DESCRIPTION

5¢ Dark Brown (1a), Position 41R with large sheet margin at left, large margins at bottom and right, mostly full to clear at top, dark shade and deep impression, tied by blue “PAID” straightline handstamp, matching “Huntsville Al. Aug. 23” (1848) circular datestamp and “5” numeral in 5-Point Star rate handstamp with small negative stars in points, all markings perfectly struck on folded cover to Montgomery, Alabama, sender’s notation “Paid” at top center indicates stamp was affixed, receipt docketing “H. Barney, Augt 23/48”

PROVENANCE

* A. K. McDaniel (sold privately in 1919 through Elliott Perry)

* Rep. Ernest R. Ackerman (sold privately in 1928 through Perry)

* Henry C. Gibson, Sr.

* J. Waldo Sampson (sold by John A. Fox, circa 1948, Ashbrook files)

* Charles F. Meroni, John A. Fox sale, 11/10-14/1952, lot 1226, to Haa

* Marc Haas, Stanley Gibbons Auctions Ltd. (London), 5/9/1980, lot 12

* Duane B. Garrett (collection sold privately to Dr. Kapiloff)

* Dr. Leonard Kapiloff, Siegel Auction Galleries, 6/9/1992, Sale 743, lot 38, to Boker

* John R. Boker, Jr., (collection sold privately to William H. Gross, 1994)

CENSUS, LITERATURE AND EXHIBITION REFERENCES

* USPCS census no. 7

* https://www.uspcs.org/resource-center/censuses/1847-cover-census/

* William T. Crowe, Opinions I, pp. 25-26

CERTIFICATION

* The Philatelic Foundation (1980)

CONDITION NOTES

* Extremely Fine; cover neatly refolded along edges

* Red label with “MD” applied on back by Perry to identify this was part of the McDaniel collection bought for Ackerman in 1919

* J. Waldo Sampson triangular backstamp

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