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U.S. Singles - Postmasters' Provisionals to 1847 Issue

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 35		() Postmasters' Provisionals, Providence, R.I., 1846 (1898 Reprint), 10¢ Gray Black, 1846 (1898 Reprint), 10¢ Gray Black, ungummed margin pair, Very Fine. Estimate $100-140. View details and photo	Realized $192
Lot 36		() Regular Issue, 1847, 5¢ Dark Brown, #1a, unused, "vertical crease at the left and small thin at the upper right edge", just touching to clear margins, Fine to Very Fine appearance, PSE (2007) cert. Scott $3,400. Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $978
Lot 37		o Regular Issue, 1847, 5¢ Red Brown, #1, encapsulated, red grid cancel, 4 large margins, Grade 90 Extremely Fine, PSE cert. SMQ $960. Estimate $700-800. View details and photo	Realized $805
Lot 38		o Regular Issue, 1847, 5¢ Dark Brown, #1a, red grid cancels, 4 balanced margins, Very Fine, PSE (2000) cert. Scott $750. Estimate $400-450. View details and photo	Realized $776
Lot 39		o Regular Issue, 1847, 5¢ Red Brown, #1, with 2 red "paid" cancels, margins all around, Very Fine, PF (1980) cert. Scott $650. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 40		o Regular Issue, 1847, 5¢ Red Brown, #1, blue grid cancel, 3 margins, Fine. Scott $635. Estimate $150-180. View details and photo	Realized $184
Lot 41		o Regular Issue, 1847, 5¢ Red Brown, #1, blue cancels, 4 close margins, tiny thin in selvage at bottom, Fine. Scott $635. Estimate $150-180. View details and photo	Realized $253
Lot 42		o Regular Issue, 1847, 5¢ Red Brown, #1, red grid cancel, touching at top and bottom, diagonal crease upper left, Fine. Scott $600. Estimate $140-160. View details and photo	Realized $207
Lot 43		o Regular Issue, 1847, 5¢ Red Brown, #1, red "5" cancel, cut in at right, short vert. crease at bottom, Very Good. Scott $600. Estimate $140-160. View details and photo	Realized $144
Lot 44		Regular Issue, 1847, 5¢ Red Brown, #1, tied on cover to New Haven by single ultramarine cancel with matching ultramarine Binghamton postmark at left (both faint), "stamp with a small horiz. scissors cut at top left", just touching to large margins, Fine to Very Fine, PF (2007) cert. Scott $1,675. Estimate $600-700. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 45		Regular Issue, 1847, 5¢ Red Brown, #1, tied to folded letter sheet from Boston by black grid cancel to New York, docketed Dec 16, 1850, "letter sheet minor tears and file fold, stamp with tiny corner crease at upper right", close to large margins, stamp very fine, Fine to Very Fine, PSE (2001) cert. Scott $775. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 46		Regular Issue, 1847, 5¢ Red Brown, #1, red New York cancel, on Troy, NY 1848 dated folded letter to Philadelphia, red straightline "Steamboat" h.s., "stamp with a diagonal crease at bottom right and cleaned affecting the color", 4 margins, attractive Very Fine appearance, PF (2006) cert. Scott $675. Estimate $270-300. View details and photo	Realized $489
Lot 47		Regular Issue, 1847, 5¢ Red Brown, #1, tied to envelope by faint red Rochester, NY c.d.s. to Schenectady, close to huge margins, 2 tape stains on reverse of cover at top, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $875. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 48		Regular Issue, 1847, 5¢ Red Brown, #1, large margins to cutting in at top, with pen cancel, red grid and tied by red cds. of Boston 21 Dec., to Monson, Mass., cover very fine. Scott $375. Estimate $100-140. View details and photo	Realized $161
Lot 49		Regular Issue, 1847, 10¢ Black, #2, red grid cancel, just touching to large margins, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,400. Estimate $500-600. View details and photo	Realized $748
Lot 50		o Regular Issue, 1847, 10¢ Black, #2, Red grid cancel, large margins 3 sides, clear to touching at right, light vert. crease, Fine overall. Scott $1,400. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $690
Lot 51		o Regular Issue, 1847, 10¢ Black, #2, blue grid cancel, cutting at bottom to large margins, vert. crease, Fine. Scott $1,450. Estimate $300-350. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 52		o Regular Issue, 1847, 10¢ Black, #2, Red grid, 2 margin copy, small faults, Fair. Scott $1,400. Estimate $200-250. View details and photo	Realized $311
Lot 53		Regular Issue, 1847, 10¢ Black, #2, Margins to touching 2 sides, tied by red grid on Dec 5 folded letter from New York to York, Maine, Fine usage. Scott $1,700. Estimate $400-500. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 54		o Regular Issue, 1847 (1875 Reproduction), 5¢ Red Brown, #3, black grid cancel, 4 margins, unusual item, Very Fine. Scott $800 (as mint). Estimate $180-200. View details and photo	Realized $1,093

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