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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | September 26, 18xx |
| From City | Wilkes Barre |
| From State | PA |
| To City | Tunkhannock |
| To State | PA |
| Addressee | A. K. Peckham |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 453441 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Notes
Postmark: circa 1848
Origin: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, UNITED STATES
Destination: Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, UNITED STATES
Description: Letter from Wilkes Barre to Tunkhannock PA¨Black rectangular grid of 25 small squares cancel the stamp. Wilkes Barre town postmark. One of two known covers with the grid of squares cancel.
PhilaMercury Cover #3057
Gordon Eubanks exhibit
Lot 155 5c Red Brown (1). Large even margins all around, beautiful "chocolate" shade and clear impression, cancelled by Rectangular Grid of Squares cancel, "Wilkes Barre Pa. Sep. 26" circular datestamp on brown cover to Tunkhannock Pa., horizontal fold clear of stamp and markings, slight wear and tiny spindle hole at center
EXTREMELY FINE GEM STAMP TIED BY THE DISTINCTIVE WILKES BARRE RECTANGULAR GRID OF SQUARES. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE 1847 ISSUE WITH THIS CANCELLATION (PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE UNIQUE ON COVER).
The other cover with the same markings is dated September 29 (ID #12182) and comes from the same correspondence (ex Rohloff, Haas, Garrett and Kapiloff, last sold in our Sale 743, where it realized $2,600 hammer). An off-cover stamp with the Wilkes Barre Grid of Squares cancel realized $4,950 in a Christie's Sep. 1991 auction. This cover has not seen the light of day for more than sixty years. The "YS" source code on the back indicates it was bought from Y. Souren.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 933 realized 7000
Not listed in Alexander
PF 453441
1 1847 5¢ brown
SINGLE, RECTANGULAR GRID OF SQUARES CANCEL, ON COVER TO TUNKHANNOCK PA, WILKES BARRE PA PMK AT RIGHT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE USAGE, THE COVER WITH A HORIZONTAL FILE FOLD AND A TINY SPINDLE HOLE BOTH CLEAR OF THE STAMP AND POSTMARK
Origin: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, UNITED STATES
Destination: Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, UNITED STATES
Description: Letter from Wilkes Barre to Tunkhannock PA¨Black rectangular grid of 25 small squares cancel the stamp. Wilkes Barre town postmark. One of two known covers with the grid of squares cancel.
PhilaMercury Cover #3057
Gordon Eubanks exhibit
Lot 155 5c Red Brown (1). Large even margins all around, beautiful "chocolate" shade and clear impression, cancelled by Rectangular Grid of Squares cancel, "Wilkes Barre Pa. Sep. 26" circular datestamp on brown cover to Tunkhannock Pa., horizontal fold clear of stamp and markings, slight wear and tiny spindle hole at center
EXTREMELY FINE GEM STAMP TIED BY THE DISTINCTIVE WILKES BARRE RECTANGULAR GRID OF SQUARES. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE 1847 ISSUE WITH THIS CANCELLATION (PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT TO BE UNIQUE ON COVER).
The other cover with the same markings is dated September 29 (ID #12182) and comes from the same correspondence (ex Rohloff, Haas, Garrett and Kapiloff, last sold in our Sale 743, where it realized $2,600 hammer). An off-cover stamp with the Wilkes Barre Grid of Squares cancel realized $4,950 in a Christie's Sep. 1991 auction. This cover has not seen the light of day for more than sixty years. The "YS" source code on the back indicates it was bought from Y. Souren.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 933 realized 7000
Not listed in Alexander
PF 453441
1 1847 5¢ brown
SINGLE, RECTANGULAR GRID OF SQUARES CANCEL, ON COVER TO TUNKHANNOCK PA, WILKES BARRE PA PMK AT RIGHT.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE USAGE, THE COVER WITH A HORIZONTAL FILE FOLD AND A TINY SPINDLE HOLE BOTH CLEAR OF THE STAMP AND POSTMARK
