Sale 1188 — United States Stamp Treasures: The William H. Gross Collection
Sale Date — Wednesday, 3 October, 2018
Category — Franklin Carrier on Cover with Plate Crack
The only recorded example of the 1851 Franklin Carrier General Issue stamp on cover that shows the plate crack--only two other plate crack stamps are in private hands, both off cover and with much less conspicuous cracksDESCRIPTION
(1¢) Dull Blue, Franklin Carrier, Cracked Plate (LO1 variety), Position 19L, deep and well-inked plate crack across entire stamp, large margins except touched at bottom left corner, intense shade and impression, cancelled by Philadelphia red star cancel, one point impressed strongly enough to tie stamp through paper, used on cover addressed to “Mr. Benjamin B. Myrick, Corner of Christian and Church Streets, Philadelphia”, red wax seal and “Recd. Mar. 18, 1852 B.B. Myrick” receipt docketing on back
PROVENANCE
* Alfred F. Lichtenstein, Eugene N. Costales sale, 4/26-27/1950, lot 767, to Elliott Perry on behalf of Gibson
* Henry C. Gibson, Sr. (sold privately)
* Siegel Auction Galleries, 4/27/1990, Sale 723, lot 355, to Golden
* David Golden, Siegel Auction Galleries, 11/15-17/1999, Sale 817, lot 15, to William H. Gross
CENSUS, LITERATURE AND EXHIBITION REFERENCES
* National Philatelic Museum, 1956, Vol. VI, No. 4, p. 482
* Scott R. Trepel, “Carrier Stamps During The 1851 Issue Period,” The 1851 Issue of United States Stamps: A Sesquicentennial Retrospective, p. 198
CERTIFICATION
* The Philatelic Foundation (1999)
CONDITION NOTES
* Extremely Fine stamp and cover
* Henry C. Gibson owner’s backstamp with note “Perry 1950”
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