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| Scott Number | 1 2 |
|---|---|
| Date | April 10, 18xx |
| From City | Vermont & Massachusetts RR |
| From State | RR |
| To City | Boston |
| To State | MA |
| Addressee | A. S. Lincoln |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 239544 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 1 |
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| Others |
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Lot 18 5c Brown, 10c black (1, 2). Each with margins all around, Very Fine, used together and beautifully tied by Orange "Vermt. & Massts R. R." (Remele V2), pmk., repeated on small, neat cover to Boston, also faint ms. cancels, A Gorgeous cover and a Great Rarity, one of the finest known combination covers, Ex-Waterhouse.
Est. 2,250.00
Real. 6,250.00
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale 350
Alexander listed as 4/10/xx
Christie's sale 7308 Sept 11-12, 1991 lot 1190 realized 10,450
PF 239544
1 1847 5¢ red brown
2 1847 10¢ black
SINGLES, RED "VERMT & MASSts RR" CANCEL, ON COVER TO BOSTON.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
They Are Genuinely Used On Cover And A MANUSCRIPT CANCELLATION HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE STAMPS.
PF 5890 - genuine, 5c washed or faded
Illustrated in The Postal History of Vermont, CC Handbook 21, p174.
The text states (p173) There is a difference of opinion on this cover. The Philatelic foundation issued a certificate stating it to be genuine. Stanley B. Ashbrook, in the fifth series of his special service, gave his reasons for stating "I am very suspicious of this cover as I believe that originally there was only the 5c which was tied to the envelope by the railroad postmark and that some faker added the 10c and painted the marking on the stamp."
Ashbrook Special Services, September 1955, pp 424-425
Lot 88 in the Waterhouse sale was a white envelope, with a 5¢ and 10¢ 1847, the former above 'the 10¢ and both tied to cover with a red-orange circular marking reading, "VERMT & MASS R.R." The catalogue description included the following quote "THIS FAMOUS AND UNIQUE ENTIRE IS DESCRIBED BT STANLEY B. ASHBROOK IN STAMPS MAGAZINE 19 JULY 1947." The sale price was 600 pounds or the equivalent of $1,680.00. I have never seen or examined this cover, and my mention of it in the article in "STAMPS" was based entirely on a photograph which was furnished to me some years ago by Sir Nicholas Waterhouse. I assumed at the time the article was written that he was positive that the cover was genuine. I quote as follows from my article in Stamps:"
"A unique cover. “ Illustrated herewith is a very rare and unique cover that reposes in the magnificent collection of an internationally known philatelist. This superb 1847 gem shows both stamps - the entire issue, used on one cover and canceled, not with the usual town postmark or other form of obliteration, but by a postal marking used by a U. S. mail agent on a railroad route. This marking reads, 'VERMT' & MASS. R.R. and it was applied in an orange-red ink." (unquote). The above covers my entire remarks concerning the cover. Naturally I considered at the time that the cover was perfectly genuine in every way.
A. S. Lincoln is listed as the Paying Teller of the Bank of Commerce at 83 State Street, Boston, in the Mass State Register 1854 Edition. Also listed in the 1852 Boston city directory but not the 1850 edition, making this cover a probable 1851 use.
Est. 2,250.00
Real. 6,250.00
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale 350
Alexander listed as 4/10/xx
Christie's sale 7308 Sept 11-12, 1991 lot 1190 realized 10,450
PF 239544
1 1847 5¢ red brown
2 1847 10¢ black
SINGLES, RED "VERMT & MASSts RR" CANCEL, ON COVER TO BOSTON.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
They Are Genuinely Used On Cover And A MANUSCRIPT CANCELLATION HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE STAMPS.
PF 5890 - genuine, 5c washed or faded
Illustrated in The Postal History of Vermont, CC Handbook 21, p174.
The text states (p173) There is a difference of opinion on this cover. The Philatelic foundation issued a certificate stating it to be genuine. Stanley B. Ashbrook, in the fifth series of his special service, gave his reasons for stating "I am very suspicious of this cover as I believe that originally there was only the 5c which was tied to the envelope by the railroad postmark and that some faker added the 10c and painted the marking on the stamp."
Ashbrook Special Services, September 1955, pp 424-425
Lot 88 in the Waterhouse sale was a white envelope, with a 5¢ and 10¢ 1847, the former above 'the 10¢ and both tied to cover with a red-orange circular marking reading, "VERMT & MASS R.R." The catalogue description included the following quote "THIS FAMOUS AND UNIQUE ENTIRE IS DESCRIBED BT STANLEY B. ASHBROOK IN STAMPS MAGAZINE 19 JULY 1947." The sale price was 600 pounds or the equivalent of $1,680.00. I have never seen or examined this cover, and my mention of it in the article in "STAMPS" was based entirely on a photograph which was furnished to me some years ago by Sir Nicholas Waterhouse. I assumed at the time the article was written that he was positive that the cover was genuine. I quote as follows from my article in Stamps:"
"A unique cover. “ Illustrated herewith is a very rare and unique cover that reposes in the magnificent collection of an internationally known philatelist. This superb 1847 gem shows both stamps - the entire issue, used on one cover and canceled, not with the usual town postmark or other form of obliteration, but by a postal marking used by a U. S. mail agent on a railroad route. This marking reads, 'VERMT' & MASS. R.R. and it was applied in an orange-red ink." (unquote). The above covers my entire remarks concerning the cover. Naturally I considered at the time that the cover was perfectly genuine in every way.
A. S. Lincoln is listed as the Paying Teller of the Bank of Commerce at 83 State Street, Boston, in the Mass State Register 1854 Edition. Also listed in the 1852 Boston city directory but not the 1850 edition, making this cover a probable 1851 use.
