Auction Detail
January 2023
Our January 2023 sales include the "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Postal History Part VIII, as well as a general sale of United States and worldwide stamps, covers, and collections.
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position 15, margins large to clear at bottom, portion of adjacent stamp at top, cancelled by red "Paid" in arc and small framed "US" of the US City Despatch, "Paid" repeated at left, red "Washington City D.C. Dec 5" datestamp and "5" rate, on 1845 incoming folded letter to New York City street address (for carrier delivery), repaired spindle hole, very fine, one of three recorded usages of the New York provisional from Washington, illustrated in the Piller book (page 83), USPCS Census #20415, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
Provenance: Alfred H. Caspary (H.R. Harmer, Sale 967, 1955)
Ambassador J. William Middendorf II (Richard C. Frajola, 1990)
four margins, tied by blue pen strikes to 1846 folded letter to Paris, France, endorsed "p Steamer Britannia" (changed from Hibernia), red "New-York 5 Paid May 30" datestamp, boxed "Colonies &c Art.13" and Boulogne transit, very fine and attractive use of the New York provisional to France, USPCS census #20565, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $2,200)
position 20, ample to huge margins including sheet margin at right, tied by two strikes of red grid and red "New-York 5cts 25 Mar" datestamp on 1847 folded cover to Providence, Rhode Island, matching "Paid" in arc, cover with scattered bleach spots not affecting the stamp, otherwise very fine and rare, an extraordinary example of the New York provisional on blue paper, USPCS census #20783, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $5,750)
Provenance: Henry C. Gibson (Philip H. Ward Sale 12, 1944)
Rarities of the World (R.A. Siegel Sale 579, 1981)
Jeremiah Farrington (Ivy Shreve & Mader, 1992)
position 18, single with full margins, tied by blue pen strokes to 1847 folded letter to Whitestown, New York, red "New York 5cts 24 Mar" datestamp and matching "Paid" in arc, very fine, the USPCS census only records 14 covers with the New York provisional on gray paper, a wonderful cover, gray paper stamps were produced as part of the last shipment of stamps that arrived in New York in early 1847, USPCS Census #20780, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $5,250)
Provenance: Jeremiah Farrington (Ivy Shreve & Mader, 1992)
full balanced margins except clear at top right, blue pen cancel, fine and attractive, 1956 RPSL certificate (Scott $450)