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

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

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