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| Scott Number | 09X1 |
|---|---|
| Date | April 3, 1846 |
| From City | New York |
| From State | NY |
| To City | Buffalo |
| To State | NY |
| Addressee | Dr. Wm. K. Scott |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 525679 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 6 |
| Plate Position | 1 |
| Initials | ACM |
| Others |
Notes
Block of Six on Cover
Lot 86
New York N.Y., 5c Black, ACM Initials (9X1). Positions 1/6-8/11-12, irregular block of six, Positions 1 and 7-8 expertly repaired with portions of design replaced at right of top stamp and at top of the 7-8 pair, tied by blue pen cancels with matching manuscript 30 for triple 10c over-300 miles rate, red New-York Apl. 3 (1846) circular datestamp with matching Paid arc handstamp on folded letter to Buffalo N.Y., some cover edge wear or tears, internal tear closed with hinges
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST MULTIPLE OF THE NEW YORK POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ISSUE. AN OUTSTANDING ARTIFACT OF CLASSIC PHILATELY AND OFFERED AT AUCTION FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1924. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FRELINGHUYSEN COLLECTION.
The largest known multiple of the New York Postmaster's Provisional is the famous Hasbrouck cover with the block of nine and strip of three. The Benjamin K. Miller collection, owned by the New York Public Library, contained a block of ten from the bottom two rows of the plate, but the block was broken after the 1977 theft of items from the collection. This cover bears the second largest recorded multiple. There is one used block of four known as well as four covers with strips of four (one offered in lot 85) and a few off-cover strips of four. Any multiple larger than a pair is rare.
In his outstanding series of Chronicle articles on the New York Postmaster's Provisional, Philip T. Wall discussed three ex-Lapham rarities, wondering if they still existed. Unknown to him at the time is the fact that they were residing in the Frelinghuysen collection. One of the items discussed in Chronicle 111 (pp. 152-154) is the cover offered here. It first appeared and was
last auctioned at the American Philatelic Society convention in August 1924, selling for $476. Shortly thereafter it was acquired by John A. Klemann of the Nassau Stamp Company and placed with George W. Armitage of England.
Henry G. Lapham acquired the entire Armitage collection of United States in a private sale through Frank Godden sometime in 1930. Therefore, this cover with the block of six was not part of Lapham's 1926 New York provisional exhibit or his 1928 Collectors Club of New York presentation. However, it is specifically noted in the 1936 TIPEX exhibition catalogue entry for the Raymond W. Lapham collection of Postmaster's Provisionals, which won the Grand Award, the first international grand award ever earned by a United States collection. After Henry G. Lapham's death in 1939, Frelinghuysen acquired the block on cover and other provisional rarities from the Lapham collection through Warren H. Colson.
Ex Armitage and Lapham. Estimate $30,000-40,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. Sale 1020 realized $50,000
Before repair
Chronicle 111
Piller, Stanley M., The New York Postmasters' Provisional, Cosmos Press, 1991, fig. 62 page 51
Lot 86
New York N.Y., 5c Black, ACM Initials (9X1). Positions 1/6-8/11-12, irregular block of six, Positions 1 and 7-8 expertly repaired with portions of design replaced at right of top stamp and at top of the 7-8 pair, tied by blue pen cancels with matching manuscript 30 for triple 10c over-300 miles rate, red New-York Apl. 3 (1846) circular datestamp with matching Paid arc handstamp on folded letter to Buffalo N.Y., some cover edge wear or tears, internal tear closed with hinges
VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE SECOND LARGEST MULTIPLE OF THE NEW YORK POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ISSUE. AN OUTSTANDING ARTIFACT OF CLASSIC PHILATELY AND OFFERED AT AUCTION FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1924. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FRELINGHUYSEN COLLECTION.
The largest known multiple of the New York Postmaster's Provisional is the famous Hasbrouck cover with the block of nine and strip of three. The Benjamin K. Miller collection, owned by the New York Public Library, contained a block of ten from the bottom two rows of the plate, but the block was broken after the 1977 theft of items from the collection. This cover bears the second largest recorded multiple. There is one used block of four known as well as four covers with strips of four (one offered in lot 85) and a few off-cover strips of four. Any multiple larger than a pair is rare.
In his outstanding series of Chronicle articles on the New York Postmaster's Provisional, Philip T. Wall discussed three ex-Lapham rarities, wondering if they still existed. Unknown to him at the time is the fact that they were residing in the Frelinghuysen collection. One of the items discussed in Chronicle 111 (pp. 152-154) is the cover offered here. It first appeared and was
last auctioned at the American Philatelic Society convention in August 1924, selling for $476. Shortly thereafter it was acquired by John A. Klemann of the Nassau Stamp Company and placed with George W. Armitage of England.
Henry G. Lapham acquired the entire Armitage collection of United States in a private sale through Frank Godden sometime in 1930. Therefore, this cover with the block of six was not part of Lapham's 1926 New York provisional exhibit or his 1928 Collectors Club of New York presentation. However, it is specifically noted in the 1936 TIPEX exhibition catalogue entry for the Raymond W. Lapham collection of Postmaster's Provisionals, which won the Grand Award, the first international grand award ever earned by a United States collection. After Henry G. Lapham's death in 1939, Frelinghuysen acquired the block on cover and other provisional rarities from the Lapham collection through Warren H. Colson.
Ex Armitage and Lapham. Estimate $30,000-40,000
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. Sale 1020 realized $50,000
Before repair
Chronicle 111
Piller, Stanley M., The New York Postmasters' Provisional, Cosmos Press, 1991, fig. 62 page 51
