Census of 1c Blue, Type I (Scott 5)

Notes:

Siegel description states “left ball just touched by tiny nick and minute sealed pre-use tear”
Blue grid ties 7R1E and vertical pair of 90/100R1E (sheet margin at bottom and right, bottom stamp creased before use), making up 3c rate on small white (slightly yellowed) cover addressed in what appears to be a woman’s handwriting to Keene Ky. Matching blue “Springfield Ill. Mar. 4” cds (1852).

Provenance:

Sold by SBA to George H. Alten in November 1955 for, Realized $1,500
4/26/1943, William West Collection, Ward, Lot 302, realized $375 vs. $2,025 Scott value.
1955, Harold W. Stark sale by Ward. Collection
10/29/1996, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States Covers and Hawaii, Sale 784, Lot 2036, Realized $32,500, realized $32,500 vs. $20,000-30,000 estimate.
5/9/1998, “Sevenoaks” Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Sevenoaks Collection of 1847-56 Issues, Sale 799, Lot 64, Realized $40,000, realized $40,000 vs. $25,000-35,000 estimate.
10/29-30/2019, William H. Gross Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History, Sale 1211, Lot 167, Realized $27,000

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