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| Scott Number | 11X1 |
|---|---|
| Date | November 10, 1846 |
| From City | St Louis |
| From State | MO |
| To City | Saint Charles |
| To State | MO |
| Addressee | Wm. G. Pettus |
| Cert Author | PF |
| Cert # | 170111 |
| Fake | |
| No. of Stamps | 1 |
| Plate Position | 1 |
| Initials | |
| Others |
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Lot 2153 St. Louis Mo., 5c Black on Greenish (11X1). Type I, Position 1, large margins to barely in, tied by penstrokes, red "St. Louis Mo. Nov. 19" circular datestamp on blue 1846 folded letter to St. Charles Mo., stamp with small tears and light crease
FINE APPEARANCE. A SCARCE EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT ST. LOUIS POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ISSUE ON COVER. FROM THE FAMOUS PETTUS CORRESPONDENCE.
With 1987 P.F. certificate
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 966 realized 3,250
Lot 38 U.S. St. Louis, Mo., 1845, 5¢ Black on Greenish on Cover, #11X1.
M.s. cancel on 1846 folded letter with red St. Louis Nov 19th postmark and paid h.s., stamp has small tears and a crease, still attractive and very scarce piece, Fine to Very Fine appearance, PF (1987) cert.
Scott $14,000.
Estimate $4,000-5,000.
Harmer Schau Sale 68 Unsold
Harmer Schau sale 73 lot 1021
PF 170111
11X1 1845 5¢ greenish
MS. CANCELLED ON 1846 FL WITH RED ST. LOUIS, MO. NOV. 19 PMK AND PAID HANDSTAMP
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuinely Used On Cover And The Stamp With SMALL TEARS AND A CREASE
Number 115 in the Faiman / Bennett census.
Cancel is double struck. Date is Nov 10. The lower part of the upper circle in the “9” is actually the bottom half of the upper struck ‘0”
FINE APPEARANCE. A SCARCE EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT ST. LOUIS POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ISSUE ON COVER. FROM THE FAMOUS PETTUS CORRESPONDENCE.
With 1987 P.F. certificate
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. sale 966 realized 3,250
Lot 38 U.S. St. Louis, Mo., 1845, 5¢ Black on Greenish on Cover, #11X1.
M.s. cancel on 1846 folded letter with red St. Louis Nov 19th postmark and paid h.s., stamp has small tears and a crease, still attractive and very scarce piece, Fine to Very Fine appearance, PF (1987) cert.
Scott $14,000.
Estimate $4,000-5,000.
Harmer Schau Sale 68 Unsold
Harmer Schau sale 73 lot 1021
PF 170111
11X1 1845 5¢ greenish
MS. CANCELLED ON 1846 FL WITH RED ST. LOUIS, MO. NOV. 19 PMK AND PAID HANDSTAMP
AND WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT
It Is Genuinely Used On Cover And The Stamp With SMALL TEARS AND A CREASE
Number 115 in the Faiman / Bennett census.
Cancel is double struck. Date is Nov 10. The lower part of the upper circle in the “9” is actually the bottom half of the upper struck ‘0”
