Census of St. Louis, Missouri, 20c Black on Greenish, Postmaster's Provisional (11X3)
4 Census Records

11X3-CAN-01

Notes:

• Type I, Position 1
• Illustrated in Life magazine's "World's Rarest Stamps (May 3, 1954)

Provenance:

• C. E. Chapman Collection
• Warren H. Colson Collection
• Benjamin D. Phillips Collection, Bought from Colson, Jan. 1947
• 10/12/1989, Weill Brothers Collection, Christie's, Postmasters' Provisionals from the Weill Brothers Stock, Lot 644, Realized $18,700
• 10/3/1992, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1992 Rarities of the World, Sale 745, Lot 292, Realized $27,500
• 10/31/2003, Margie and Robert Faiman Collection, Bennett, Sale 267, Lot 56, Realized $72,500
• Thurston Twigg-Smith Collection, Private Treaty
• Barry K. Schwartz Collection

Certificates:

• PF 216474 (1989) t Is Genuine With Small Thinning And a lightened manuscript cancellation
• PF 407109 It Is Genuine With A Lightened Manuscript Cancellation And A Thin Spot At Bottom Right

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11X3-CAN-02

Notes:

• Type I, Position 1
• Signed Colson

Provenance:

• Tyler & Rutherford Find Collection, C. H. Mekeel, ca. 1895-1902
• Frederick W. Ayer Collection, Part of reconstruction
• Lapham Collection
• Warren H. Colson Collection
• Benjamin D. Philips Collection, Bought from Colson Dec. 1948
• 10/12/1989, Weill Brothers Collection, Christie's, Postmasters' Provisionals from the Weill Brothers Stock, Lot 645, Realized $14,300
• 10/31/2003, Margie and Robert Faiman Collection, Bennett Auctions, The Margie Faiman Collection of St. Louis Postmaster's Provisionals, Sale 267, Lot 57, Realized $88,000
• 6/14/2024, William H. Gross Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The William H. Gross Collection: Unites States Stamps Complete , Sale 1323, Lot 9, Realized $159,300

Certificates:

• PF 216475 (1989) It is genuine with a tiny thin spot at bottom mostly in margin
• PF 602295 (2024) It is genuine with a small thin in bottom right corner

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11X3-CAN-03

11X3-CAN-03
11X3-CAN-03 on original cover (Mekeel photo)

Notes:

• Type II, Position 3
• Signed Colson

Provenance:

• Tyler & Rutherford Find Collection, C. H. Mekeel, ca. 1895-1902
• Frederick W. Ayer Collection, Part of reconstruction
• Lapham Collection
• Warren H. Colson Collection
• Benjamin D. Philips Collection, Bought from Colson Dec. 1948
• 10/12/1989, Weill Brothers Collection, Christie's, Postmasters' Provisionals from the Weill Brothers Stock, Lot 646, Realized $22,000

Certificates:

• PF 216476 (1989) Genuine

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11X3-COV-01

Notes:

• Both stamps are 11X3 and originally formed a vertical pair
• Used with 10c Black on Gray Lilac (11X5) to Charnley & Whelen in Philadelphia
• Signed Colson

Provenance:

• Warren H. Colson Collection
• John R. Boker, Jr. Collection
• 10/12/1989, Weill Brothers Collection, Christie's, Postmasters' Provisionals from the Weill Brothers Stock, Lot 647, Realized $154,000
• 6/21/2023, Erivan Haub Collection, H.R. Harmer, The Erivan Collection, Part 9, Sale 3066, Lot 5, Realized $271,400

Certificates:

• PF 216477 (1989) They Are Genuinely Used On Cover With the left 20c stamp having slight wrinkling at bottom
• PF 594707 (2023) It is a genuine use