Skip to main content
| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | November xx, 1848 |
| From City | Alden |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Liverpool |
| To State | England |
| Addressee | Tiba Durkee |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 149809 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
Notes
PF 149809
1 1847 5¢ red brown HORIZONTAL PAIR PEN CANCELLED ON COVER TO LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuine MAILED DURING THE RETALIATORY RATE PERIOD
Lot 41815 5c Red brown, four margin pair tied on 1848 cover to England by neat ms & British numeral 8 due handstamp, ms notation ˜Via Steamer from Boston', bs'd boxed LIVERPOOL SHIP, v. fine and rare use during the Retaliatory Rate Period, a great exhibition item, cert. PF
David Feldman Auctions Nov 1987
Probably mailed from Alden NY, as were several other covers to the same addressee; all with pairs of #1, the same ms markings and the same handwriting on the cover. The postage paid the rate to Boston where the cover was placed on the trans-Atlantic mail ship.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 254 lot 15realized 185 notes backstamp in oval, 27 No 1848 Liverpool ship"
Alexander listed as 11/xx/48 from Alden NY
Schuyler J Rumsey, Inc. sale 66 lot 1053 realized 2400
Robert G. Kaufmann sale 61 (Elite) lot 369
Schuyler J. Rumsey sale 134 lot 2258 unsold
1 1847 5¢ red brown HORIZONTAL PAIR PEN CANCELLED ON COVER TO LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuine MAILED DURING THE RETALIATORY RATE PERIOD
Lot 41815 5c Red brown, four margin pair tied on 1848 cover to England by neat ms & British numeral 8 due handstamp, ms notation ˜Via Steamer from Boston', bs'd boxed LIVERPOOL SHIP, v. fine and rare use during the Retaliatory Rate Period, a great exhibition item, cert. PF
David Feldman Auctions Nov 1987
Probably mailed from Alden NY, as were several other covers to the same addressee; all with pairs of #1, the same ms markings and the same handwriting on the cover. The postage paid the rate to Boston where the cover was placed on the trans-Atlantic mail ship.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 254 lot 15realized 185 notes backstamp in oval, 27 No 1848 Liverpool ship"
Alexander listed as 11/xx/48 from Alden NY
Schuyler J Rumsey, Inc. sale 66 lot 1053 realized 2400
Robert G. Kaufmann sale 61 (Elite) lot 369
Schuyler J. Rumsey sale 134 lot 2258 unsold
