Census of New Haven Conn., 5c Postmaster's Provisional (Scott 8XU1-8XU4)

Notes:

Red hs/Black sig/White envelope
“New Haven Ct. Sep. 27” (1845) cds and blue pen cancel thru signature
To “Mrs. Profr Hubbard” Dartmouth College, Hanover N.H. in hand of Prof. Benjamin Silliman (to his daughter Faith)
Top right corner with handstamp cut out and restored (Poli, 2012)

Provenance:

c1900 To Philippe la Rénotière von Ferrary (probably after death of Oliver
Hubbard in 1900)
1922 Apr. 7 Ferrary sale, Gilbert Sale 3, to Warren H. Colson for Henry G. Lapham, Lot 568
1928 Apr. 4 Collectors Club of New York, exhibited by Henry G. Lapham
1936 TIPEX, exhibited by Raymond W. Lapham (Grand Award)
1939 Henry G. Lapham dies, collection sold over years thru Colson
1940? To Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen Jr.
3/28/2012, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Frelinghuysen Collection, Part One, Sale 1020, Lot 16, Realized $75,000, 2012 Frelinghuysen auction

Certificates:

PF 503852 IT IS A GENUINE USAGE, THE STAMP PREVIOUSLY CUT FROM THE ENVELOPE AND SUBSEQUENTLY RESTORED.