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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | October 14, 1850 |
| From City | Wilmington & Raleigh RR |
| From State | RR |
| To City | Philadelphia |
| To State | PA |
| Addressee | Powers & Weightman |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 41270 |
| Fake | |
| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
| Bisect | |
| Others |
Notes
Chronicle 84
This pair of 5c stamps required two strikes of the distinctive windmill cancellation used by the route agent on this line.
Creighton C. Hart exhibit, First Issue of US Stamps
Lot 209 5c Brown Orange (1b) pair, margins to just showing parts of frame at bottom, brilliant color, left stamp Dot in S variety, each with blue pinwheel cancel, matching Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road pmk, on 1850 folded cover to Philadelphia, Fine, ex King, signed Ashbrook, with PF certificate
Robert G Kaufmann sale 66 (Hart) realized 4500
Alexander listed as 10/14/50
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 210 lot 77
Image from the William Gross exhibit frame 6-8 on the USPCS website.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1211 (William H Gross) lot 75 realized 4500
PF 41270 1b pair genuinely used on cover
This pair of 5c stamps required two strikes of the distinctive windmill cancellation used by the route agent on this line.
Creighton C. Hart exhibit, First Issue of US Stamps
Lot 209 5c Brown Orange (1b) pair, margins to just showing parts of frame at bottom, brilliant color, left stamp Dot in S variety, each with blue pinwheel cancel, matching Wilmington & Raleigh Rail Road pmk, on 1850 folded cover to Philadelphia, Fine, ex King, signed Ashbrook, with PF certificate
Robert G Kaufmann sale 66 (Hart) realized 4500
Alexander listed as 10/14/50
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 210 lot 77
Image from the William Gross exhibit frame 6-8 on the USPCS website.
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1211 (William H Gross) lot 75 realized 4500
PF 41270 1b pair genuinely used on cover
