Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019
Category — 1847 Issue—Demonetized Period
Demonetized use of the 5¢ 1847 Issue in combination with the 1¢ Type II 1851 Issue to make up the 6¢ double rate--one of only two 1847 covers bearing 1851 Issue stamps5¢ Red Brown (1), ample margins to full, used with 1¢ Blue, Type II (7), large to huge margins including part of adjoining stamp at bottom, tied by greenish "Cannonsburgh Pa. Sep. 15 (1852)" circular datestamp with second clear strike at left, stamps also tied together by pen stroke on buff envelope to Lexington, Kentucky, manuscript "no go" and "10" rate with the former crossed out--evidently treated as paid, either by Cannonsburgh postmaster or by receiving postmaster at Lexington--1852 docketing at top
Very Fine; some minor ink erosion in reply docketing, 5¢ with tiny margin tear at bottom.
This is an extraordinary and extremely rare combination use of the 5¢ 1847 and 1¢ 1851 Issues on a double 3¢ 1851 rate cover. The USPCS census lists only two covers bearing 1847 and 1851 Issue stamps used together: the cover offered here (no. 10250) and a cover with 5¢ Red Brown (1), two 1851 1¢ Type IV (9) and single 3¢ 1851 (11) paying 10¢ transcontinental rate from Exeter, New York, to San Francisco, January 4, 1856 (no. 5697).
Ex J. Waldo Sampson (backstamp), John D. Pope III, Dr. Leonard Kapiloff, Guido Craveri and Joseph Hackmey. Signed Stanley B. Ashbrook. With 1992 P.F. certificate.
