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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | December 11, 1849 |
| From City | Mobile |
| From State | AL |
| To City | New Orleans |
| To State | LA |
| Addressee | Buchannan Carroll & Co. |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 190292 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
Notes
PF 190292
1b 1847 5¢ orange brown NUMERAL 5 CANCEL MOBILE STEAM 5 OVER 10.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuinely Used On Cover
Lot 476 5c Orange Brown (1b) F-VF, 3 ½ margins, fresh, blue numeral 5 cancel, not tied on 1849 FL Columbia Miss. to New Orleans with Mobile Ala. Dec 11 blue circle and blue Steam 5 in DL oval over Steam 10, ms. Sunny South, fold breaks not mentioned on Cert., F-VF cover, PF Cert.
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 590
Alexander listed as 12/11/49
Lot 240 5c Orange Brown (1b). Bright shade, large margins to clear, cancelled by blue "5" numeral handstamp, matching "STEAM 5" in double oval over-struck with a similar "STEAM 10" handstamp, matching "Mobile Ala. Dec. 11" circular datestamp on folded letter datelined "Columbus Miss. Dec. 11, 1849" to New Orleans, some minor splitting along folds, Very Fine, a scarce use, carried from Columbus to New Orleans via Tombigbee River and Mobile, this was originally rated as a single rate (5c) then changed to double rate (10c) due to weight, ex Gibson and Boker, with 1988 P.F. certificate
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 1041 realized 7500
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 551 lot 1423 realized 1200
Robert A. Siegel sale 1289 lot 532 realized 10,000
PF 56178 decline opinion
PF 81589 #1, genuine use on folded letter with steam 10 struck over a steam 5 marking
1b 1847 5¢ orange brown NUMERAL 5 CANCEL MOBILE STEAM 5 OVER 10.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuinely Used On Cover
Lot 476 5c Orange Brown (1b) F-VF, 3 ½ margins, fresh, blue numeral 5 cancel, not tied on 1849 FL Columbia Miss. to New Orleans with Mobile Ala. Dec 11 blue circle and blue Steam 5 in DL oval over Steam 10, ms. Sunny South, fold breaks not mentioned on Cert., F-VF cover, PF Cert.
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 590
Alexander listed as 12/11/49
Lot 240 5c Orange Brown (1b). Bright shade, large margins to clear, cancelled by blue "5" numeral handstamp, matching "STEAM 5" in double oval over-struck with a similar "STEAM 10" handstamp, matching "Mobile Ala. Dec. 11" circular datestamp on folded letter datelined "Columbus Miss. Dec. 11, 1849" to New Orleans, some minor splitting along folds, Very Fine, a scarce use, carried from Columbus to New Orleans via Tombigbee River and Mobile, this was originally rated as a single rate (5c) then changed to double rate (10c) due to weight, ex Gibson and Boker, with 1988 P.F. certificate
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 1041 realized 7500
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 551 lot 1423 realized 1200
Robert A. Siegel sale 1289 lot 532 realized 10,000
PF 56178 decline opinion
PF 81589 #1, genuine use on folded letter with steam 10 struck over a steam 5 marking
