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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | January 21, 18xx |
| From City | New Orleans |
| From State | LA |
| To City | New Orleans |
| To State | LA |
| Addressee | Buchannan Carroll & Co. |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 503480 |
| Fake | NG |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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| Others |
Notes
Lot 85 5c Brown (1), Large Margins, light vertical crease, tied by Red Grid, matching New Orleans La. Jan 21 cds and Steam 5 in double-line circle, bold stencil Uncle Sam packetboat handstamp on brown envelope to New Orleans, enclosed per Uncle Sam ms writing show thru, some erosion in letters of Buchanan Carroll & Co. address, still attractive and a great packetboat rarity with the 1847 issue, Ex. Matthies, Simmons, Peyton, Warn, Signed Ezra Cole with PF Certificate E. 5000-7000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 743 realized 4000
Lot 2390 5c Red Brown (1). Large margins to full, worn impression, lightly cancelled by red grid and seemingly tied at top, red New Orleans La. Jan. 21 circular datestamp and two strikes of Steam 5 in double-circle due handstamp on brown cover to Buchannon Carroll & Co. in New Orleans, clearly applied stencil UNCLE SAM Mississippi River name-of-boat marking at lower right and endorsed pr Uncle Sam at top, considerable ink erosion in writing and bleed-thru on inside, vertical file folds, one of which passes thru stamp, otherwise Fine, this well-pedigreed cover
ex Matthies, Simmons, Peyton, Warm and Kapiloff is signed Guaranteed Genuine by Ezra D. Cole, yet the presence of the Steam 5 due markings makes the 5c 1847 stamp superfluous; with 2012 P.F. certificate stating that the stamp did not originate, offered and estimated as a rare stampless cover and off-cover 5c stamp
E. 1,500-2,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 1023 realized 1400
Alexander listed as 1/21/xx
Richard C. Frajola, Inc. sale 17 lot 177
PF 503480
1 1847 5¢ red brown SINGLE, RED GRID CANCEL, ON COVER ADDRESSED TO NEW ORLEANS "PR UNCLE SAM", RED "STEAM/5" HANDSTAMP AT RIGHT WITH LARGE STENCILLED "UNCLE SAM" ALONGSIDE.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
THE SCOTT 1 WITH LIGHTENED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND A FILE CREASE, DOES NOT BELONG ON THIS STAMPLESS PACKET COVER
Schuyler J. Rumsey Inc. sale 57 lot 4288 unsold
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 353 lot 205 realized 170
PF 64925 #1a, genuine use on cover
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 743 realized 4000
Lot 2390 5c Red Brown (1). Large margins to full, worn impression, lightly cancelled by red grid and seemingly tied at top, red New Orleans La. Jan. 21 circular datestamp and two strikes of Steam 5 in double-circle due handstamp on brown cover to Buchannon Carroll & Co. in New Orleans, clearly applied stencil UNCLE SAM Mississippi River name-of-boat marking at lower right and endorsed pr Uncle Sam at top, considerable ink erosion in writing and bleed-thru on inside, vertical file folds, one of which passes thru stamp, otherwise Fine, this well-pedigreed cover
ex Matthies, Simmons, Peyton, Warm and Kapiloff is signed Guaranteed Genuine by Ezra D. Cole, yet the presence of the Steam 5 due markings makes the 5c 1847 stamp superfluous; with 2012 P.F. certificate stating that the stamp did not originate, offered and estimated as a rare stampless cover and off-cover 5c stamp
E. 1,500-2,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 1023 realized 1400
Alexander listed as 1/21/xx
Richard C. Frajola, Inc. sale 17 lot 177
PF 503480
1 1847 5¢ red brown SINGLE, RED GRID CANCEL, ON COVER ADDRESSED TO NEW ORLEANS "PR UNCLE SAM", RED "STEAM/5" HANDSTAMP AT RIGHT WITH LARGE STENCILLED "UNCLE SAM" ALONGSIDE.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
THE SCOTT 1 WITH LIGHTENED MANUSCRIPT CANCEL AND A FILE CREASE, DOES NOT BELONG ON THIS STAMPLESS PACKET COVER
Schuyler J. Rumsey Inc. sale 57 lot 4288 unsold
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 353 lot 205 realized 170
PF 64925 #1a, genuine use on cover
