Census of 1c Blue, Type I (Scott 5)

Notes:

Heavy pre-use horizontal crease through the lower part of 7R1E. Small tear. Originally part of a strip of three, Pos. 7-9R1E, used on folded letter from New York 5/19/1852 to Belvidere N.J. Removed from cover and 7R1E cut from strip.
Black “New-York May 19” (1852) cds

Provenance:

This cover was discovered in 1985 by John DeStefanis of the William A. Fox firm in sorting out the estate of Edward Vogt, a New Jersey collector.
Strip removed from cover and cut into singles after this sale
3/6/1985, William A. Fox, Lot 3, realized $9,000 vs. $60,000 Scott value.
9/28/1999, Siegel Auction Galleries, U.S. Stamps & Covers, Sale 814, Lot 2263, Realized $18,500, sale, realized $18,500 vs. $55,000 Scott value, description notes “One of only eight strips of three on cover recorded in the Mal Brown census”.
9/27/2000, Nutmeg, Lot 1447, misdescribed as being addressed to “Belvidine N.J.”, also mention of “small flts” but no mention of the crease.
3/6/2001, Kelleher, Lot 255, realized $14,000 vs. $75,000 Scott value.

Certificates:

PF 146652 (1985) as a strip of three on cover, stating “creases in all the stamps and tears in the stamps Positions 7 and 9”.