Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019
Category — 1847 Issue—5¢ and 10¢ Combination and Multiple Frankings
1847 5¢ and 10¢ pair on cover--an outstanding combination franking paying five times the 5¢ under-300 miles rate5¢ Red Brown, 10¢ Black (1, 2), single 5¢, deep rich color from the First Printing, large margins to just in at lower right, 10¢ pair with three large margins, in at top, tied together and right 10¢ tied to cover by red grid cancels, matching "Batavia N.Y. Mar. 3" (1848) circular datestamp on slightly oversized folded letter regarding legal matters to Lockport, New York, originally contained additional court papers
Very Fine. A fresh and outstanding five-times domestic rate cover bearing the 1847 5¢ and 10¢ pair.
The USPCS census lists only three domestic 1847 covers with this combination of a single 5¢ and pair of 10¢ stamps. This cover is in the finest condition of the three by far. The half-ounce rate increments were eliminated in March 1849. For this and other reasons, examples of 5¢ and 10¢ 1847 combinations for the half-ounce increment are rare.
Ex Jack Dick, Paul C. Rohloff, Duane B. Garrett, Dr. Leonard Kapiloff, Guido Craveri and Joseph Hackmey. Also from our 1988 Rarities of the World sale. Illustrated in The United States 1847 Issue: A Cover Census (p. 849). Signed by Stanley B. Ashbrook. With 1992 P.F. certificate.
