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Census of St. Louis, Missouri, 20c Black on Greenish, Postmaster's Provisional (11X3)
4 Census Records

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11X3-CAN-01

11X3-CAN-01

Notes:
  • Type I, Position 1
  • Illustrated in Life magazine's "World's Rarest Stamps (May 3, 1954)
Provenance:
  • C. E. Chapman Collection
  • Warren H. Colson Collection
  • Benjamin D. Phillips Collection, Bought from Colson, Jan. 1947
  • 10/12/1989, Weill Brothers Collection, Christie's, Postmasters' Provisionals from the Weill Brothers Stock, Lot 644, Realized $18,700
  • 10/3/1992, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1992 Rarities of the World, Sale 745, Lot 292, Realized $27,500
  • 10/31/2003, Margie and Robert Faiman Collection, Bennett, Sale 267, Lot 56, Realized $72,500
  • Thurston Twigg-Smith Collection, Private Treaty
  • Barry K. Schwartz Collection
Certificates:
  • PF 216474 (1989) t Is Genuine With Small Thinning And a lightened manuscript cancellation
  • PF 407109 It Is Genuine With A Lightened Manuscript Cancellation And A Thin Spot At Bottom Right
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11X3-CAN-02

11X3-CAN-02

Notes:
  • Type I, Position 1
  • Signed Colson
Provenance:
  • Tyler & Rutherford Find Collection, C. H. Mekeel, ca. 1895-1902
  • Frederick W. Ayer Collection, Part of reconstruction
  • Lapham Collection
  • Warren H. Colson Collection
  • Benjamin D. Philips Collection, Bought from Colson Dec. 1948
  • 10/12/1989, Weill Brothers Collection, Christie's, Postmasters' Provisionals from the Weill Brothers Stock, Lot 645, Realized $14,300
  • 10/31/2003, Margie and Robert Faiman Collection, Bennett Auctions, The Margie Faiman Collection of St. Louis Postmaster's Provisionals, Sale 267, Lot 57, Realized $88,000
  • 6/14/2024, William H. Gross Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The William H. Gross Collection: Unites States Stamps Complete , Sale 1323, Lot 9, Realized $159,300
Certificates:
  • PF 216475 (1989) It is genuine with a tiny thin spot at bottom mostly in margin
  • PF 602295 (2024) It is genuine with a small thin in bottom right corner
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11X3-CAN-03

11X3-CAN-03

11X3-CAN-03

11X3-CAN-03
11X3-CAN-03 on original cover (Mekeel photo)

Notes:
  • Type II, Position 3
  • Signed Colson
Provenance:
  • Tyler & Rutherford Find Collection, C. H. Mekeel, ca. 1895-1902
  • Frederick W. Ayer Collection, Part of reconstruction
  • Lapham Collection
  • Warren H. Colson Collection
  • Benjamin D. Philips Collection, Bought from Colson Dec. 1948
  • 10/12/1989, Weill Brothers Collection, Christie's, Postmasters' Provisionals from the Weill Brothers Stock, Lot 646, Realized $22,000
Certificates:
  • PF 216476 (1989) Genuine
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11X3-COV-01

11X3-COV-01

Notes:
  • Both stamps are 11X3 and originally formed a vertical pair
  • Used with 10c Black on Gray Lilac (11X5) to Charnley & Whelen in Philadelphia
  • Signed Colson
Provenance:
  • Warren H. Colson Collection
  • John R. Boker, Jr. Collection
  • 10/12/1989, Weill Brothers Collection, Christie's, Postmasters' Provisionals from the Weill Brothers Stock, Lot 647, Realized $154,000
  • 6/21/2023, Erivan Haub Collection, H.R. Harmer, The Erivan Collection, Part 9, Sale 3066, Lot 5, Realized $271,400
Certificates:
  • PF 216477 (1989) They Are Genuinely Used On Cover With the left 20c stamp having slight wrinkling at bottom
  • PF 594707 (2023) It is a genuine use
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