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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | April 20, 1850 |
| From City | Quebec |
| From State | Canada |
| To City | New York |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | D. S. Kennedy |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 212239 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
Notes
Chronicle 218 Figure 4. Datelined at Quebec, April 20, 1850, and marked pd to the lines, this cover was franked with two 5¢ 1847 stamps for U.S. internal postage and prepaid 11 ½ pence for internal Canadian postage to the U.S. border. The crowned circle marking attests that Canadian postage was paid.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 1023 lot 2470 realized 3750
5c Red Brown (1). Two singles, full margins to just in, cancelled by blue manuscript on blue part-printed Office of Quebec and Lake Superior Mining Association, Quebec, 20th April 1850 folded letter from Quebec, Canada to New York City, from the Kennedy correspondence, clear strike of red Paid at Quebec L.C. crowned-circle handstamp, manuscript 11 1/2 for Canadian postage and sender's notation Pd. to the lines, Quebec L.C. AP 21, 1850 transit datestamp, Montreal Apr. 22 backstamp, light vertical file folds, one of which affects left stamp
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USE OF TWO 5-CENT 1847 STAMPS ON A COVER ORIGINATING IN CANADA. ONLY SIX COVERS ARE KNOWN WITH THE 5-CENT USED WITH THE PAID AT QUEBEC CROWNED-CIRCLE HANDSTAMP
The two 5c stamps were applied in Canada but were cancelled on arrival in New York. The Paid at Quebec crowned-circle handstamp was used at British colonial post offices as acknowledgement of cash payment for postage. Quebec was the only Canadian city to use this marking, because the main branch of the colonial post office was located there.
The Alexander census records only six covers with the Paid at Quebec marking used with the 5c 1847 Issue (none is known with the 10c). Five bear two stamps and are from the Kennedy correspondence. A sixth is known with a single 5c used to Boston. Similar covers from the Kennedy correspondence are illustrated in Boggs The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (pp. 72-73). The cover offered here was illustrated and described in an article in Chronicle 218 (copy accompanies)
With 1989 P.F. certificate E. 7,500 - 10,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 719 lot 43 realized 4500
Alexander listed as 4/29/50
Robert A. Siegel sale 1239 (2021 Rarities) lot 515 realized 3500 (image)
Robert A. Siegel sale 1284 (Yellowstone) lot 603 realized 4000
PF 212239
1 1847 5¢ red brown
TWO SINGLES, MS CANCELS, ON FL TO NY. RED CROWNED CIRCLE "PAID AT QUEBEC. L.C." QUEBEC PMK. MS "PD TO THE LINES" RED "4 1/2".
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
They Are Genuinely Used On Cover With A PRESSED OUT FILE FOLD THROUGH THE LEFT STAMP
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 1023 lot 2470 realized 3750
5c Red Brown (1). Two singles, full margins to just in, cancelled by blue manuscript on blue part-printed Office of Quebec and Lake Superior Mining Association, Quebec, 20th April 1850 folded letter from Quebec, Canada to New York City, from the Kennedy correspondence, clear strike of red Paid at Quebec L.C. crowned-circle handstamp, manuscript 11 1/2 for Canadian postage and sender's notation Pd. to the lines, Quebec L.C. AP 21, 1850 transit datestamp, Montreal Apr. 22 backstamp, light vertical file folds, one of which affects left stamp
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE USE OF TWO 5-CENT 1847 STAMPS ON A COVER ORIGINATING IN CANADA. ONLY SIX COVERS ARE KNOWN WITH THE 5-CENT USED WITH THE PAID AT QUEBEC CROWNED-CIRCLE HANDSTAMP
The two 5c stamps were applied in Canada but were cancelled on arrival in New York. The Paid at Quebec crowned-circle handstamp was used at British colonial post offices as acknowledgement of cash payment for postage. Quebec was the only Canadian city to use this marking, because the main branch of the colonial post office was located there.
The Alexander census records only six covers with the Paid at Quebec marking used with the 5c 1847 Issue (none is known with the 10c). Five bear two stamps and are from the Kennedy correspondence. A sixth is known with a single 5c used to Boston. Similar covers from the Kennedy correspondence are illustrated in Boggs The Postage Stamps and Postal History of Canada (pp. 72-73). The cover offered here was illustrated and described in an article in Chronicle 218 (copy accompanies)
With 1989 P.F. certificate E. 7,500 - 10,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 719 lot 43 realized 4500
Alexander listed as 4/29/50
Robert A. Siegel sale 1239 (2021 Rarities) lot 515 realized 3500 (image)
Robert A. Siegel sale 1284 (Yellowstone) lot 603 realized 4000
PF 212239
1 1847 5¢ red brown
TWO SINGLES, MS CANCELS, ON FL TO NY. RED CROWNED CIRCLE "PAID AT QUEBEC. L.C." QUEBEC PMK. MS "PD TO THE LINES" RED "4 1/2".
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
They Are Genuinely Used On Cover With A PRESSED OUT FILE FOLD THROUGH THE LEFT STAMP
