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| Scott Number | 01X1a |
|---|---|
| Date | May 9, 184x |
| From City | Alexandria |
| From State | DC |
| To City | |
| To State | |
| Addressee | |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 216456 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Plate Position | 0 |
| Initials | |
| Others |
Notes
PF 216456 1X1a 1846 5¢ black on buff
ON FOLDED LETTER, RED ALEXANDRIA, VA. PMK WITH MATCHING S/L "PAID" AND "5" IN BOX AT RIGHT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Usage With THE STAMP BEING A DIE CUT LUFF TYPE II SHOWING 39 STARS
Lot 602 5c black type II on buff (1X1a), the stamp is apparently die cut in a perfect circle leaving margins around the complete design, manuscript No. 70 below denomination, fine impression on fresh paper, tied at right by red Alexandria D. C. May 9 (c. 1846) datestamp, matching Paid and 5 in rectangular frame handstamps on fresh folded cover, the address has been neatly erased, light vertical filing crease thru stamp, barely visible and without significance.
This copy of the Alexandria is exceptional in four respects: first, it is the finest of the six copies known on buff paper (three of which are Type II; four of which are on covers); second, it is the only copy die cut in a circle with margins all around; third, it is the only Alexandria stamp tied to its original cover; and, fourth, it can be year-dated to 1846 because of the red handstamps, making it the earliest recorded use of the Alexandria provisional by three months.
Extremely Fine, the most desirable example of the Alexandria provisional on buff paper and generally regarded as one of the outstanding postmasters' provisional covers, Illustrated in David Lidman's Treasury of Stamps (p59, Abrams, 1976), Life magazine, ˜World's Rarest Stamps' (May 3, 1954), Chronicle (Feb 1983), Mentioned in Williams' Stamps of Fame (p112). Discovered circa 1933 by John A. Klemann, Ex. Caspary. Est. $120,000-150,000.
Christie's Weill Brothers sale Oct 12, 1989 realized $210,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc., sale 350 (1969 Rarities) lot 1 realized $28,000
H R Harmer sale Nov 15, 1955 (Caspary) lot 2 realized $7,400
Image from the Philatelic Foundation website.
ON FOLDED LETTER, RED ALEXANDRIA, VA. PMK WITH MATCHING S/L "PAID" AND "5" IN BOX AT RIGHT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Usage With THE STAMP BEING A DIE CUT LUFF TYPE II SHOWING 39 STARS
Lot 602 5c black type II on buff (1X1a), the stamp is apparently die cut in a perfect circle leaving margins around the complete design, manuscript No. 70 below denomination, fine impression on fresh paper, tied at right by red Alexandria D. C. May 9 (c. 1846) datestamp, matching Paid and 5 in rectangular frame handstamps on fresh folded cover, the address has been neatly erased, light vertical filing crease thru stamp, barely visible and without significance.
This copy of the Alexandria is exceptional in four respects: first, it is the finest of the six copies known on buff paper (three of which are Type II; four of which are on covers); second, it is the only copy die cut in a circle with margins all around; third, it is the only Alexandria stamp tied to its original cover; and, fourth, it can be year-dated to 1846 because of the red handstamps, making it the earliest recorded use of the Alexandria provisional by three months.
Extremely Fine, the most desirable example of the Alexandria provisional on buff paper and generally regarded as one of the outstanding postmasters' provisional covers, Illustrated in David Lidman's Treasury of Stamps (p59, Abrams, 1976), Life magazine, ˜World's Rarest Stamps' (May 3, 1954), Chronicle (Feb 1983), Mentioned in Williams' Stamps of Fame (p112). Discovered circa 1933 by John A. Klemann, Ex. Caspary. Est. $120,000-150,000.
Christie's Weill Brothers sale Oct 12, 1989 realized $210,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc., sale 350 (1969 Rarities) lot 1 realized $28,000
H R Harmer sale Nov 15, 1955 (Caspary) lot 2 realized $7,400
Image from the Philatelic Foundation website.
