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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | February 1, 1848 |
| From City | Mobile |
| From State | AL |
| To City | Bremen |
| To State | Germany |
| Addressee | Lange & Grave |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 414628 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
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PF 414628
1 1847 5¢ red brown HORIZONTAL PAIR, RED GRID CANCELS, ON FL TO BREMEN, DATELINED NEW ORLEANS 31 JANUARY 1848, RED MOBILE ALA PMK AT LEFT, RED LONDON TRANSIT ACKSTAMP, BRITISH "1/8" DUE MARKING.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Usage, THE FOLDED LETTER WITH A SMALL EROSION AT BOTTOM CENTER
Not listed in Alexander
Lot 558 An early and colorful 1847 Issue cover to Germany with a 5¢ pair in the early Red Brown shade and brilliant red Mobile, Alabama, markings
5¢ Red Brown (1), horizontal pair, large margins to clear, sharp early impression and Deep Red Brown shade, tied by vivid red grid cancels, matching "Mobile Ala. Feb. 1" (1848) circular datestamp on green folded letter datelined "New Orleans 31 January 1848" to Bremen, Germany, sender's directive "pr Boston Steamer" at upper left, carried on the Cunarder Acadia, departing Boston February 12, 1848, and arriving Liverpool February 26, red London backstamp (Feb. 26), manuscript "1/8" British due, red crayon "48" grote due from recipient, cover with trivial erosion spot at bottom center
Very Fine and a remarkably beautiful cover--carried outside the mails from New Orleans to Mobile, then by the U.S. Post Office to Boston, and from there to England by British steamer for further transport to Bremen via Belgium.
Robert A. Siegel sale 1228 (Gross IV) realized 9000 (image)
H R Harmer sale 2947 lot 6
1 1847 5¢ red brown HORIZONTAL PAIR, RED GRID CANCELS, ON FL TO BREMEN, DATELINED NEW ORLEANS 31 JANUARY 1848, RED MOBILE ALA PMK AT LEFT, RED LONDON TRANSIT ACKSTAMP, BRITISH "1/8" DUE MARKING.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Usage, THE FOLDED LETTER WITH A SMALL EROSION AT BOTTOM CENTER
Not listed in Alexander
Lot 558 An early and colorful 1847 Issue cover to Germany with a 5¢ pair in the early Red Brown shade and brilliant red Mobile, Alabama, markings
5¢ Red Brown (1), horizontal pair, large margins to clear, sharp early impression and Deep Red Brown shade, tied by vivid red grid cancels, matching "Mobile Ala. Feb. 1" (1848) circular datestamp on green folded letter datelined "New Orleans 31 January 1848" to Bremen, Germany, sender's directive "pr Boston Steamer" at upper left, carried on the Cunarder Acadia, departing Boston February 12, 1848, and arriving Liverpool February 26, red London backstamp (Feb. 26), manuscript "1/8" British due, red crayon "48" grote due from recipient, cover with trivial erosion spot at bottom center
Very Fine and a remarkably beautiful cover--carried outside the mails from New Orleans to Mobile, then by the U.S. Post Office to Boston, and from there to England by British steamer for further transport to Bremen via Belgium.
Robert A. Siegel sale 1228 (Gross IV) realized 9000 (image)
H R Harmer sale 2947 lot 6
