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| Scott Number | 09X1a |
|---|---|
| Date | January 31, 1846 |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | La Chaux-de-Fond |
| To State | Switzerland |
| Addressee | Frires Vuille |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 331867 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Plate Position | 10 |
| Initials | AC M |
| Others |
Notes
New York N.Y., 5c Black, "AC M" Initials (9X1a). Position 10, large even margins, deep shade and fine impression, bright red initials, tied by orange-red "New-York 5 cts. Jan. 31" foreign-mail circular datestamp on fresh blue 1846 folded letter to La Chaux-de-Fond, Switzerland, sender's ship-name routing "Hibernia", red "COLONIES/&c. ART. 13" framed accountancy handstamp, red "T.F." transit and bold red ms. "46" decimes due rate, British transit backstamp (Feb. 15), Swiss transit and receiving datestamps also on back
EXTREMELY FINE. THE FINEST OF THE THREE RECORDED COVERS TO SWITZERLAND WITH THE NEW YORK POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL STAMP. A COLORFUL AND EXTRAORDINARY USAGE.
There is another comparable cover from the same correspondence, but it has the addressee's name crossed out in ink, and, as a result, is somewhat less attractive than this cover. Illustrated in Chronicle No. 105, p. 9. Ex Grunin
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. Sale 804 (Zoellner) lot 8 realized 12,500
Piller, Stanley M., The New York Postmasters' Provisional, Cosmos Press, 1991, fig 163
From owner Mark Schwartz:
PF 331867
9X1a 1845 5c black
Single, pos 10, New York foreign mail cancel on FL to Switzerland, red boxed Colonies & Art. 13 accountancy handstamp and French entry pmk. and we are of the opinion that it is a genuine usage
EXTREMELY FINE. THE FINEST OF THE THREE RECORDED COVERS TO SWITZERLAND WITH THE NEW YORK POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL STAMP. A COLORFUL AND EXTRAORDINARY USAGE.
There is another comparable cover from the same correspondence, but it has the addressee's name crossed out in ink, and, as a result, is somewhat less attractive than this cover. Illustrated in Chronicle No. 105, p. 9. Ex Grunin
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. Sale 804 (Zoellner) lot 8 realized 12,500
Piller, Stanley M., The New York Postmasters' Provisional, Cosmos Press, 1991, fig 163
From owner Mark Schwartz:
PF 331867
9X1a 1845 5c black
Single, pos 10, New York foreign mail cancel on FL to Switzerland, red boxed Colonies & Art. 13 accountancy handstamp and French entry pmk. and we are of the opinion that it is a genuine usage
