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| Scott Number | 03X2 |
|---|---|
| Date | February 26, 1846 |
| From City | Baltimore |
| From State | MD |
| To City | Montgomery |
| To State | AL |
| Addressee | Rev. R. H. Ball |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 501328 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Plate Position | 11 |
| Initials | |
| Others |
Notes
The Ferrari Copy
(John Murray Bartels CCP Vol 7, No 3 pp 129-130)
Baltimore, Maryland, 10c Black on White (3X2). Position 11 from the bottom left corner of the sheet (according to Hayes plating) with complete framelines at left and bottom, intense impression on bright white paper, cancelled by criss-crossing pen strokes, affixed with two small red wax seals at each end causing slight wrinkling and two tiny internal tears to the left of "10", corner crease at lower left, blue "Baltimore Md. Feb. 27" circular datestamp (no year date, but believed to be 1846), matching "Paid" and "10" in oval handstamps on folded cover to Reverend R. H. Ball, in care of another Reverend ("A. A.", which we believe to be Reverend A. A. Lipscomb) in Montgomery Ala., evidently Reverend Ball had returned to Baltimore, original Montgomery address and "Paid" crossed out, redirected to Baltimore, blue "Montgomery Ala. Mar. 7" circular datestamp and matching "10" due handstamp, addressees' last names obliterated in 19th century ink to create anonymity
VERY FINE. ONE OF FIVE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 10-CENT BLACK PROVISIONAL STAMP ON WHITE PAPER, EACH USED ON COVER (TWO OTHERS ON BLUISH PAPER ARE KNOWN). AN IMPORTANT CLASSIC UNITED STATES RARITY.
Census No. 3X2-COV-02. Ex Townsend, Ferrary (with his purple trefoil handstamp at lower right) and Lapham. Small "W.H.C." (Warren H. Colson) handstamp at lower left. With 2011 P.F. certificate. Scott value for 10c on White, No. 3X2 (on cover only), is $70,000.00.
Est. 30,000
Realized 40,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 1020 lot 3 realized $70,000
Ferrari 3rd sale Apr 5-7, 1922, lot 542 realized 60,000 Fr. + 17.5% French Government surcharge
PF 501328
3X2 1846 10¢ black
AFFIXED WITH WAX SEALS ON FOLDED COVER TO MONTGOMERY ALA. AND FORWARDED BACK TO BALTIMORE, BLUE "BALTIMORE MD. FEB. 27" AND "MONTGOMERY AL MAR 7" CIRCULAR DATESTAMPS, AND MATCHING "10" AND "10" OVAL HANDSTAMPS AT RIGHT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE USAGE, THE STAMP WITH A CORNER CREASE AT BOTTOM LEFT, AND TWO TINY INTERNAL TEARS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF '10".
Number 1 in the Hayes census
(John Murray Bartels CCP Vol 7, No 3 pp 129-130)
Baltimore, Maryland, 10c Black on White (3X2). Position 11 from the bottom left corner of the sheet (according to Hayes plating) with complete framelines at left and bottom, intense impression on bright white paper, cancelled by criss-crossing pen strokes, affixed with two small red wax seals at each end causing slight wrinkling and two tiny internal tears to the left of "10", corner crease at lower left, blue "Baltimore Md. Feb. 27" circular datestamp (no year date, but believed to be 1846), matching "Paid" and "10" in oval handstamps on folded cover to Reverend R. H. Ball, in care of another Reverend ("A. A.", which we believe to be Reverend A. A. Lipscomb) in Montgomery Ala., evidently Reverend Ball had returned to Baltimore, original Montgomery address and "Paid" crossed out, redirected to Baltimore, blue "Montgomery Ala. Mar. 7" circular datestamp and matching "10" due handstamp, addressees' last names obliterated in 19th century ink to create anonymity
VERY FINE. ONE OF FIVE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 10-CENT BLACK PROVISIONAL STAMP ON WHITE PAPER, EACH USED ON COVER (TWO OTHERS ON BLUISH PAPER ARE KNOWN). AN IMPORTANT CLASSIC UNITED STATES RARITY.
Census No. 3X2-COV-02. Ex Townsend, Ferrary (with his purple trefoil handstamp at lower right) and Lapham. Small "W.H.C." (Warren H. Colson) handstamp at lower left. With 2011 P.F. certificate. Scott value for 10c on White, No. 3X2 (on cover only), is $70,000.00.
Est. 30,000
Realized 40,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 1020 lot 3 realized $70,000
Ferrari 3rd sale Apr 5-7, 1922, lot 542 realized 60,000 Fr. + 17.5% French Government surcharge
PF 501328
3X2 1846 10¢ black
AFFIXED WITH WAX SEALS ON FOLDED COVER TO MONTGOMERY ALA. AND FORWARDED BACK TO BALTIMORE, BLUE "BALTIMORE MD. FEB. 27" AND "MONTGOMERY AL MAR 7" CIRCULAR DATESTAMPS, AND MATCHING "10" AND "10" OVAL HANDSTAMPS AT RIGHT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE USAGE, THE STAMP WITH A CORNER CREASE AT BOTTOM LEFT, AND TWO TINY INTERNAL TEARS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF '10".
Number 1 in the Hayes census
