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

Notes:

Blue hs/Blue sig/Buff envelope
“New Haven Ct. Apr. 6” (1846) cds
To “Profr & Mrs. Oliver P. Hubbard” Dartmouth College, Hanover N.H. in hand of Prof. Benjamin Silliman (to his daughter and son-in-law)
Blue handstamp faded, cover toned

Provenance:

c1900 To Philippe la Rénotière von Ferrary (probably after death of Oliver Hubbard in 1900)
1922 Apr. 7 Ferrary sale, Gilbert Sale 3, $2,143, to Hugo Griebert for Arthur Hind (the color was misdesribed in Ferrary catalogue as “brun-rouge,” which has led to confusion in census work), Lot 565
1933 Nov. 20 Hind sale, Phillips-Kennett, $900, to Warren H. Colson for Alfred H. Caspary, Lot 34
1955 Nov. 15 Caspary sale, H. R. Harmer sale, $3,100, to Jack E. Molesworth, Lot 44
1960 Apr. 21 Thatcher sale (unsold?), Lot 167
1962 To Bernard D. Peyton (Isleham) from Eugene Costales for, Realized $8,000
5/25/1986, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Isleham Collection of United States Stamps, Sale 662, Lot 1023, Realized $14,500, 1986 May 25 Isleham sale

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