Sale 993 — The Wagshal Collection, Part 1: 1845-69 Issues
Sale Date — Wednesday, 29 September, 2010
Category — 5c 1847 Issue Covers
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
189
5c Brown (1 var). Pretty shade, full and even margins, cancelled by red grid, matching "West Stockbridge Mass. Jan. 11" circular datestamp on blue 1848 folded letter to New York, light vertical file fold well away from stamp, Very Fine, this is the earliest of the five recorded 5c 1847 covers from West Stockbridge, with 1989 P.F. certificate describing this as the "Pure Brown shade"
625
550
