Sale 1188 — United States Stamp Treasures: The William H. Gross Collection
Sale Date — Wednesday, 3 October, 2018
Category — 1847 Issue Covers
A scarce and high-quality 5¢ 1847 cover with perfect strikes of the Michigan Central Railroad circular datestamp and hand-carved grid cancellationDESCRIPTION
5¢ Red Brown (1), mostly full to large margins, clear at top left, dark shade, tied by greenish-blue 6-bar grid cancel, matching “Mic. Central R.R. Mic. Jun. 6” Michigan Central Railroad route agent’s circular datestamp on folded cover to Detroit, beautiful clear strikes of datestamp and hand-carved grid cancel, no yeardate (circa 1850)
PROVENANCE
* Robert S. Emerson, Daniel F. Kelleher, 10/19/1937, Sale 394, lot 7
* Alfred R. Brigham, Daniel F. Kelleher, 12/1/1950, Sale 449, lot 29
* Katharine Matthies, Siegel Auction Galleries, 5/20/1969, Sale 353, lot 196 (description states “ex Burrus,” but we cannot confirm this)
* Allan Goldberg, Siegel Auction Galleries, 9/26/2007, Sale 939, lot 91
CENSUS, LITERATURE AND EXHIBITION REFERENCES
* USPCS census no. 12568
* https://www.uspcs.org/resource-center/censuses/1847-cover-census/
CONDITION NOTES
* Very Fine stamp and cover with vertical file folds clear of stamp
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