Census of Millbury Mass. 5c Black on Bluish Postmaster's Provisional (Scott 7X1)

7X1-COV-15
Fault

Notes:

• Stamp cancelled by red “Paid”, second strike on folded letter to Sarah E. Pope, Augusta Me., from Mrs. Waterman, wife of Henry Waterman, the assistant deputy postmaster
• “Milbury Ms. Oct. 30” (1846) cds
• “5” large numeral in circle handstamp

Provenance:

• ? To Y. Souren
• 1951 Feb. 26 Souren sale, H.R. Harmer, $1,400, to N. Klep van Velthoven (Consul Klep), Lot 4
• 1956 Mar. 27 Consul Klep sale, W. Balasse, sold for appr. $3,500 to John D. Pope III, Lot 96
• 1984 Dec. 1 Pope sale, John A. Fox, Lot 4, Realized $13,500
• 2001 Jan. 20 Bennett sale, Lot 502, Realized $45,000

Certificates:

• PF 368600 small defects in the stamp which has been removed and replaced