Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins

Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020

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Category — 5c 1847 Issue (Scott 1)

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Symbol
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Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2094
 
Sale 1227, Lot 2094, 5c 1847 Issue (Scott 1)5c Red Brown (1). Large margins to full at bottom right, cancelled by sharp strike of red "Housatonic Railroad 5" route agent's handstamp

EXTREMELY FINE AND RARE EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE WITH THE HOUSATONIC RAILROAD ROUTE AGENT'S CANCELLATION.

The USPCS 1847 Cover Census lists only five 5c Housatonic Railroad covers with the stamp cancelled by the route agent's handstamp (plus one 10c cover). Even fewer off-cover examples are known cancelled in this manner. Among that small population this is easily one of the finest.

Ex Rust, Grunin and Wall. With 1989 and 2000 P.F. certificates

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E. 1,500-2,000
1,600
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