Census of Baltimore Md. 10c Postmaster’s Provisional (Scott 3X2 and 3X4)

Notes:

The “Bartels” Copy (Bartels #4)
Hayes #4 (Ty. III, Position 11)
Stamp uncancelled, two small tears and vertical crease
“Baltimore Md. Mar. 28” (1847) cds, “Paid and “10” on cover to B. Webster, Theatre Royal, London, England, endorsed per Cunarder Hibernia

Provenance:

1926 Contained in a scrapbook left to Albany Troughton by his father, Bishop William Troughton of England
1928 (Mar. 28) Purchased by J. M. Bartels from Albany Troughton’s mother-in-law, Mrs. Erskine, for, Realized $200
1928 (May 1) To Philip H. Ward Jr. for $7,500 (photo of cancelled check shown at right)
1928 Ward claims it was sold to Henry C. Gibson for $8,500, but Gibson sold his Postmasters’ Provisionals in 1922
1928 Troughton wins court judgment against Bartels for $9,443, in precedent-setting legal case
1929 (Mar. 12) To George F. Tyler from Ward for, Realized $10,000
1938 Dec. 6 Mr. X sale, Ward sale, $3,750, to Ward, Lot 5
1962? To T. Cullen Davis from Weill
11/19/1964, Siegel Auction Galleries, U.S. Postmasters' Provisionals Sold by Order of a Texas Collector, Sale 278, Lot 5, Realized $9,000, 1964 Nov. 19 Davis sale, $9,000, to Bernard D. Peyton (Isleham)
5/25/1986, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Isleham Collection of United States Stamps, Sale 662, Lot 1012, Realized $70,000, 1986 May 25 Isleham sale, $30,000, to Stanley J. Richmond
1988 Jan. 20 Kelleher Sale 577, $42,750, to Patricia Stillwell Walker, Lot 49

Certificates:

PF 163509 It Is Genuinely Used On Cover The Stamp With Two Small Tears A Vertical Crease And With Margins As Shown In The Photo