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

Notes:

Typical Pale Blue Plate 1 Early color.
Cancelled by light red grid (no cds) on printed circular, notice of annual stockholders’ meeting of
Great Falls Manufacturing Co., dated July 12, 1851, addressed to Portsmouth N.H.
This is the second earliest recorded 7R1E usage.

Provenance:

3/25/1969, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1969 Rarities of the World, Sale 350, Lot 22, realized $7,000 vs. $5,000 Scott value.
6/4/1970, Siegel Auction Galleries, A Distinguished Collection of United States Stamps, Sale 376, Lot 43, realized $5,000 vs. $5,500 Scott value.
9/12/1984, Lessmann Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Isabelle Lessmann Collection of United States Stamps, Sale 638, Lot 21, Realized $31,000, realized $9,500 vs.
3/16/1989, William A. Kelley Collection, Ivy, Lot 47, realized $11,500 vs. $32,500 Scott value, sold to Andrew Levitt.
10/24/1989, Kelleher, Lot 282, unsold vs. $32,500 Scott value.
10/12-13/2021, Gordon Eubanks Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Gordon Eubanks Collection: United States 1851 to 1856 Imperforate Issue, Sale 1242, Lot 7, Realized $35,000

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