Census of Alexandria Va., 5c Black on Buff, Postmaster's Provisional (Scott 1X1-1X2)

Notes:

The “Tiffany” Copy (Bartels #1)
Stamp uncancelled, lifted and repositioned
Front address panel only, addressed to Bartholomew Cranston, Columbia, Pa.
“Alexandria D.C. Jul. 10” (1846) cds, “Paid” and boxed “5” rate hs in black
1913 Exhibited by Pickman at International Philatelic Exhibition in NYC
1872 Discovered by J. K. Tiffany in family papers, announced in Le Timbre Post Feb. 1873
1923 J. M. Bartels articles states that Pickman still owned the Alexandria
19(?) To Warren H. Colson; Colson died in 1963, then to Raymond H. Weill Co.
1976 To an anonymous collector from Weill
19(7?) To Emory Coolidge from Weill
198(?) To collector E.G. from Weill
1989 To Weill from E.G.
1989 Oct. 12 Weill sale, Christie’s RL, lot 603, $77,000, to collector M
1991 Sep. 25 Important U.S. Stamps & Covers sale, Christie’s RL, lot 60, $49,500

Provenance:

J. K. Tiffany Collection
1910, Dudley L. Pickman Collection, Private Treaty through F. P. Brown? from Tiffany estate
Warren H. Colson Collection
Emory Coolidge Collection, Private Treaty from Raymond Weill, 19(7?)
E.G. Collection, Private Treaty from Raymond Weill, 198?
1989 To Weill from E.G.
1976, Anonymous Collection, Private Treaty from Raymond Weill
10/12/1989, Christie’s Robson Lowe NY, Weill Brotthers Stock, Lot 603, Realized $77,000, Sold to Collector M
9/25/1991, Important U.S. Stamps & Covers auction, Christie’s Robson Lowe, Lot 60, Realized $49,500
1/27/2022, Erivan Collection, HR Harmer, The Erivan Collection, Part 6, Sale 3055, Lot 1, Realized $120,000

Certificates:

PF 584479 (2022) It is a genuine usage
PF 216457 (1989) It Is A Genuine Usage With THE STAMP BEING THE LUFF TYPE I, SHOWING 40 STARS