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| Scott Number | 09X1e, 09X1b, 09X1b |
|---|---|
| Date | November 12, 1845 |
| From City | Boston |
| From State | MA |
| To City | New York |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Howland & Aspinwall |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 216462 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 3 |
| Plate Position | 22 |
| Initials | ---, A C M, A C M |
| Others |
Notes
New York, N.Y., 5c Black on Bluish, "ACM" Initials (9X1). Unconnected letters without periods (unlisted variety), vertical corner margin pair, large to gigantic margins, Pos. 31/36, used with 5c Black on Bluish, Without Signature (9X1e), Pos. 22, full to large margins, each with matching blue ms. cancel on undated folded cover from Boston to New York, red "Boston Mass. Nov. 12" cds and magenta ms. "15", red curved "PAID" applied at New York, ms. endorsement in corner, "US Mail paid", file folds not affecting stamps, light water stain around Pos. 22, which also has a pinhole
EXTREMELY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED VERTICAL SHEET MARGIN PAIR AND A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF STAMPS.
Use of the New York provisional from Boston is represented by approximately 20-25 covers and pieces, most addressed to the firm of Howland & Aspinwall. Only three are 15c rates: a cover front, a cover with the address panel restored, and the full cover offered here. In our opinion this is one of the two greatest New York provisional covers used from a post office other than New York, the other being the famous Philadelphia cover to Canada.
Ex G.E. Jones (J. W. Scott, Nov. 8, 1906), Lapham, Weill. With 1989 P.F. certificate
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. Sale 777 lot 5 realized 20000
Christie's Oct 12, 1989 Weill Brothers sale lot 588
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1188 (William Gross Treasures) lot 1 realized 32,500
Piller, Stanley M., The New York Postmasters' Provisional, Cosmos Press, 1991, p 72, Figure 97. (Boston #3)
PF 216462
9X1 1845 5¢ black on bluish
9X1d 1845 5¢ black on bluish
VERTICAL CORNER MARGIN PAIR PLUS UNSIGNED SINGLE, BLUE PEN CANCELS, ON FL SHEET TO N.Y., RED BOSTON PMK & S/L "PAID".
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
They Are Genuinely Used On Cover FROM BOSTON, MASS., WITH THE 9x1d HAVING A TINY PINHOLE
The Scott catalog now lists these stamps as 9X1b and 9X1e
EXTREMELY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED VERTICAL SHEET MARGIN PAIR AND A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF STAMPS.
Use of the New York provisional from Boston is represented by approximately 20-25 covers and pieces, most addressed to the firm of Howland & Aspinwall. Only three are 15c rates: a cover front, a cover with the address panel restored, and the full cover offered here. In our opinion this is one of the two greatest New York provisional covers used from a post office other than New York, the other being the famous Philadelphia cover to Canada.
Ex G.E. Jones (J. W. Scott, Nov. 8, 1906), Lapham, Weill. With 1989 P.F. certificate
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. Sale 777 lot 5 realized 20000
Christie's Oct 12, 1989 Weill Brothers sale lot 588
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1188 (William Gross Treasures) lot 1 realized 32,500
Piller, Stanley M., The New York Postmasters' Provisional, Cosmos Press, 1991, p 72, Figure 97. (Boston #3)
PF 216462
9X1 1845 5¢ black on bluish
9X1d 1845 5¢ black on bluish
VERTICAL CORNER MARGIN PAIR PLUS UNSIGNED SINGLE, BLUE PEN CANCELS, ON FL SHEET TO N.Y., RED BOSTON PMK & S/L "PAID".
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
They Are Genuinely Used On Cover FROM BOSTON, MASS., WITH THE 9x1d HAVING A TINY PINHOLE
The Scott catalog now lists these stamps as 9X1b and 9X1e
