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| Scott Number | 07X1 |
|---|---|
| Date | March 8, 1847 |
| From City | Millbury |
| From State | Ma |
| To City | |
| To State | |
| Addressee | Picee K |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 603960 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Plate Position | |
| Initials | |
| Others |
Notes
Lot 11 Millbury Mass., 5c Black on Bluish (7X1). Large margins on two sides, just in at right and at bottom, tied by red crayon cancel on large piece with clearly-struck "Millbury Ms. Mar. 8" circular datestamp, stamp also "tied" by horizontal file fold
This piece is illustrated and discussed in Philip T. Wall's article on the Millbury provisional (Chronicle 120 and 121), in which he records seventeen examples (an eighteenth stamp on cover has since been recorded).
Ex Storrow and Col. Green (Part VIII, Harmer Rooke sale). With 1986 P.F. certificate
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 837 unsold
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 662 (Isleham) lot 1022 realized 8500
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 267 (1964 Rarities) lot 7 realized $6,000
PF 384964
7X1 1846 5¢ black on bluish
SINGLE, ON PIECE, RED CRAYON CANCEL, RED MILLBURY MA PMK ABOVE.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuinely Used On Piece, The Stamp With A Light Horizontal Crease, AND THE BLUISH PAPER LIGHTENED WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME
Philip Ward Chronicle 121 Figure K
PF 603960 IT IS GENUINE AND GENUINELY USED ON THIS PIECE. THE STAMP PIECE WITH A HORIZONTAL FILE FOLD THROUGH THE STAMP, THE PIECE WITH PRINTED INITIALS W. H. C. ON REVERSE
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Siegel Census 7X1-PCE-09
This piece is illustrated and discussed in Philip T. Wall's article on the Millbury provisional (Chronicle 120 and 121), in which he records seventeen examples (an eighteenth stamp on cover has since been recorded).
Ex Storrow and Col. Green (Part VIII, Harmer Rooke sale). With 1986 P.F. certificate
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 837 unsold
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 662 (Isleham) lot 1022 realized 8500
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 267 (1964 Rarities) lot 7 realized $6,000
PF 384964
7X1 1846 5¢ black on bluish
SINGLE, ON PIECE, RED CRAYON CANCEL, RED MILLBURY MA PMK ABOVE.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuinely Used On Piece, The Stamp With A Light Horizontal Crease, AND THE BLUISH PAPER LIGHTENED WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME
Philip Ward Chronicle 121 Figure K
PF 603960 IT IS GENUINE AND GENUINELY USED ON THIS PIECE. THE STAMP PIECE WITH A HORIZONTAL FILE FOLD THROUGH THE STAMP, THE PIECE WITH PRINTED INITIALS W. H. C. ON REVERSE
(image)
Siegel Census 7X1-PCE-09
