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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | June 7, 1851 |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Waukegan |
| To State | IL |
| Addressee | Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lake County |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 276347 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 10 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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| Others |
Notes
The largest recorded 1847 multiple on cover “ a wall to wall strip of ten with sheet margin on both sides. Ex Gibson, Ackerman, Sweet, Craveri and Ishikawa
Alexander listed as 6/xx/51
Lot 22 5c Red Brown (1), entire horizontal strip ot ten, just clear to immense margins showing 9mm sheet margin at left and 4mm pane margin at right, except irregularly separated at lower left cutting into the design of the left stamp, red square grid cancels, used on legal sized buff cover addressed to Waukegan, IL., indistinct New York Jun ? datestamp, cover with red printed imprint across the top which is covered by the strip, red PAID handstamp, green US Commissioner in New York seal on back, ms. docketing at center and some cover faults, the left stamp and two others have small tears, light cover filing fold through another stamp.
Christie's sale 7726 Sep 28-29, 1993 realized 90,500
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1211 (William H Gross) lot 35 realized 42,500 (image) notes red printed corner card at top covered by strip ("[LIV]INGSTON, SECRETARY" visible), green Commissioner in New York seal on back signed by John Livingston, a prominent attorney and law journal publisher, the envelope contained depositions taken by Livingston and submitted to the court, receipt docketing dated June 9, 1851.
PF 276347
1 1847 red brown
HORIZONTAL STRIP OF TEN ON CVR TO WAUKEGAN, ILL. , RED NY. POSTMARK AND SQUARE GRID CANCELLATIONS.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Usage The Left Stamp With A PIECE OUT AND SMALL TEARS; POSITIONS 2 & 6 WITH SMALL TEARS; POS. 7 WITH CREASE FROM FILE FOLD
CDS date appears to be JUN 7, with the 7 being overwritten by the pen marking “10” (the 1 goes throuth the top horizontal bar of the red 7). The ms. docketing on the cover reads “Filed Jun 9, 1851", consistent with this mailing date.
John Livingston, NY attorney, law bookseller, author of monthly magazine Livingston’s Law Reporter. No evidence he wass related to the Robert Livingston family. (See John Livingston & the Business of Law in Nineteenth-Century America by Michael H Hoeflich.)
Alexander listed as 6/xx/51
Lot 22 5c Red Brown (1), entire horizontal strip ot ten, just clear to immense margins showing 9mm sheet margin at left and 4mm pane margin at right, except irregularly separated at lower left cutting into the design of the left stamp, red square grid cancels, used on legal sized buff cover addressed to Waukegan, IL., indistinct New York Jun ? datestamp, cover with red printed imprint across the top which is covered by the strip, red PAID handstamp, green US Commissioner in New York seal on back, ms. docketing at center and some cover faults, the left stamp and two others have small tears, light cover filing fold through another stamp.
Christie's sale 7726 Sep 28-29, 1993 realized 90,500
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1211 (William H Gross) lot 35 realized 42,500 (image) notes red printed corner card at top covered by strip ("[LIV]INGSTON, SECRETARY" visible), green Commissioner in New York seal on back signed by John Livingston, a prominent attorney and law journal publisher, the envelope contained depositions taken by Livingston and submitted to the court, receipt docketing dated June 9, 1851.
PF 276347
1 1847 red brown
HORIZONTAL STRIP OF TEN ON CVR TO WAUKEGAN, ILL. , RED NY. POSTMARK AND SQUARE GRID CANCELLATIONS.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is A Genuine Usage The Left Stamp With A PIECE OUT AND SMALL TEARS; POSITIONS 2 & 6 WITH SMALL TEARS; POS. 7 WITH CREASE FROM FILE FOLD
CDS date appears to be JUN 7, with the 7 being overwritten by the pen marking “10” (the 1 goes throuth the top horizontal bar of the red 7). The ms. docketing on the cover reads “Filed Jun 9, 1851", consistent with this mailing date.
John Livingston, NY attorney, law bookseller, author of monthly magazine Livingston’s Law Reporter. No evidence he wass related to the Robert Livingston family. (See John Livingston & the Business of Law in Nineteenth-Century America by Michael H Hoeflich.)
