#5385

Lot 37 5c Dark Brown (1a), large to huge margins, gorgeous deep rich color, sharp clear proof-like impression, tied by bold blue herringbone fancy cancel on blue folded letter to Albany NY, Flagg correspondence, letter dated Dec 26, 1847, light red Binghamton NY Dec 28 datestamp, cover file fold through the adhesive and margin tears.

Extremely fine, the finer of two known examples in blue and the second earliest recorded herringbone cover.

Provenance: Kathrine Matthies, Louis Grunin collections

Literature: Illustrated in The Chronicle, Vol. 29, No 3, 1977, p157

Note: This cover is number 2 in the listing by Creighton C. Hart published in The Chronicle, Vol. 29, No 3, 1977, p157

est. $8,000-10,000

Christie's sale 7726 Sept 28-29, 1993 realized 9200

Sotheby sale S43 lot 78

Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 353 lot 147 realized 350

Alexander listed as 12/28/47

Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 556 lot 894 realized 1300

Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1211 (William H Gross) lot 51 realized 4000 (image)

PF 564933 - IT IS A GENUINE USAGE, THE STAMP WITH A HORIZONTAL FILE CREASE ACROSS BOTTOM OF VIGNETTE, AND A TINY MARGIN TEAR AT LOWER RIGHT.