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| Scott Number | 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | July 13, 1850 |
| From City | Panama City |
| From State | Panama |
| To City | San Blas |
| To State | Mexico |
| Addressee | Barron Forbes & Co |
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| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 0 |
| Quantity 2 | 9 |
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Ishikawa 1847-1869 US Stamps
The illustration of the DeVoss cover in the Ishikawa Collection book shows the torn stamp covered over by a sound single which, although not a good match, nevertheless served the cosmetic function of hiding the unsightly rent single. (Chronicle 160, p233)
Alexander listed as 7/13/50
Lower image: State of the cover in the Christies 1993 sale, lot 79 (unsold) and the lot below.
Lot 19 10c black (2), two horizontal strips of three, two singles, and part of a third, all with four clear to huge margins, except the part single, all with prooflike color and impression, cancelled by matching light red grids on folded cover docketed as having originated in Lima, Peru July 13, 1850, and addressed to Messrs. Barron Forbes & Co., San Blas in Mexico. Delivered to Panama out of the mails to the US consul and dispatch agent Amos Corwine, it was rated triple the single letter rate (30c) for carriage by contract steamer to San Blas, an intermediate stop on the way to the United States West Coast. Corwine initially applied a red PANAMA handstamp at upper right, which was then covered by the placement of nine stamps around the address, some ink erosion in the address which has some reinforcement on reverse, a spectacular and Very Fine usage, this celebrated cover, with the highest value franking of any 1847 cover, is one of the most easily recognizable items in classic United States philately, Ex DeVoss Via Panama, page 148; Baker’s US Classics, page 152 plus numerous other periodicals and journals. Est $100,000 -150,000.
ED: The first shipment of 10c 1847 issue stamps was on July 16, 1850 and they may have been brought by Corwine from Washington DC to Panama. He and/or the stamps arrived in time for the August 3, 1850 sailing of the California. Upon his return to Panama, he started using the straightline PANAMA handstamp. This cover, then is the earliest use of this handstamp as well as the earliest possible usage of United States stamps in Panama
Additionally, this is one of just a few covers (all via Panama) franked by stamps of the 1847 issue that were written, carried, and delivered entirely outside the continental United States.
Barron Forbes Company was steamboat agent for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, which operated between Panama and San Francisco.
Matthew Bennett International sale 243 realized 125,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1211 (William H Gross) lot 118 realized 140,000
PF 337274: Genuine Usage On An 1850 Folded Address Sheet, The Right Stamp DAMAGED IN HANDLING
The illustration of the DeVoss cover in the Ishikawa Collection book shows the torn stamp covered over by a sound single which, although not a good match, nevertheless served the cosmetic function of hiding the unsightly rent single. (Chronicle 160, p233)
Alexander listed as 7/13/50
Lower image: State of the cover in the Christies 1993 sale, lot 79 (unsold) and the lot below.
Lot 19 10c black (2), two horizontal strips of three, two singles, and part of a third, all with four clear to huge margins, except the part single, all with prooflike color and impression, cancelled by matching light red grids on folded cover docketed as having originated in Lima, Peru July 13, 1850, and addressed to Messrs. Barron Forbes & Co., San Blas in Mexico. Delivered to Panama out of the mails to the US consul and dispatch agent Amos Corwine, it was rated triple the single letter rate (30c) for carriage by contract steamer to San Blas, an intermediate stop on the way to the United States West Coast. Corwine initially applied a red PANAMA handstamp at upper right, which was then covered by the placement of nine stamps around the address, some ink erosion in the address which has some reinforcement on reverse, a spectacular and Very Fine usage, this celebrated cover, with the highest value franking of any 1847 cover, is one of the most easily recognizable items in classic United States philately, Ex DeVoss Via Panama, page 148; Baker’s US Classics, page 152 plus numerous other periodicals and journals. Est $100,000 -150,000.
ED: The first shipment of 10c 1847 issue stamps was on July 16, 1850 and they may have been brought by Corwine from Washington DC to Panama. He and/or the stamps arrived in time for the August 3, 1850 sailing of the California. Upon his return to Panama, he started using the straightline PANAMA handstamp. This cover, then is the earliest use of this handstamp as well as the earliest possible usage of United States stamps in Panama
Additionally, this is one of just a few covers (all via Panama) franked by stamps of the 1847 issue that were written, carried, and delivered entirely outside the continental United States.
Barron Forbes Company was steamboat agent for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, which operated between Panama and San Francisco.
Matthew Bennett International sale 243 realized 125,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1211 (William H Gross) lot 118 realized 140,000
PF 337274: Genuine Usage On An 1850 Folded Address Sheet, The Right Stamp DAMAGED IN HANDLING
