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| Scott Number | 03X1 |
|---|---|
| Date | March 29, 1847 |
| From City | Baltimore |
| From State | MD |
| To City | Philadelphia |
| To State | PA |
| Addressee | Miss C. M. Lea |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 476636 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Plate Position | 4 |
| Initials | |
| Others |
Notes
Baltimore Md., 5c Black (3X1). Position 4, ample to large margins showing almost all of framelines on three sides, without usual pen cancel and tied by well-struck blue "Paid" handstamp, matching "Baltimore Md. Mar. 29" circular datestamp on 1847 folded letter to Philadelphia, faint toned spot at center from wax seal
EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT BALTIMORE PROVISIONAL ON WHITE PAPER USED ON COVER. VERY FEW OF THE KNOWN COVERS HAVE THE STAMP CANCELLED ONLY BY A HANDSTAMP.
As noted in the Scott Catalogue footnote to 3X1-3X4, the Baltimore provisional stamps on white paper followed the printing on bluish paper. Signed John Klemann. Ex Hall. Estimate $13,500
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 972 lot 1003 realized 27,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 824 lot 4 realized 12,500
Robert A. Siegel sale 1216 lot 4 realized 10,000
H R Harmer sale 612 (Moody) lot 1 realized 1400
Robert A. Siegel sale 1310 lot 1 realized 10,500 (image)
PF 476636
3X1 1845 5¢ black
SINGLE, POSITION 4, BLUE "PAID" CANCEL, ON 1847 DATED FOLDED LETTER TO PHILADELPHIA.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE USAGE
Number 28 in the Hayes census (Collectors Club Philatelist, Jan. 1970).
The 1847 edition of McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory lists Jos. Lea, gentleman, residing at Schuylkill & 7th St about Spruce and Thomas T. Lea, com. merchant, at Spruce near Schuylkill & 7.
Letter was probably written to Miss Catherine Moore Lea (1821-1885), daughter of Joseph Lea and sister to Thomas Tatnall Lea. Catherine married Edward Augustus Hall in 1851,
EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT BALTIMORE PROVISIONAL ON WHITE PAPER USED ON COVER. VERY FEW OF THE KNOWN COVERS HAVE THE STAMP CANCELLED ONLY BY A HANDSTAMP.
As noted in the Scott Catalogue footnote to 3X1-3X4, the Baltimore provisional stamps on white paper followed the printing on bluish paper. Signed John Klemann. Ex Hall. Estimate $13,500
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 972 lot 1003 realized 27,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 824 lot 4 realized 12,500
Robert A. Siegel sale 1216 lot 4 realized 10,000
H R Harmer sale 612 (Moody) lot 1 realized 1400
Robert A. Siegel sale 1310 lot 1 realized 10,500 (image)
PF 476636
3X1 1845 5¢ black
SINGLE, POSITION 4, BLUE "PAID" CANCEL, ON 1847 DATED FOLDED LETTER TO PHILADELPHIA.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
IT IS A GENUINE USAGE
Number 28 in the Hayes census (Collectors Club Philatelist, Jan. 1970).
The 1847 edition of McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory lists Jos. Lea, gentleman, residing at Schuylkill & 7th St about Spruce and Thomas T. Lea, com. merchant, at Spruce near Schuylkill & 7.
Letter was probably written to Miss Catherine Moore Lea (1821-1885), daughter of Joseph Lea and sister to Thomas Tatnall Lea. Catherine married Edward Augustus Hall in 1851,
