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

8XU1-COV-01
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Notes:

• Red hs/Magenta sig/White envelope
• “New Haven Ct. Jul. 23” (1845) cds Earliest documented use
• To “Mrs. Profr Oliver P. Hubbard” Dartmouth College, Hanover N.H. in hand of Prof. Benjamin Silliman (to his daughter Faith)

Provenance:

• c1900 To Philippe la Rénotière von Ferrary (probably after death of Oliver Hubbard in 1900)
• 1922 Apr. 7 Ferrary sale, Gilbert Sale 3, $536, to Warren H. Colson for Herbert R. Duckwall of Indianapolis, Lot 567
• 192(?) To Arthur Hind from Duckwall thru Colson
• 1969 Jan. 28 H.R. Harmer sale, Lot 65
• c1970 Restored
• 1990 Oct. 26 Christie’s RL sale, Lot 799, Unsold
• 3/23/1972, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1972 Rarities of the World, Sale 409, Lot 9, Realized $12,500, 1972 Mar. 23, , $12,500, to Henry Houser

Certificates:

• PF 231872 It Is A Genuine Usage With THE COVER RESTORED.

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8XU1-CSQ-02
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Notes:

• Red hs/Magenta sig/White cut square

Provenance:

• 1893 (Mar.) Henry C. Merry Collection, Scott Stamp & Coin, to Frederick W. Hunter
• 1900 Jan. 10 Hunter sale, Scott Stamp & Coin, possibly to Dr. William Bowers, Lot 108
• 19(?) To C. E. Chapman (from Dr. Bowers?)
• 1913 Probably the copy exhibited by Chapman, entry in catalogue states “Cut square, the finest copy known”
• 1915 (Apr.) To John A. Klemann, Nassau Stamp Co.
• c1915 To Alfred H. Caspary from Klemann
• 1955 Nov. 15 Caspary sale, H. R. Harmer sale, $1,800, to Jack E. Molesworth (who trimmed left margin slightly), Lot 45
• 1988 Dec. 17 R.G. Kaufmann sale, $10,500, to Dr. Alphonse A. Maffeo, Lot 72
• 2007 Feb. 20 Maffeo sale, Bennett, Lot 9, Realized $46,000

Certificates:

• PF 6294

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8XU1-CSQ-03
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Notes:

• Red hs/Magenta sig/White cut square, creased and faults

Provenance:

• 1871 The first New Haven provisional discovered, found by William P. Brown and described in Curiosity Cabinet May 1871, sold to Harrison Sanford (died in 1891)
• 189(?) Sanford sale, Scott Stamp & Coin, to Frederick W. Hunter
• 1893 To J. B. Leavy from Hunter (who purchased a better copy)
• 189(?) Leavy sale, Scott Stamp & Coin Sale 143, to Scott Stamp & Coin for anonymous buyer, Lot 381
• 189(?) To Stanley Gibbons Ltd.
• 189(?) Possibly to the Earl of Crawford (died in 1914)
• c1915 To John A. Klemann, Nassau Stamp Co.
• 19(5?) To J. David Baker
• 1948, 1948 To E. T. Wallis (name on PFC 1154, Oct. 18)
• 2/27/1964, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1964 Rarities of the World, Sale 267, Lot 8, Realized $1,500, 1964 Feb. 27
• 6/26/2012, Siegel Auction Galleries, 2012 Rarities of the World, Sale 1025, Lot 22, Realized $11,000, 2012 June 26

Certificates:

• PF 1154

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8XU1-CTS-04
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Notes:

• Red hs/Magenta signature/White cut to shape, thinning (RAS)

Provenance:

• 190(?) To George H. Worthington
• 1917 Oct. 24 Worthingon sale, J.C. Morganthau, Lot 4, Realized $255
• 1944 Nov. 13 Green sale, Harmer Rooke, Lot 4, Realized $150
• 196(?) To T. Cullen Davis
• 11/19/1964, Siegel Auction Galleries, U.S. Postmasters' Provisionals Sold by Order of a Texas Collector, Sale 278, Lot 15, Realized $1,450, 1964 Nov. 19 Davis sale
• 3/24/1970, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1970 Rarities of the World, Sale 371, Lot 11, Realized $2,200, 1970 Mar. 24

Certificates:

• PF 16228

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8XU2-COV-01
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Notes:

• Red hs/Black sig/White envelope
• “New Haven Ct. Sep. 27” (1845) cds and blue pen cancel thru signature
• To “Mrs. Profr Hubbard” Dartmouth College, Hanover N.H. in hand of Prof. Benjamin Silliman (to his daughter Faith)
• Top right corner with handstamp cut out and restored (Poli, 2012)

Provenance:

• c1900 To Philippe la Rénotière von Ferrary (probably after death of Oliver
• Hubbard in 1900)
• 1922 Apr. 7 Ferrary sale, Gilbert Sale 3, to Warren H. Colson for Henry G. Lapham, Lot 568
• 1928 Apr. 4 Collectors Club of New York, exhibited by Henry G. Lapham
• 1936 TIPEX, exhibited by Raymond W. Lapham (Grand Award)
• 1939 Henry G. Lapham dies, collection sold over years thru Colson
• 1940? To Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen Jr.
• 3/28/2012, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Frelinghuysen Collection, Part One, Sale 1020, Lot 16, Realized $75,000, 2012 Frelinghuysen auction

Certificates:

• PF 503852 IT IS A GENUINE USAGE, THE STAMP PREVIOUSLY CUT FROM THE ENVELOPE AND SUBSEQUENTLY RESTORED.

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8XU2-COV-02
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Notes:

• Red hs/Black sig/White envelope
• “New Haven Ct. Oct. 21” (1845) cds
• To Francis Marko Jr., Washington D.C., in hand of Prof. Benjamin Silliman
• Ms. “Due” and “5” blue handstamp
• Considered to be the finest example of a New Haven provisional envelope

Provenance:

• 185(?) Acquired by Dr. James H. Causten Jr. (died in 1856)
• Metropolitan Philatelist, July 1892
• c1892 To Philippe la Rénotière von Ferrary thru R. R. Bogert of Bogert & Durbin
• 1922 Apr. 7 Ferrary sale, Gilbert Sale 3, $5,358, to Hugo Griebert for Arthur Hind, Lot 566
• 1933 Nov. 20 Hind sale, Phillips-Kennett, $2,250, to Warren H. Colson for Alfred H. Caspary, Lot 33
• 1955 Nov. 15 Caspary sale, H. R. Harmer sale, $7,250, to Raymond H. Weill Co. for B. D. Phillips, Lot 43
• 1961 (Jan. 17) to Josiah K. Lilly Jr. from B. D. Phillips, private sale thru Weill
• 2/2/1967, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Josiah K. Lilly Collection, Part 1: United States Postmasters Provisionals, 19th Century Postage and Official Issues, Sale 312, Lot 20, Realized $23,000, 1967 Feb. 2 Lilly sale, $23,000, to A. T. Seymour
• 1970? To Weill from Seymour (private sale)
• 197(?) To E.G. from Weill
• 1989 From E.G. to Weill
• 1989 Oct. 12 Weill sale, Christie’s RL, $95,000, to John R. Boker Jr. for a collector in Germany, Lot 634
• 1845, 1892 May 11, Thos. Burch sale of autographs from the estate of Dr. James H. Causten Jr., a group of 8 letters written by Prof. Benjamin Silliman, the Oct. 20 letter was accompanied by this provisional envelope, the lot was bought for 10 cents by E. B. Sterling, reported and shown in The, Lot 1435

Certificates:

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8XU2-CTS-03
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Notes:

• Red hs/Black sig/White cut to shape, small hole, faults

Provenance:

• 188(?) To Thomas K. Tapling (died in 1891)
• 1891 Tapling Collection, donated to the British Museum Library (image provided by The British Library, reproduced with permission

Certificates:

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8XU3-COV-01
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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

Certificates:

• PF 6295

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8XU3-CTS-02
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Notes:

• Blue hs/Black sig/Buff cut to shape (8XU3 variety with black signature)

Provenance:

• 1894 (May) Found by C. H. Mekeel
• 189(?) To Frederick W. Hunter
• 19(?) To C. E. Chapman (from Hunter)
• 1913 Probably the copy exhibited by Chapman, entry in catalogue states “5c blue on buff, the only copy known”
• 1915 (Apr.) To John A. Klemann, Nassau Stamp Co.
• 1928 Apr. 4 Collectors Club of New York, exhibited by Henry G. Lapham (C. J. Phillips noted “blue on buff” in exhibit)
• 1936 TIPEX, exhibited by Raymond W. Lapham (Grand Award)
• 1939 Henry G. Lapham dies, collection sold over years thru Colson
• 19(?) To Clifford C. Cole? (according to Wall, but not part of Cole auction sales)
• 2007 Feb. 20 Maffeo sale, Bennett, $45,000, to a collector of New Haven postal history, Lot 10
• 4/15/1989, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1989 Rarities of the World, Sale 708, Lot 17, Realized $6,000, 1989 Apr. 15, , $6,000, to Dr. Alphonse A. Maffeo

Certificates:

• PF 450319 Genuine, small repaired tear bottom right

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8XU4-COV-01
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Notes:

• Blue hs/Blue sig/White envelope
• “New Haven Ct. Apr. 17” (1846) cds
• To Dr. J. F. Sowell, Athens Ala. in hand of Benjamin Silliman Jr.
• Ms. “Due” and red “5” handstamp
• Blue handstamp faded, toned

Provenance:

• 1924 Discovered by Harold C. Brooks in a shoebox of covers
• 1/27/1975, Siegel Auction Galleries, Postal History of the World, Sale 464, Lot 153, 1975 Jan. 28, $12,500, to Raymond H. Weill Co. for collector E.G.
• 1989 To Weill from E.G.
• 1989 Oct. 12 Weill sale, Christie’s RL, $15,000, to Andrew Levitt, Lot 635
• 199(?) Levitt and Stanley M. Piller, private sale to a collector for $52,500 (reported by Wall)

Certificates:

• PF 216471 Genuine usage with light age staining

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8XU4-COV-02
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Notes:

• Blue hs/Blue signature/White envelope
• “New Haven Ct. Apr. 1” (1846) cds and “Paid” in scroll handstamp
• To Horace Clark, Middltown Conn.
• Ruined by C. H. Mekeel in an attempt to bring back faded blue impression with sulphate of iron
• Never certified

Provenance:

• 1886 Found by addressee’s grandson, Richard C. Fagan, of Middletown Conn., Fagan wrote about it in an article in Philatelic Journal of America Jan. 1888 (color of handstamp is described as “badly faded, but I think the original color was blue or black)
• 188(?) Purchased by C. H. Mekeel in St. Louis auction
• 188(?) Mekeel applied sulphate of iron to the handstamp lines, hoping to strengthen color, but over days the infused paper reacted with oxygen and turned dark brown
• 188(?) Sold at auction by Mekeel to Hiram Deats
• 188(?) To Philippe la Rénotière von Ferrary from Deats (price reported to be $2,500)
• 1922 Apr. 7 Ferrary sale, Gilbert Sale 3, $70, buyer unknown, Lot 564
• 196(?) To T. Cullen Davis
• 6/18-19/1964, Siegel Auction Galleries, United States, Sale 272, Lot 8, Realized $775, 1964 Jun. 18 Davis sale Part 1
• 1/27/1975, Siegel Auction Galleries, Postal History of the World, Sale 464, Lot 152, 1975 Jan. 28, $3,750, to Henry Houser
• 1990 Oct. 26 Christie’s RL sale, Lot 799, Unsold
• 1993 Donated to the Whitney Library at the New Haven Museum

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