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

8XU4-COV-01
Fault

Notes:

• Blue hs/Blue sig/White envelope
• “New Haven Ct. Apr. 17” (1846) cds
• To Dr. J. F. Sowell, Athens Ala. in hand of Benjamin Silliman Jr.
• Ms. “Due” and red “5” handstamp
• Blue handstamp faded, toned

Provenance:

• 1924 Discovered by Harold C. Brooks in a shoebox of covers
• 1/27/1975, Siegel Auction Galleries, Postal History of the World, Sale 464, Lot 153, 1975 Jan. 28, $12,500, to Raymond H. Weill Co. for collector E.G.
• 1989 To Weill from E.G.
• 1989 Oct. 12 Weill sale, Christie’s RL, $15,000, to Andrew Levitt, Lot 635
• 199(?) Levitt and Stanley M. Piller, private sale to a collector for $52,500 (reported by Wall)

Certificates:

• PF 216471 Genuine usage with light age staining