Show Your US 1847 Issue Stamps & Covers

JAXOM100 here is a US #1 89L1 dot in S you said you where missing.

That is position 99L1, not 89L1. :-)
But I will add it to the database.

Jaxom100 I have a question on the 9L1 you plated for me and added it to the stamp smarter page, you have it down as 9L3 is that a typo or 3rd print. the stamp in on FLS docketing Sept 27th 1847 making it a 1st delivery / 1st printing.

My error. It now reads 9L1. Thanks. I am working on the 12c plate 3 and it carried over mentally without notice.

Jaxon100 no problem, wasn't sure if I missed something. I am trying to look at what your missing from the 1847 5ct left pane, and see if I can contribute to completing the full plate.

jaxom100, thoughts if this 1b is also a dot in (S). this is a early impression on cover docketing Nov 6th 1847.

There were 5 printings of the 5c stamp, also referred to as "deliveries", to the PO by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson. The first delivery literally means just that - the earliest printing(s).

Refer to this for more detail -

https://chronicle.uspcs.org/PDF/Chr...37/20914.pdf

Txstamp, let me ask. when was the 1st known usage of the US #1b orange brown?

You should also take a look at this article by Scott Trepel in the Chronicle:
https://chronicle.uspcs.org/PDF/Chr...70/22467.pdf

Everyone reading this thread is a USPCS member, right? If not, should be!
Chip

I strongly agree with chipg's recommendation of joining the USPCS. The USPCS membership application is here:
https://www.uspcs.org/join-us/
If you are not an APS member and need a reference for the application, I can help.

One of a small number of 1847 issue stamps with a Steamboat marking.

This is the well known fancy Buffalo Steamboat mark.

Hi. I am the editor of the 1847 Issue cover census on the USPCS website. I started collecting cover images almost 25 years ago. I got a copy of Thomas Alexander's 2001 book (now available for only $5 from the APS at stamps.org) and then Hart's 10c cover directory and used their books as an index for my census. In 2010, the USPCS helped me put the census on their website and I've been maintaining it ever since. (I also maintain the Postmasters' Provisional and US City Despatch censuses). Rather than show you some of my favorite covers, I invite you to see them all. They are available to everyone, member or not, at the USPCS.org website in the resources tab. The search tool enables you to find covers quickly. Enter data in 1 or multiple fields to quickly filter the results. The 1847 census has 15,741 listed covers, of which over 75% are described and/or illustrated. Some are from early auction catalogs and only show snippets of the cover. Some are in b&w. But most are in full color and many show the backs and even letter contents. Auction catalog references, PF and other expertizations, and biographical material about the adressee is included for many covers. Thomas Alexander's book lists 12,818 covers after I removed 451 known duplicates. (There are still a few dozen duplicates because some auction houses listed different year dates for the same cover but I am purging these as new information is found; ie., more recent catalogs). Further, I have added 2906 covers not included in Alexander's book. So feel free to visit the site and look them over. Any feedback is appreciated. (Note: covers that are listed but not illustrated are entries in Thomas' book that I have not found online [auction catalogs, PF certs, articles, ebay and HipStamp sales, etc.]). If you have one of these covers, let me know and if you send me an image I will add it to the census and credit your contribution in the description. Finally, a help guide for the search tool is available on the site but the entry fields should be pretty straightforward.
mark scheuer

Txstamp, that is a nice first column stamp. I was hoping to try and plate it but the image is just too blurry. Do you have a better image of the stamp alone for plating purposes? I have been adding a lot of positions from the right pane in the database.

Jaxom100, Agreed that the image is too blurry to apply Elliot Perry's plating for this copy. However, I have an electronic copy of the 10c specimen sheet, left pane that was on the National Postal Museum's website many years ago. Based on the horizontal position of the stamp relative to the one above it, this is either 61L1 or 91L1, assuming this copy is from the left pane. The specimen sheet of the right pane was not presented (if it even exists!)

txstamp, to plate this copy, a very sharp image is needed of the left center portion of the stamp (the trifoil outside the oval, in line with Washinton's ear). The position of the dots in this feature is the primary source used by Perry in his 1920's plating study.

For everyone, Elliot Perry's famous plating of the 10c Washington, Scott #2 can be found in the 1924, 1925 and 1926 issues of the Collectors Club Philatelist, Volumes 3-2, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-1, 5-2, and 5-3. Electronic copies of CCP are available for free on their website (www.collectorsclub.org/ccp)