Sale 1155 — United States and Confederate States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday, 9 May, 2017
Category — 1847 Issue used from Florida
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3171
10c Black (2). Large top and bottom margins, slightly in at sides, tied by red grid cancel, matching "Apalachicola F.Ty. May 19" (1851) circular datestamp on buff cover to North Fairhaven Mass. from the Swift correspondence, small mend on edge of backflap, Very Fine use from Florida, signed Ashbrook
E. 1,000-1,500
1,300
3172
5c Red Brown (1). Horizontal pair, large margins to close at bottom right, tied by green grid cancel with matching "Tallahassee Flor. May 7" (1850) circular datestamp, addressed to Abingdon Va., slight overall toning, pair with small scissors-cut in top margin, still Fine and scarce 1847 cover with Florida origin and a true green cancel, the green ink used to cancel the stamp and postmark the letter is an unmistakable true green, not one of the impure greenish-blue green inks seen more frequently in this period
E. 1,000-1,500
800
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10c Black (2). Cancelled by green "PAID" straightline with matching "Tallahassee Flor. Nov. 10" (1847) circular datestamp on folded letter datelined Nov. 8, 1847 and addressed to Princeton N.J., stamp lifted and replaced, cover has been cleanedVERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE EARLIEST RECORDED USE OF AN ADHESIVE STAMP FROM FLORIDA.
Several of the major Florida post offices received 5c and 10c stamps in late 1847. Tallahassee received 1,700 and 1,400 respectively. This is the earliest recorded use of either denomination of the 1847 Issue from Florida and the only pre-1848 use (EKU for 5c is June 9, 1848). The green ink used to cancel the stamp and postmark the letter is an unmistakable true green, not one of the impure greenish-blue green inks seen more frequently in this period.
With 1984 P.F. certificate
E. 2,000-3,000
1,400
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5c Red Brown (1). Red grid cancel with matching "Tampa Flor. Apr. 2" (1850) circular datestamp on folded letter datelined "Fort Meade Florida March 30th, 1850", addressed to Tallahassee Fla., stamp with small defect in top right corner, Very Fine appearance, an extremely rare use of the 1857 Issue from Tampa, the USPCS Census lists only four covers from Tampa (two 5c, two 10c), each from the Beard correspondence, illustrated in Florida Postal History Journal (July 2005)
E. 750-1,000
1,600
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10c Black (2). Large to ample margins all around, tied by red grid with matching "Quincy Flor. Jan. 9" (1850) circular datestamp on folded letter to Philadelphia Pa., some negligible bleach spots, still Very Fine and rare, only four 10c 1847 Issue covers are recorded in the USPCS Census, ex Gibson and Kapiloff, with 1993 P.F. certificate
E. 1,000-1,500
700
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