5c Orange Brown, Double Transfer Ty. C (1b-C). Ample to large margins, brilliant color, light strike of red grid cancel, the double transfer is clearly evident at lower left and in the bottom frameline at left, faint pressed-out vertical crease

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE DISCOVERY COPY OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE WITH THE DOUBLE TRANSFER TYPE C. VERY FEW EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN.

In an article in the August 1995 Chronicle, Jerome S. Wagshal summarized previous writings on this double transfer. It was first discovered by Dan Hammatt around 1920. Mr. Wagshal recorded a total of 13-1/2 copies (one is a half-stamp in a strip). He also echoes Ashbrook's theory that this and the double transfer Type D were created when the plate was reworked sometime in late 1850 and were only part of the fifth delivery from RWH&E in December 1850. This would account for their scarcity compared to the Type A and B double transfers, and it seems to be confirmed by the two examples known on cover, which were described by Ashbrook as 1851 usages. The distinctive Orange Brown shade also points to the Fifth Delivery.

Accompanied by part of 1942 Ashbrook article from The Stamp Specialist

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