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

Notes:

The cover has been subjected to extensive cleaning on more than one occasion, which has faded the address.
Tied by three strikes of black Boston small “Paid” grid on small cover with red “Boston Mass. Aug. 16” cds (1851) to Georgetown D.C.

Provenance:

2002 PFC “genuine usage on cleaned cover”
11/23/1940, Submitted to SBA by Kelleher on, for sale at $380 (no sale).
2/23/1967, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1967 Rarities of the World, Sale 313, Lot 12, Realized $4,200, realized $4,200 vs. $5,000 Scott value.
10/7/1987, Louis Grunin Collection, Christie’s, Lot 1, realized $17,500 vs. $60,000 Scott value
4/27/1993, Jerome Hawley Collection, Butterfield, Lot 2522, realized $13,000 vs. $25,000+ Scott value.
10/28/2008, Ex Perry B. Hansen Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Perry Hansen Collection of U.S. Stamps and Covers, Sale 963, Lot 85, Realized $50,000, realized $50,000 vs. $220,000 Scott value “cover lightly cleaned”.

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