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| Scott Number | 03XU3 |
|---|---|
| Date | March 1, 1847 |
| From City | Baltimore |
| From State | MD |
| To City | Cedar Bluff |
| To State | AL |
| Addressee | Thomas B. Cooper |
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| Cert # | |
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| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Plate Position | 0 |
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| Others |
Notes
Ashbrook Bound book 6, page 027 posted on the USPCS website
Lot 5 Baltimore, Maryland, 3XU3, 1845 10c Blue on buff entire, bearing blue "Baltimore Md. Mar 1" town marking with accompanying blue "Paid" and "10" in oval handstamps, addressed to "Thomas B Cooper, Esq, Cedar Bluff, Ala.," "1st March 1847" docketing at left, Very Fine; listed as number 50 in the Hayes census with this being the latest usage of the 10c blue entire of the six recorded in the US Philatelic Classics Society census; green "In My Opinion This Cover is Genuine in Every Respect, Stanley B. Ashbrook" handstamp on back flap and signed by Ashbrook (Scott $20,000)
H R Harmer Erivan Sale 1 (June 22, 2019) realized 10,500 (images)
No. 50 in the Haynes census
Letter addressed to Thomas B. Cooper (1824-1901), lawyer, member of the state delegation to the post-civil war constitutional convention, state senator and representative.
Lot 5 Baltimore, Maryland, 3XU3, 1845 10c Blue on buff entire, bearing blue "Baltimore Md. Mar 1" town marking with accompanying blue "Paid" and "10" in oval handstamps, addressed to "Thomas B Cooper, Esq, Cedar Bluff, Ala.," "1st March 1847" docketing at left, Very Fine; listed as number 50 in the Hayes census with this being the latest usage of the 10c blue entire of the six recorded in the US Philatelic Classics Society census; green "In My Opinion This Cover is Genuine in Every Respect, Stanley B. Ashbrook" handstamp on back flap and signed by Ashbrook (Scott $20,000)
H R Harmer Erivan Sale 1 (June 22, 2019) realized 10,500 (images)
No. 50 in the Haynes census
Letter addressed to Thomas B. Cooper (1824-1901), lawyer, member of the state delegation to the post-civil war constitutional convention, state senator and representative.
