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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | October 25, 18xx |
| From City | Brunswick |
| From State | ME |
| To City | New York |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Nathaniel F. Moore |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 512237 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
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Notes
Ashbrook Special Services cover 289
Photograph No. 289 illustrates a blue folded letter with a single 10c 1847 cancelled and tied by a black crisscross grid. I made a fairly accurate(?) tracing of this cancel and photographed it alongside the stamp," The black postmark is dated "Oct. 25" but there is no evidence of the year use. I have also recorded a cover with this crisscross grid applied in a faint red and a comparison of the two indicate a difference in the way the bars line up. I believe that some collectors claim that this cancel came from a single strike of a ringless crisscross grid, whereas others are of the opinion that the cancelation is a double strike of a 11 or 12(?) bars ring!ess(?) grid. In my opinion, the latter is the correct solution.
I have a record of a10¢ '47 covers with the Brunswick crisscross applied in a faint red. One is postmarked Brunswick, Me. "Sep 6" (1847), the other "JUN ?" (1848). Also a record of a 5¢ 1847 single with postmark of "Mar 21" (or 24) (1848), the crisscross in a faint red.
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I also have a record of a 10¢ '47 tied by the "crisscross" in black, with black postmark of "Feb. 9" (1848). Thus it seems probable that the postal clerk used red and black at the same tine in, 1847 and 1848. The strikes indicate that the clerk was quite careful in making two strikes appear as a single impression.
Brunswick is the home of Bowdoin College.
Incidentally, I do not have any record of an 1847 cover used from Brunswick, Me., with a single strike (not crisscross) of this ringless grid but I would welcome a sight of such a cover, also the loam of any '47 covers with the Brunswick Me. crisscross grid.
Alexander listed as 10/25/xx
Lot 128 10c Black (2). Large to full margins at top, tied by criss-crossing frameless 11-bar black rimless grid cancel, "Brunswick Me. Oct. 25" circular datestamp on blue folded cover to New York City
FRESH AND EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE COVER FROM BRUNSWICK, MAINE, WITH A CRISS-CROSS GRID CANCEL.
Ex Sampson, Krug, Matthies, Rust, Garrett and Boker. Pictured and discussed in Ashbrook's Special Service. Signed Ashbrook
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 1041 realized 5250
PF 512237
2 1847 10¢ black
SINGLE, TIED BY BLACK CRISS-CROSS FRAMELESS 11-BAR GRID CANCEL, "BRUNSWICK ME. OCT. 25" CIRCULAR DATESTAMP ON BLUE FOLDED COVER TO NEW YORK CITY.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE USAGE
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale 681 lot 199 realized 3750
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 353 lot 291 realized 1400
Robert G. Kaufmann sale 61 (Elite) lot 184
Photograph No. 289 illustrates a blue folded letter with a single 10c 1847 cancelled and tied by a black crisscross grid. I made a fairly accurate(?) tracing of this cancel and photographed it alongside the stamp," The black postmark is dated "Oct. 25" but there is no evidence of the year use. I have also recorded a cover with this crisscross grid applied in a faint red and a comparison of the two indicate a difference in the way the bars line up. I believe that some collectors claim that this cancel came from a single strike of a ringless crisscross grid, whereas others are of the opinion that the cancelation is a double strike of a 11 or 12(?) bars ring!ess(?) grid. In my opinion, the latter is the correct solution.
I have a record of a10¢ '47 covers with the Brunswick crisscross applied in a faint red. One is postmarked Brunswick, Me. "Sep 6" (1847), the other "JUN ?" (1848). Also a record of a 5¢ 1847 single with postmark of "Mar 21" (or 24) (1848), the crisscross in a faint red.
.
I also have a record of a 10¢ '47 tied by the "crisscross" in black, with black postmark of "Feb. 9" (1848). Thus it seems probable that the postal clerk used red and black at the same tine in, 1847 and 1848. The strikes indicate that the clerk was quite careful in making two strikes appear as a single impression.
Brunswick is the home of Bowdoin College.
Incidentally, I do not have any record of an 1847 cover used from Brunswick, Me., with a single strike (not crisscross) of this ringless grid but I would welcome a sight of such a cover, also the loam of any '47 covers with the Brunswick Me. crisscross grid.
Alexander listed as 10/25/xx
Lot 128 10c Black (2). Large to full margins at top, tied by criss-crossing frameless 11-bar black rimless grid cancel, "Brunswick Me. Oct. 25" circular datestamp on blue folded cover to New York City
FRESH AND EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL 10-CENT 1847 ISSUE COVER FROM BRUNSWICK, MAINE, WITH A CRISS-CROSS GRID CANCEL.
Ex Sampson, Krug, Matthies, Rust, Garrett and Boker. Pictured and discussed in Ashbrook's Special Service. Signed Ashbrook
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 1041 realized 5250
PF 512237
2 1847 10¢ black
SINGLE, TIED BY BLACK CRISS-CROSS FRAMELESS 11-BAR GRID CANCEL, "BRUNSWICK ME. OCT. 25" CIRCULAR DATESTAMP ON BLUE FOLDED COVER TO NEW YORK CITY.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE USAGE
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale 681 lot 199 realized 3750
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 353 lot 291 realized 1400
Robert G. Kaufmann sale 61 (Elite) lot 184
