Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World

1847 (collateral) Five Dollars banknote bearing images of Washington and Franklin, attractive engravings and lathe work in red on reverse, fine and rare -
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1847 5c red brown, blue "Paid" struck twice, margins all around, with some original gum remaining, v.f., -
Cat. Val. $490

1847 10c black, margins all around, just touching outer frame-line at upper left, red grid cancel, fine, -
Cat. Val. $950

1847 10c black, pen cancel, left sheet margin single, double transfer 31R1, thin and vertical crease, fine appearance -
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1847 10c brown, margins all around, ms cancel, used on 1851 FL from Essex, CT to Key West, FL, with red Essex cds alongside, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f., uncommon destination -
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1875 5c red brown and 10c black, plate proofs on card, complete sheets of fifty, each with large outer margins, 5c showing plate scratches between pos. 31 and 41, 5c with minor corner bend and both with few inconsequential adhesions, v.f. and extremely rare exhibition showpiece (Clarence Brazer estimated in his 1947 article that "probably five or six pairs of sheets of 50 plate proofs on cardboard are known") -
Cat. Val. $27,000

1875 5c red brown, 10c black, unused without gum as issued, margins all around, tiny thin spots, otherwise v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,825

1851 1c blue, type II, horizontal strip of three, neat cds, Plate 3, pos.85-87, large margins except cut in at bottom, fresh, fine -
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1851 3c Gavit & Co. essays, three different, with Franklin die on india in orange, Washington die on india sunk on card in black, and Washington die on india in red violet, the latter thin, otherwise fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,050

1851 3c Danforth, Bald and Co., four different essays, including dies on india in scarlet, with and without period, die on india in brown and die on india in green, cut to shape and affixed on wove paper, some faults, otherwise fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $1,100

1851 3c Bald, Cousland and Co. essays, selection of five on bond paper, one without "U.S." in black, the latter with "U.S." in green, scarlet (2) and blue, fine-v.f., -
Cat. Val. $875