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Am Phil Congress — Anthology
American Philatelic Congress. HANDBOOK #42, ATLANTIC CITY, N J. Published 1976. HB. 10c 1847 blocks; NY supplementary mail; U S Liberty issue. This issue has a white cover which will show some soiling.
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Vermont — Handbooks
Abajian, Paul G. THE 5 CENT FRANKLIN STAMP OF 1847: VERMONT USAGES. Published 2010. Comb. Alpha by town exhibit with full color photos of 38 covers.
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1847 Issue — Handbooks
ISBN #0960354867. Alexander, Thomas J. THE UNITED STATES 1847 ISSUE: A COVER CENSUS. Published 2001. HB. 949 p. U.S. Philatelic Classics Society. Very Good. Small d/j flaws. 16 page color section + over 200 cover photos. Lists 13,000+ covers by state, territory, RR, Waterway & other topics.
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Postal History — Handbooks
ISBN #9780979029424. Alexander, Thomas J, Brett, George W. & Hulme, W. Wilson. THE TRAVERS PAPERS: OFFICIAL RECORDS UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY AND POSTAGE STAMPS 1834-1851. Published 2011. HB/2 vols with dust case. 1283 p. Illus. The complete story of the development of the United States 1847 first issue.
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New Jersey — Handbooks
Arch, Brad. ILLUSTRATED DIRECTORY OF NEW JERSEY 1847 ISSUE COVERS. Published 1987. Card. 44 p. Shows 71 cvrs. By value, alpha list/w origin, destination, description, cancel, date, postmark.
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1847 Issue — Handbooks
Blake, Maurice. SCHEDULE OF MAILS AND POSTAGES IN 1849. Published 1954. SB. 15 p. Excerpts from PO documents & rate schedules. Shows stampless & stamped covers as rate examples.
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1847 Issue — Handbooks
Boggs, Winthrop S. POSTMASTER ROBERT MORRIS OF N. Y., BEING LETTERS FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 11, 1847 TO FEBRUARY 28, 1848. Published 1960. HB. 216 p. Illus. Biographical & historical notes; text of 223 letters written between Jun 11, 1847 & Feb 28, 1848. Author's commentary. Good view of the workings of the P O. Deluxe bound in red with gilt-edge page tops. With dust case. An edition of 150, signed by the author.
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1847 Issue — Handbooks
Brazer, Clarence W. A HISTORICAL CATALOG OF U S STAMP ESSAYS AND PROOFS, THE 1847 ISSUE. Published 1947. Card. 32 p. Illus. History of the contract, subjects used for vignettes, priced listings by paper, size & color.
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1847 Issue — Handbooks
Hahn, Mannel. POSTAL MARKINGS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1847-1851. Published 1938. Card. 42 p. Shows cancels. List of 1847 stamps supplied by state & town.
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U S General Works — Handbooks
Ishikawa, Ryohei. THE UNITED STATES STAMP 1847-1869 THE RYOHEI ISHIKAWA COLLECTION. Published 1981. HB. Large format. 144 p. Full color presentation of the outstanding collection of U.S. Classics including unused/used stamps & postal history.
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Iowa — Handbooks
Leonardo, James S. THE INTRODUCTION OF ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMPS IN IOWA 1845-1853. Published 1996. Card. 145 p. Photocopies. Shows many covers. By PO/w location, open date, stamps received, receipts, known covers. Lists for 1847 & 1851 issues. Chronology of known covers coming into Iowa.
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U S General Works — Handbooks
Melville, Fred. J. UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS, 1847-1869. Published 1910. 2nd edition. PB. 69 p. + ads. Illus. Descriptions of issues inc. types. With gummed insert. Cover faults Booklet #3a.
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U S General Works — Handbooks
Melville, Fred. J. UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS, 1847-1869 & UNITED STATES SPECIAL SERVICE STAMPS. Published 1915. Four card cover booklets. 267 p. + ads. Illus. Description of issues inc. types. With gummed inserts. The booklets cover 1847-1869, 1870-1893, 1894-1910 & Special Service Stamps. With gummed inserts. Overall in much better than usual condition with minimal rust spots & oversize cover edge flaws.
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U S General Works — Handbooks
Rose, Jon W. CLASSIC UNITED STATES IMPERFORATE STAMPS. Published 1990. HB. 104 p. Covers stamps 1847-1856. Design, production, printing statistics, varieties. Shows famous stamps & covers/w stories connected with each.
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1847 Issue — Handbooks
Wenk, Henry L.C.. A TRANSCRIPTION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD BOOK OF THE POST OFFICE DEPT. Published 1975. HB. 128 p. Lists for 5c & 10c 1847 stamps shipped by state & town with Postmaster name, date & quantity shipped for each value.
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1847 Issue — Auctions
JULY 2, 1847 COVER THE EARLIEST KNOWN USE OF UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS. Auction by Christies/Rob Lowe New York. Sale date 1990/10/26. 1 lot. Illus. Background and tale of discovery of the cover. The cover realized $70,000.00.
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1847 Issue — Auctions
1847 ISSUE ON COVER. Auction by Robert A Siegel. Sale date 1957/10/31. Sale #204. 312 lots. All illus. #1 (160); #2 (152). Outstanding covers many "Ex" Knapp, Brown, Ackerman, Gibson, Caspary, Waterhouse & Emerson. Excels in both quality & rarity. P/R.
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Essays & Proofs — Auctions
UNITED STATES ESSAYS, PROOFS, SPECIMENS: THE BELMONT COLLECTION. Belmont. Auction by Robert A Siegel. Sale date 1981/05/22. Sale #581. 356 lots. Illus. Many rare/scarce items. PMs (5); 1847 (52); 1851-57 (14); 1861-67 (104); 1869 (23); Bank Notes (101); 1890 (5); Columbian (20); 1894-98 (10); Trans-Miss (3); Pan-Am (2); 1902 (4); Carriers (6); Newspapers (10). P/R.
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1847 Issue — Auctions
U.S. 1847 ISSUE POSTAL HISTORY FROM THE COMO COLLECTION PART 1. Como. Auction by Matthew Bennett. Sale date 2002/03/23. Sale #243. 47 lots, each color illus. Includes domestic, cross-border and transatlantic usages.
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1847 Issue — Auctions
THE COMO COLLECTION, PART II OF U.S. 1847 ISSUE POSTAL HISTORY FEATURING IMPORTANT DOMESTIC AND TRANS ATLANTIC USAGES. Como. Auction by Matthew Bennett. Sale date 2002/11/02. 160 lots, all color illus. Domestic by town (83) & usage (50). Trans Atlantic (27). Good number of rarities. P/R.
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Postal History — Auctions
THE HENRY C. GIBSON COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS ON ORIGINAL COVERS. Gibson. Auction by Philip H Ward Jr. Sale date 1944/06/14-15. Sale #12. 784 lots. Illus. 1847 (29); 1851-57 (150); 1861-67 (145); 1869 (126); Banknotes (129); also Westerns, combo frankings. Many rare covers & usages. P/R.
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1851-67 Issues — Auctions
THE LOUIS GRUNIN OFF-COVER PORTION OF HIS GRAND PRIX NATIONAL COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES, 1847 TO 1857-61. Grunin. Auction by H R Harmer New York. Sale date 1976/12/14-15. Sale #2370-2371. 682 lots. Illus. Off cvr 1847 (85); 1851-56 (302); 1857-61 (295). Full of rarities & varieties. P/R.
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1847 Issue — Auctions
WORLDWIDE & UNITED STATES FEATURING "EX HACKMEY" USA CLASSIC COVERS. Hackmey. Auction by David Feldman. Sale date 2010/07/20. 630 lots. Unused/used stamps & postal history inc. U.S. 1847 issue (42 lots), 1851-57 (76), later 19th Cen. (41), 20th Cen. (42), Back of Book (64).
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1847 Issue — Auctions
THE CREIGHTON C. HART COLLECTION OF THE 1847 ISSUE FEATURING STAMPS, PROOFS, ESSAYS AND POSTAL HISTORY. Hart. Auction by Robert Kaufmann. Sale date 1990/04/30. Sale #066. 352 lots. Illus. Essay & Proofs (73); stamps & covers inc. varieties (48); colored & fancy cancels (38); unusual usages (38); Steam, RR markings (21); Locals & Carriers (20); used to BNA (20); Transatlantics (14); by State (63). P/R. Scan cropped.
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U S General Works — Auctions
SIDNEY A HESSEL COLLECTION PART 3. Hessel. Auction by H R Harmer New York. Sale date 1976/11/03-05. Sale #2361-2363. 1171 lots. Illus. Essays/proofs, unused/used stamp & postal history 1847 Issue (107 lots), 1851-56 (131), 1861-67 (147), 1869 (190), Later inc. 20th Cen. & Back of the Book (537). Many rare/scarce stamps and covers.
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U S General Works — Auctions
THE JOHN R. HILL, JR COLLECTION OF POSTMASTERS' PROVISIONALS AND 1847-69 ISSUE COVERS. Hill. Auction by Matthew Bennett. Sale date 1998/12/08. Sale #208. 382 lots, each color illus. PM Provisionals (38); 1847 (31); 1851-57 (59); 1857-61 (41); 1861-67 (66); 1867 Grills (21); 1869 (57); Carriers (11); Locals (14); Texas Postal History (16); Texas CSA (9); Western Express (19).
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1847 Issue — Auctions
THE 1847 GOLD RUSH COLLECTION FORMED BY THE LATE ROBERT R. JOHNSON. Johnson. Auction by Daniel F Kelleher. Sale date 2013/02/23. 332 lots. Used 5c (135 lots), Used 10c (152), 5c on cover (24), 10c on cover (21). Includes varieties, plated stamps, colored cancels.
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1847 Issue — Auctions
UNITED STATES 1847 ISSUE, THE AWARD-WINNING KAPILOFF COLLECTION. Kapiloff. Auction by Robert A Siegel. Sale date 1992/06/09. Sale #743. 161 lots, all color illus. Proofs (3); Unused stamps (2). Outstanding Postal History/w many unique, rare & famous covers. Incs. Domestic (100); To & From Canada (16) Foreign Dest. (21); Multiples, Combos & Bisects (15); Demonetized (2). P/R.
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Postal History — Auctions
EMMERSON C KRUG COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES COVERS. Krug. Auction by Robert A Siegel. Sale date 1958/05/21-22. Sale #210. 903 lots. Illus. A student of Ashbrook. High quality, unusual & scarce rates/usages issues 1847 (129); 1851-57 (328); 1861 August (7); 1861-67 (195); 1869 (127); 1870-1888 (68). Nine 90c 1861 61 covers, many high value 1869 covers. P/R.
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Postal History — Auctions
EMMERSON C KRUG COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES COVERS. Krug. Auction by Robert A Siegel. Sale date 1958/05/21-22. Sale #210. 903 lots. Illus. A student of Ashbrook. High quality, unusual & scarce rates/usages issues 1847 (129); 1851-57 (328); 1861 August (7); 1861-67 (195); 1869 (127); 1870-1888 (68). Nine 90c 1861 61 covers, many high value 1869 covers. P/R + hand priced in pencil.
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1847 Issue — Auctions
THE PITTSBURGH COLLECTION - A SPECIALIZED COLLECTION OF THE UNITED STATES 1847 ISSUE. Pittsburgh. Auction by John Kaufmann. Sale date 1981/11/19. Sale #079. 168 lots. Illus. Proofs (36); stamps (82); covers (50). Many rarities. P/R.
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1847 Issue — Auctions
THE ESTATE OF JOHN D. POPE III PART II: UNITED STATES POSTMASTER PROVISIONALS, SPECIALIZED 1847, GENERAL U. S. Pope. Auction by John Fox. Sale date 1985/05/04. 398 lots. Illus. Unused/used stamps & postal history Postmasters (42 lots), 1847 (133). P/R.
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1847 Issue — Auctions
THE RUSH 1847 COVER. Rush. Auction by Robert A Siegel. Sale date 2006/05/13. Sale #912. HB. catalog. 1 lot. Color photos. History of the cover including provenance.
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U S General Works — Auctions
UNITED STATES SPECIALIZED COLLECTIONS: 1847 ISSUE; 12C BLACK, 1851-1857 ISSUES; WILLIAM R. STEWART 3C GREEN COLLECTION. Stewart. Auction by Robert A Siegel. Sale date 1957/10/07. Sale #203. 1002 lots. Illus. 1847 proofs (92 lots) on/off cvr (141); 12c 1851-57 on/off cvr (223); 3c green 1870-71 banknotes on/off cvr with fancel cancels, usages (402). P/R.
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1847 Issue — Auctions
UNITED STATES 1847 TEN CENT BLACK, THE F.R. SWEET RECONSTRUCTION AND THE C.H. BANDHOLTZ FIND. Sweet; Bandholtz. Auction by H R Harmer New York. Sale date 1960/02/29. Sale #1281. 161 lots. Illus. The Sweet plating/w mostly used singles/strips (159); Bandholtz/s largest known pieces of 14 & 10 (2). P/R.
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1851-67 Issues — Auctions
THE WAGSHAL COLLECTION OF CLASSIC UNITED STATES STAMPS. Wagshal. Auction by Robert A Siegel. Sale date 2010/09/29+. Sale #999/1006. 1977 lots in 4 hardbound catalogs. Proofs, unused/used stamps & postal history with sales devoted to 1845-69 issues (542 lots), 1c 1851-56 imperforate (550 lots), 1c 1857-61 perforated (604) & 3c 1851-57 (281). Full of rare & high quality items. P/R.
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