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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | November 22, 1847 |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Lafayette |
| To State | IN |
| Addressee | H. L. Ellsworth |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 587708 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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1847 5c red brown, horizontal pair, margins all around, used Nov. 22, 1847 on FL from New York to Lafayette, Indiana, crisp early impression, tied by red square grids, with corresponding departure pmk, v.f. with 1991 Rendon cert. cat. $1,300
Cherrystone sale 107 lot 9 realized 1000 (image)
Alexander listed as 11/22/47
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 730 lot 20 realized 650
PF 587708: genuine use
Letter to Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (1791 – 1858), a Yale-educated attorney who became the first Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office. Ellsworth also served as the second president of the Aetna Insurance Company, was a commissioner to Indian tribes on the western frontier, and the founder of what became the United States Department of Agriculture.
Cherrystone sale 107 lot 9 realized 1000 (image)
Alexander listed as 11/22/47
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 730 lot 20 realized 650
PF 587708: genuine use
Letter to Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (1791 – 1858), a Yale-educated attorney who became the first Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office. Ellsworth also served as the second president of the Aetna Insurance Company, was a commissioner to Indian tribes on the western frontier, and the founder of what became the United States Department of Agriculture.
