was an art collector and undoubtedly appreciated the wide variety of Civil War patriotic envelopes mailed to him overseas.
Very few patriotic covers are known franked with the 5c Red Brown. Only two Angell covers bear this franking (the other, cancelled on the same day, was offered in our "Sevenoaks" sale). Only three others are known with the 5c Red Brown, including one with a single and two with two singles.
Ex Matthies and Myers. With 2004 P.F. certificate
5c Red Brown (75). Deep rich color, used with 1c Blue (63) in a pale shade, tied by "PAID" in frame handstamps and 1c by red "Boston Mass. Apr. 21" double-circle datestamp on embossed corner card cover to New York City, a few very minor small toned spots, Very Fine
5c Red Brown, 10c Green (68, 75). Tied by "Phila. Pa. Apr. 15, 1864" small circular datestamp and duplex target cancel on blue folded cover to Bordeaux, France, stamps also tied by faintly struck red Philadelphia credit datestamp, red Calais transit datestamp and matching "P.D." in frame, stamps have extraordinary depth of color, Very Fine cover
1c Blue, 5c Red Brown, 30c Orange (63, 71, 75). 30c pair in a beautiful bright early shade, tied together by three strikes of large "Paid" grid cancel on 1862 blue folded letter to Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope, red "Boston Br. Pkt. Paid Oct. 21" circular datestamp on back, sender's directive "Via England p Persia", red crayon "52" credit crossed out and restated "56", large red crayon "2" for double British Colonial credit, red London transit datestamp (Nov. 1), stamps with a couple very minor faults, vertical bleached streak at the right crosses 30cVERY FINE. A COLORFUL AND EXTREMELY RARE 1861 ISSUE COMBINATION FOR THE DOUBLE 33-CENT RATE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
Double-rate covers from the Howland correspondence are almost always paid with 30c and 3c pairs, rather than this three-color combination. This cover is the perfect mate to lot 2505 in our sale of the Bailar collection (Sale 1105). Both covers were carried by the same Cunarder (different sailings) to Edwin Howland in the Cape of Good Hope. They have the same composition of denominations; however, the 5c on the Bailar cover is the Buff shade, and on this cover the relatively new Red Brown printing was used.
Ex Born
Spectacular double-rate cover to Shanghai, China, with nine 5¢ Red Brown stamps5¢ Red Brown (75), nine singles, neatly affixed overlapping (two inverted) and tied by grid cancels, "Norwalk Ct. Jan. 12, 1863" circular datestamp on cover to Shanghai, China, red "N. York Br. Pkt. Paid Jan. 14" circular datestamp, magenta "40" cents credit, red "London Paid" transit datestamp (January 29), "INSUFFY STAMPED/VIA MARSEILLES" two-line handstamp, manuscript "1" British Colonial credit, Hong Kong (March 25) and Shanghai (March 31) backstamps, several stamps with tears or other small faults, overall soiling, Very Fine appearance and extremely rare use of nine 5¢ 1861 stamps on a cover to China, this was short paid for the rate via Marseilles and was instead sent by British Mail via Southampton at the 45¢ rate and treated as completely prepaid, ex Rohloff and Ishikawa, with 1993 P.F. certificate
5c Red Brown (75). Used with 1c Blue and 3c Rose (63, 65), 1c s.e. at left, tied by grids, "New Orleans La. Jun. 13, 1863" double-circle datestamp on folded cover to New York, file fold at bottom well away from stamps, each stamp with crease at top, still Fine and desirable triple-rate use, with 2002 P.F. certificate
5c Red Brown (75). Two, warm shade, faults, tied by "Napa City Cal. Jan. 19" circular datestamp, second strike at left, on cover to Sharon Mass., slightly reduced at left, Fine appearance
5c Red Brown (75). Horizontal pair, warm shade, cancelled by cogwheels, "San Francisco Cal. Jul. 1, 1862" double-circle datestamp on cover to Portland Me., minor edgewear, Very Fine and attractive early use paying the 10c transcontinental rate, illustrated in Letters of Gold on p. 344, ex Polland
5c Red Brown (75). Used with 1c Blue, 3c Rose (63, 65), 1c s.e. at left, tied by grids, "New Orleans La. Jun. 13, 1863" double-circle datestamp on folded cover to New York, file fold at bottom well away from stamps, each stamp with crease at top, still Fine and desirable triple-rate usage, with 2002 P.F. certificate
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