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