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| Scott Number | 07X1 |
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| Date | March 23, 1847 |
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| Addressee | Piece I |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 301405 |
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| No. of Stamps | 1 |
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Lot 17 Millbury Mass., 5c Black on Bluish (7X1). Two clear to ample margins, just into outer rim at top and left, clear impression on bright fresh paper, tied by neat "Milbury Ms. Mar. 23" circular datestamp in red on piece of folded cover (circa 1847), light folds in piece clear of stamp
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).
Backstamped W.H.C. (Warren H. Colson). With 1996 P.F. certificate
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 811 (1999 rarities) realized 18,000
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 793 lot 1 realized 18,000
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 759 (1994 rarities) lot 8 unsold
PF 301405
7X1 1846 5¢ black
ON PIECE, RED MILBURY, MS TOWN CANCEL.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuinely Used On Piece
Lot 3006 Millbury, Mass., 1846, 5¢ black on bluish (7X1), clear impression, tied on piece by attractive red "Millbury Ms. Mar 23" c.d.s., margins at two sides, just in at top and left, bright and fresh, Fine.
Scott $20,000
THE ONLY SOUND, AND THEREFORE THE FINEST OF THE NINE RECORDED USED EXAMPLES ON PIECE OR OFF COVER.
Expertization: 1996 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Morris.
According to Philip T. Wall's article on the Millbury provisional, there are three examples recorded used on piece and six recorded used off-cover. He describes in detail the faults, creases or more serious flaws, associated with the other eight recorded examples.
Illustrated and described in the definitive article "The Millbury Postmaster's Provisional Stamp" by Philip T. Wall, The Chronicle, Nov. 1983 & Feb. 1984, No. 120-1, pp. 229, 12-19, fig. I.¨Realized $46,000
Matthew Bennett International sale 297
Philip Ward Chronicle 121 Figure I
Siegel Census 7X1-PCE-11
Image copyright Matthew Bennett International used with permission
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).
Backstamped W.H.C. (Warren H. Colson). With 1996 P.F. certificate
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 811 (1999 rarities) realized 18,000
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 793 lot 1 realized 18,000
Robert A Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 759 (1994 rarities) lot 8 unsold
PF 301405
7X1 1846 5¢ black
ON PIECE, RED MILBURY, MS TOWN CANCEL.
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuinely Used On Piece
Lot 3006 Millbury, Mass., 1846, 5¢ black on bluish (7X1), clear impression, tied on piece by attractive red "Millbury Ms. Mar 23" c.d.s., margins at two sides, just in at top and left, bright and fresh, Fine.
Scott $20,000
THE ONLY SOUND, AND THEREFORE THE FINEST OF THE NINE RECORDED USED EXAMPLES ON PIECE OR OFF COVER.
Expertization: 1996 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Morris.
According to Philip T. Wall's article on the Millbury provisional, there are three examples recorded used on piece and six recorded used off-cover. He describes in detail the faults, creases or more serious flaws, associated with the other eight recorded examples.
Illustrated and described in the definitive article "The Millbury Postmaster's Provisional Stamp" by Philip T. Wall, The Chronicle, Nov. 1983 & Feb. 1984, No. 120-1, pp. 229, 12-19, fig. I.¨Realized $46,000
Matthew Bennett International sale 297
Philip Ward Chronicle 121 Figure I
Siegel Census 7X1-PCE-11
Image copyright Matthew Bennett International used with permission
