Worldwide Stamps and Postal History

1847 5c red brown, red cancel, margins all around, v.f., with 1999 PFC, -
Cat. Val. $400

1847 5c red brown, margins all around, tied by manuscript cancels on FL with blue Lancaster Aug.2 cds and ms "5", small flaws, still fine, believed to be the earliest known usage (Aug.2 1847) from Lancaster, with 2004 APS cert., -
Cat. Val. $475

1847 5c red brown (margins touching at right and bottom), tied by black grid cancel, with "New Albany, Ind. Dec. 9" cds alongside on cover used in 1849 to Cincinnati, cover flaws, otherwise fine

1847 5c brown, margins all around incl. sheet margin at right, v.f., tied by blue grids and matching Lockport, N.Y. Oct. 23 pmk on buff cover to Middlesex County, redirected to Canada, with Oct. 23 1850 Queenston, U.C. arrival pmk, additional markings on reverse, with ms endorsements slightly overwritten on stamp, some age stains, otherwise fine cross-border cover

1847 5c brown, deep color, full to large margins all around, tied by blue Philadelphia cds to FL addressed to Northampton, Mass, v.f., with 1992 PFC, -
Cat. Val. $600

1847 5c red brown, manuscript cancels, margins all around, used on 1850 on FL with faint Iowa City postmark alongside, filing folds through the stamp, uncommon destination

1847 5c red brown, margins all around, tied by red grids on FL used in 1850, locally in New York, v.f., -
Cat. Val. $475

1847 5c red brown, margins in at left and touching at bottom, tied by red grids on outer FL, used Mar 3, 1849 from Richmond to Taylorsville, Va, -
Cat. Val. $475

1847 5c red brown, margins all around, tied by red grids on May 15, 1849 FL from Boston to Dedham, fine, -
Cat. Val. $475

1847 5c red brown, margins just in at lower left, tied by red New York cds on FL used Jan 9, 1849 to Baltimore, filing fold away from the stamp, fine, -
Cat. Val. $675

1847 5c red brown, margins all around, tied by red grids on FL used Jan 24, 1851 from New York to Wilmington, DE, filing folds away from the stamp, v.f., -
Cat. Val. $475

1847 5c red brown, margins just in at right, green grid cancel, not tied, used Feb 13 on cover from Newport to Cooperstown, NY, matching green Newport cds at left, fine and scarce cancel, with 2012 PSAG cert., -
Cat. Val. $1,725