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

Notes:

File fold in cover far from strip.
Strip tied by two strikes of black “Saint Louis Mo. Nov. 21/3” integral-rate cds (“3” representing the rate) on blue 1851 folded letter to Galena Ill. The lower left quadrant of 7R1E is cancelled by the cds.

Provenance:

Signed SBA.
Samuel W. Richey (according to H. R. Harmer 1/23/1968 auction description). Collection
1/23/1968, Barrett G. Hindes Collection, H.R. Harmer, Lot 31, realized $7,000 vs. $6,000 Scott value.
10/3/1992, Leonard Kapiloff Collection, Siegel Auction Galleries, The Leonard A. Kapiloff Collection of the U.S. 1851-56 Issue, Sale 744, Lot 4, unsold vs. $50,000-75,000 estimate, description states “There are ten such multiples with the rare Type I recorded on cover, including nine strips of three and an L-shaped block of three. Nearly all have faults or have part of the design cut away. Only three of these covers may be considered Very Fine or better: the famous Newbury strip from Richmond, Virginia (now in the Ishikawa collection), a cover from North Cumberland, Pennsylvania (although Pos. 6 has a closed tear), and this cover.”

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