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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | December xx, 1848 |
| From City | New Orleans |
| From State | LA |
| To City | New Orleans |
| To State | LA |
| Addressee | N. N. Wilkinson |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 549029 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
Notes
1847, 10¢ black (Scott No. 2). Ample to large margins, tied by black grids and matching "STEAM" handstamp, repeated at center, on Nov. 28, 1848 folded cover to New Orleans originating at St. Louis, Very Fine and rare. Estimate $3,000-4,000
Expertization: signed Ashbrook.
Auxiliary markings in black which tie the 10¢ are exceedingly rare.
Hammer Price $2,600.
Matthew Bennett International Sale 266 Lot 1112
Gordon Eubanks exhibit
Alexander listed as xx/xx/xx
Schuyler J. Rumsey Inc. sale 44 lot 1377 realized 2300
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 596 lot 154 realized 2800
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1167 lot 2221 realized 2100 notes docketed "1848 Budd Park & Co., St. Louis 28 Nov. 1848, rec'd 9 Dec." (so this cover entered the mails in New Orleans in Dec 1848)
PF 403512
2 1847 10¢ Black
SINGLE, STRAIGHTLINE "STEAM" CANCEL, AND CIRCULAR CANCELS FROM RIM OF TOWN MARK, ON 1848 ST. LOUIS DOCKETED FOLDED ADDRESS SHEET O NEW ORLEANS.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Usage
PF 549029 genuine use
Expertization: signed Ashbrook.
Auxiliary markings in black which tie the 10¢ are exceedingly rare.
Hammer Price $2,600.
Matthew Bennett International Sale 266 Lot 1112
Gordon Eubanks exhibit
Alexander listed as xx/xx/xx
Schuyler J. Rumsey Inc. sale 44 lot 1377 realized 2300
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 596 lot 154 realized 2800
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1167 lot 2221 realized 2100 notes docketed "1848 Budd Park & Co., St. Louis 28 Nov. 1848, rec'd 9 Dec." (so this cover entered the mails in New Orleans in Dec 1848)
PF 403512
2 1847 10¢ Black
SINGLE, STRAIGHTLINE "STEAM" CANCEL, AND CIRCULAR CANCELS FROM RIM OF TOWN MARK, ON 1848 ST. LOUIS DOCKETED FOLDED ADDRESS SHEET O NEW ORLEANS.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Usage
PF 549029 genuine use
