DESCRIPTION

5¢ Red Brown (1), horizontal pair, large margins to clear at left, tied by blue grid cancels, matching “Philada. Pa. 10 Feb. 5” 10¢ integral-rate datestamp on Valentine envelope with embossed pattern and handcoloring in green, red, silver and bronze, addressed to a young lady in Carthage, Mississippi, no yeardate indicated

PROVENANCE

* Robert S. Emerson (not in Kelleher sales)

* Possibly Philip H. Ward, Jr., Siegel Auction Galleries, 1/7-10/1964, Sale 266, lot 220 (this sale appears to include some material from the Ward estate, purchased by the Weills in 1963)

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

* Dr. Leonard Kapiloff, Siegel Auction Galleries, 6/9/1992, Sale 743, lot 97

* Richard Wolffers sale, 5/2/1994, to Boker

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

CENSUS, LITERATURE AND EXHIBITION REFERENCES

* USPCS census no. 11267

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

CERTIFICATION

* The Philatelic Foundation (1994)

CONDITION NOTES

* Extremely Fine; scissors-cut between stamps at bottom

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