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

Notes:

The “Hind” Copy (Bartels #2)
Hayes #1 (Ty. II, Position 9)
Stamp slightly affected by fold (RAS)
Tied by two strikes of blue “Paid” and “10” in oval, “Baltimore Md. Jan. 5 (1846) cds on cover to Cornelius McLane, Annapolis Md., red Barnum’s Hotel oval handstamp
Never certified

Provenance:

1923 Discovered and sold to Scott Stamp & Coin Co.
1923 To C. E. Severn [1]
192(?) To John A. Klemann, Nassau Stamp Co. [1]
192(?) To Arthur Hind from Klemann for, Realized $7,500
1933 Nov. 20 Hind sale, Phillips-Kennett, $10,500, to Colson for Alfred H. Caspary, Lot 26
1955 Nov. 15 Caspary sale, H. R. Harmer sale, $14,000, to Raymond H. Weill Co., possibly for B. D. Phillips, but not shown in his inventory until 1967, Lot 21
2/2/1967, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Josiah K. Lilly Collection, Part 1: United States Postmasters Provisionals, 19th Century Postage and Official Issues, Sale 312, Lot 8, Realized $29,000, 1967 Feb. 2 Lilly sale, $29,000, to Weill for John R. Boker Jr.
1971 Traded by Boker (along with Alexandria “Blue Boy”) for some important German States items [1]
1973 Bought by a group of international dealers [1]
1975 May 1, Robson Lowe Geneva sale, Lot 6, Realized CHF250,000
1975 To David Feldman [1]
1976 To a collector in Germany for CHF300,000 [1] [1] L. N. Williams, Encyclopaedia of Rare and Famous Stamps, 2. The Biographies, page 179

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