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

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3X4-PCE-02

3X4-PCE-02
Fault

Notes:
  • The “Duveen” Copy (Bartels #1)
  • Hayes #2 (Ty. I, Position 7)
  • Stamp with large repair at left
  • Tied on piece by blue “10” in oval and smudge cancel
  • Never certified
Provenance:
  • 1895 First 10c Baltimore discovered; found by Dr. Arlo Bates
  • 1895 To W. Elliot Woodward (an early dealer in coins and stamps) from Bates
  • 1896 Mar. 11, Woodward auction, unsold with $1,500 reserve, Lot 1
  • 1896? To Henry J. Duveen (died December 1919)
  • 1922 Duveen Collection, consigned to Charles J. Phillips
  • c1922 To Henry G. Lapham (displayed April 1928 at Collectors Club of New York)
  • 1939 Henry G. Lapham dies, collection sold thru Warren H. Colson over period of years
  • 1963 To T. Cullen Davis, probably from Weill
  • 11/19/1964, Siegel Auction Galleries, U.S. Postmasters' Provisionals Sold by Order of a Texas Collector, Sale 278, Lot 8, Realized $5,750, 1964 Nov. 19 Davis sale
  • 1967 To Dr. Laurence and Muriel B. Hayes
  • 3/23/1977, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1977 Rarities of the World, Sale 510, Lot 11, Realized $14,500, 1977 Mar. 23
  • 6/26/2012, Siegel Auction Galleries, 2012 Rarities of the World, Sale 1025, Lot 15, Realized $37,500, 2012 June 26
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