Lot
974 
New York, N.Y., 1845, 5¢ black on bluish. Ample margins to slightly in, tied by blue pen cancel on 1846 folded letter to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, red arched "Paid" and matching "New - York, 10cts, Jan 10" cds, F.-V.F. Scott No. 9X1 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $625
Lot
975
New York, N.Y., 1845, 5¢ black on bluish. Horizontal pair (Pos. 4-5, good margins except cutting at right), tied by magenta pen cancel on an 1846 folded letter to Cincinnati, Ohio with red New York postmarks, F.-V.F. Scott No. 9X1 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $375
Lot
976
1847, 5¢ red brown, double transfer (type "B"). Position 90R1, showing double transfer of top and bottom frame lines, right margin single with large margins to just shaving frameline at upper left, manuscript cancelled and just tied by red "5" handstamp in margin on 1850 cover to Freiwaldau, Germany, blue "Baltimore, Md., Nov 11" cds and endorsed "via Berlin" at bottom, reverse with red English transit date stamp and "America per England" boxed handstamp, with original enclosure including newspaper clipping; light cover edge wear, central wax seal stain and partially reinforced backflap, F.-V.F., ex Brown; signed Ashbrook, with 1995 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 1 Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
Realized: $2,000
Lot
977
1847, 5¢ red brown. Large margins to clear at lower left, tied by New York square grid cancels on 1850 folded letter to Paris, France, red "Colonies, de Art 13" accountancy box handstamp and Calais entry postmark, endorsed "via Liverpool, pr Boston Steamer" at upper left, Very Fine, an attractive and rare transatlantic usage; with 2008 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 1 Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $5,500
Lot
978
1847, 5¢ dark brown. 4 full to large margins, on folded letter tied by magenta grid, matching magenta "Hartford Ct 17 Feb 5" cds and rare "pointing hand PAID" handstamp, Very Fine; with 1979 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 1a Estimate $2,000 - 2,500.
Realized: $1,900
Lot
980
1847, 5¢ red brown, horizontal pair. Full margins to just touching at top left, tied by ultramarine grid cancels with matching "Newport, R.I., Sep 19" cds on cover to Columbia, Ky.; some cover tone spots at top, otherwise Very Fine, a rare color cancellation on the 1847 issue. Scott No. 1 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $475
Lot
981
1847, 5¢ red brown. Full to large margins, tied by neat red grid on folded letter to Ct., matching red "New Haven Ct. 19 Apr" cds, Very Fine; beautiful stamp. Scott No. 1 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $550
Lot
982
1847, 5¢ brown. Large margins, neatly pen cancelled, on folded letter to Lexington, Ky., with red "Cincinnati 5cts" cds; file folds not affecting stamp, Very Fine. Scott No. 1 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $525
Lot
983
1847, 5¢ red brown. Large margins to just in at top, manuscript cancelled on buff cover with attractive strike of "Lebanon, Ten." cds in red, cover with minor corner wear, F.-V.F., a very scarce usage of a 5¢ 1847 Issue from Tennessee, only 26 5¢ 1847 covers are recorded in the Alexander census, of which 15 are used from Nashville and seven from Jackson, leaving four covers used from the rest of the state, this cover from Lebanon is unrecorded in the census and the only one known. Scott No. 1 Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $325