Census of Baltimore Md. 10c Postmaster’s Provisional (Scott 3X2 and 3X4)
3X4-PCE-02
Fault
Notes:
- The “Duveen” Copy (Bartels #1)
- Hayes #2 (Ty. I, Position 7)
- Stamp with large repair at left
- Tied on piece by blue “10” in oval and smudge cancel
- Never certified
Provenance:
- 1895 First 10c Baltimore discovered; found by Dr. Arlo Bates
- 1895 To W. Elliot Woodward (an early dealer in coins and stamps) from Bates
- 1896 Mar. 11, Woodward auction, unsold with $1,500 reserve, Lot 1
- 1896? To Henry J. Duveen (died December 1919)
- 1922 Duveen Collection, consigned to Charles J. Phillips
- c1922 To Henry G. Lapham (displayed April 1928 at Collectors Club of New York)
- 1939 Henry G. Lapham dies, collection sold thru Warren H. Colson over period of years
- 1963 To T. Cullen Davis, probably from Weill
- 11/19/1964, Siegel Auction Galleries, U.S. Postmasters' Provisionals Sold by Order of a Texas Collector, Sale 278, Lot 8, Realized $5,750, 1964 Nov. 19 Davis sale
- 1967 To Dr. Laurence and Muriel B. Hayes
- 3/23/1977, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1977 Rarities of the World, Sale 510, Lot 11, Realized $14,500, 1977 Mar. 23
- 6/26/2012, Siegel Auction Galleries, 2012 Rarities of the World, Sale 1025, Lot 15, Realized $37,500, 2012 June 26
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