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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | May xx, 18xx |
| From City | Baltimore |
| From State | MD |
| To City | Providence |
| To State | RI |
| Addressee | James F. Simmons |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 261139 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
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PF 261139
2 1847 10¢ black SINGLE, BLUE BALTIMORE, MD. TOWN CANCEL ON COVER TO PROVIDENCE RI.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Usage The Stamp With A Tiny Corner Margin Crease At Bottom Right AndA SMALL TONED SPOT IN THE THROAT AREA.
Schuyler J. Rumsey Inc. sale 17 lot 1162¨1847, 10¢ black, 4 very large margins with portion of adjoining stamp at top and sheet margin below, tied by blue Baltimore cds., matching 10 in oval at right, addressed to Providence R.I., very clean and fresh, Extremely Fine, ex-Dick Scott.
Scott No. 2&
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $2,700
Alexander listed as 5/0x/xx and duplicated as 5/xx/xx (removed)
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 204 lot 213 realized 410
H R Harmer sale 3045 lot 1015 (image)
James Fowler Simmons (September 10, 1795 – July 10, 1864) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. A manufacturer of yarns; he was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1828 to 1841, and was elected as a Whig to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1841, to March 4, 1847. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1846 and for election in 1850 to the United States Senate; while in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Manufactures (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Printing (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses).
He was again elected to the United States Senate as a Republican and served from March 4, 1857, through the first year of the American Civil War to August 15, 1862, when he resigned. He was chairman of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office during the Thirty-seventh Congress.
2 1847 10¢ black SINGLE, BLUE BALTIMORE, MD. TOWN CANCEL ON COVER TO PROVIDENCE RI.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Usage The Stamp With A Tiny Corner Margin Crease At Bottom Right AndA SMALL TONED SPOT IN THE THROAT AREA.
Schuyler J. Rumsey Inc. sale 17 lot 1162¨1847, 10¢ black, 4 very large margins with portion of adjoining stamp at top and sheet margin below, tied by blue Baltimore cds., matching 10 in oval at right, addressed to Providence R.I., very clean and fresh, Extremely Fine, ex-Dick Scott.
Scott No. 2&
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $2,700
Alexander listed as 5/0x/xx and duplicated as 5/xx/xx (removed)
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 204 lot 213 realized 410
H R Harmer sale 3045 lot 1015 (image)
James Fowler Simmons (September 10, 1795 – July 10, 1864) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. A manufacturer of yarns; he was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1828 to 1841, and was elected as a Whig to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1841, to March 4, 1847. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1846 and for election in 1850 to the United States Senate; while in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Manufactures (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Printing (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses).
He was again elected to the United States Senate as a Republican and served from March 4, 1857, through the first year of the American Civil War to August 15, 1862, when he resigned. He was chairman of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office during the Thirty-seventh Congress.
