Developed & Supported by Mark Scheuer. Following in the footsteps of Scott Trepel & Robert A. Siegel Auctions, Muriel Bemis Hayes, Philip T. Wall, Carroll Alton Means, Alpheus B. Slater Margie Faiman, and others who published their work. We are grateful to all those who authorized the information and images used in this census. Feedback, additions, and corrections most welcome. Please send to: markscensus@uspcs.org
Skip to main content
| Scott Number | 05X1 |
|---|---|
| Date | |
| From City | |
| From State | |
| To City | |
| To State | |
| Addressee | |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 357191 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Plate Position | 8 |
| Initials | |
| Others |
Notes
Lot 11 Brattleboro Vt., 5c Black on Buff (5X1). Position 8, bottom sheet margin with full imprint "Engd. by Thos. Chubbuck, Bratto.", large even margins all around, guideline at right, light red pen mark at upper left -- found on all ten stamps from the original Chubbuck sheet -- faint and almost imperceptible vertical crease at right where the sheet of ten was folded
EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. THE FAMOUS AND UNIQUE BRATTLEBORO PROVISIONAL STAMP WITH COMPLETE IMPRINT -- FROM THE ORIGINAL CHUBBUCK SHEET AND THE KEYSTONE OF THE LAPHAM-COLSON-WALL RECONSTRUCTION -- NOW OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1922. THIS IS THE ONLY UNITED STATES POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ISSUE WITH AN IMPRINT.
Of the 52 Brattleboro provisional stamps recorded by Wall (32 off cover and 20 stamps on 19 covers), only five are from Position 8, below which the imprint is engraved. Two of the five are off cover, and three are on covers, including one cut in at bottom and not showing any part of the imprint. Of the five Position 8 stamps, only the example offered here has a complete imprint; three others show portions of the letters.
This stamp comes from the sheet retained by the printer, Thomas Chubbuck, who sold three stamps to collectors before selling the remaining block of seven to L. H. Bragg in September 1870. Bragg, in turn, sold the block to John W. Scott. The stamps from the Chubbuck block were eventually cut apart and sold to different collectors. In the 1920's Raymond W. Lapham, with the professional help of Warren H. Colson, reconstructed the Brattleboro plate positions, including some stamps from the Chubbuck sheet. The unique imprint stamp was reported by Fred J. Melville in the September 1922 Stamp Lover (p. 64); its owner was identified as Henry C. Gibson, who presumably sold it to Lapham through Colson (see "The Plating of the Brattleboros", Calvet M. Hahn, Collectors Club Philatelist, Mar.-Apr. 1988). Since then, it was has always been part of the Lapham-Colson reconstruction, which changed owners in various sales. It last appeared at auction in the Christie's October 1989 sale of the Weill Brothers' stock and was sold as part of the reconstruction. In this Rarities sale, collectors now have the opportunity to acquire what is widely regarded as the most outstanding single Brattleboro provisional stamp in existence.
Ex Lapham, Colson, Gibson and Weill. Scott value for an ordinary used single is $9,000.00.
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 824 realized 23,000
Part of lot 10, Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 660 realized 57,500 of the complete plating of all 10 positions
PF 357191
5X1 1846 5¢ black on buff
BOTTOM MARGIN SINGLE WITH IMPRINT, RED MANUSCRIPT CANCELLATION.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuine With A Faint Vertical Crease At Right
EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. THE FAMOUS AND UNIQUE BRATTLEBORO PROVISIONAL STAMP WITH COMPLETE IMPRINT -- FROM THE ORIGINAL CHUBBUCK SHEET AND THE KEYSTONE OF THE LAPHAM-COLSON-WALL RECONSTRUCTION -- NOW OFFERED INDIVIDUALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1922. THIS IS THE ONLY UNITED STATES POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ISSUE WITH AN IMPRINT.
Of the 52 Brattleboro provisional stamps recorded by Wall (32 off cover and 20 stamps on 19 covers), only five are from Position 8, below which the imprint is engraved. Two of the five are off cover, and three are on covers, including one cut in at bottom and not showing any part of the imprint. Of the five Position 8 stamps, only the example offered here has a complete imprint; three others show portions of the letters.
This stamp comes from the sheet retained by the printer, Thomas Chubbuck, who sold three stamps to collectors before selling the remaining block of seven to L. H. Bragg in September 1870. Bragg, in turn, sold the block to John W. Scott. The stamps from the Chubbuck block were eventually cut apart and sold to different collectors. In the 1920's Raymond W. Lapham, with the professional help of Warren H. Colson, reconstructed the Brattleboro plate positions, including some stamps from the Chubbuck sheet. The unique imprint stamp was reported by Fred J. Melville in the September 1922 Stamp Lover (p. 64); its owner was identified as Henry C. Gibson, who presumably sold it to Lapham through Colson (see "The Plating of the Brattleboros", Calvet M. Hahn, Collectors Club Philatelist, Mar.-Apr. 1988). Since then, it was has always been part of the Lapham-Colson reconstruction, which changed owners in various sales. It last appeared at auction in the Christie's October 1989 sale of the Weill Brothers' stock and was sold as part of the reconstruction. In this Rarities sale, collectors now have the opportunity to acquire what is widely regarded as the most outstanding single Brattleboro provisional stamp in existence.
Ex Lapham, Colson, Gibson and Weill. Scott value for an ordinary used single is $9,000.00.
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 824 realized 23,000
Part of lot 10, Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 660 realized 57,500 of the complete plating of all 10 positions
PF 357191
5X1 1846 5¢ black on buff
BOTTOM MARGIN SINGLE WITH IMPRINT, RED MANUSCRIPT CANCELLATION.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuine With A Faint Vertical Crease At Right
