Show Your US 1847 Issue Stamps & Covers

My first post here! I was gratified to see an earlier post about my Chronicle article about the Mower shift. The post mentioned that I had 4 'new' examples. Well now I have 6! Yes, some are a bit hard to see, but the small horizontal lines in the 'U' are always in the same exact spot and horizontal lines in the 'T' can usually be seen, even if only barely. Would they all get certs? Given that (as mentioned in the article) PF has a hard time seeing *obvious* examples, who knows.

Welcome, and congratulations on locating 6 Mower shifts.

The 5c 1847 plating website is maintained by board member jaxom.

When he and I were discussing him starting it up, I had hoped for results like what you got out of it. I studied your article and it does appear as though you plated it correctly. Nice job.

Did you see my more recent Chronicle article about the curl in left 5? I used the plating initiative to plate it as 65L. This variety was actually described by Brookman, but it seemed to have been forgotten.

Oh, and here are 3 crack-in-T's

I did see your curl article, and when I saw it, I instantly remembered the variety, and I agree with you, that it seems to have been somewhat forgotten-about.

I was peripherally involved with the plating of the T-crack, originally. A friend discovered it, and plated it. He sent his material to me to verify everything, which I did. He had a strip of 3 that was positions 68-70R, with the T-crack being 69R. His 70R at bottom showed enough of the top of 80R to where one could clearly tell it was that double transfer position.

Its nice to see someone looking closely at 1847s.

Here is a page I made for some US #1 & #2 singles & Die Essay
Top Left: US # 1 Dark Brown Intermediate Plate 100L PSE24
Top right: US # 2 Black Plate 60R
Center: Turrner # 122b Orange FIRST ISSUE REVENUE VIGNETTE, LARGE DIE ESSAY PF24
Bottom: US # 1 Red Brown Early not plated PF91

Any help with the US #1 Red brown unplated would be much appreciated.

US # 1 5c Red Brown X Large Margins All Around 95+, tied by Red cork cancel, faint partly legible " Hanover N. H. Jul I" pmk. on small neat Mourning Envelope to Boston, Superb condition, Rare , EX-J. Waldo Sampson

Notated: USPCS Census

Paul J Alcuri certificate 1183 (Apr 11, 1983) – genuine mourning cover

Maria Brettl certificate 86/282 (June 30, 1986) - genuine

Letter addressed to Leonice Marston (Sampson) Moulton (1811-1897), confidential secretary to the Hon Francis Baylies, who was appointed as Charges de Affairs to the Argentine Republic by President Jackson in 1832, and accompanied him on a secret mission to discuss claims of American citizens that occurred over the disputed sovereignty of the Falkland Islands between Great Britain and the Argentine Republic. She married Joseph White Moulton (1789-1875), former judge of the New York Supreme Court, in 1833.

Charles Sampson (1817-1859) and Moses Dresser Phillips (1813-1859) were book publishers and sellers in Boston. They created the "Atlantic Monthly" in 1857.

Charles was Leonice's cousin.

Welcome. Nice stuff.

The mourning cover is a terrific item. Those are near impossible to find on 1847s.

The 100L is clearly correctly plated, as that's an easy elimination - one only has to look at 100R and eliminate it. The guide dot is slightly different on 100R, and this does match 100L. Neat item.

Plating a more generic 5c stamp is a lot tougher :-)
Maybe you can have some luck here -
https://stampsmarter.org/features/S..._Plates.html

US #2 10c Black Plated 37L. Large margins to clear, tied by blue grid cancel, light strike of matching "Philada. Pa. 10 Apr. 23" (1850) integral-rate circular datestamp on envelope Scarce to Nashotah Lakes, Delafield Wis., used with Blood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., 1c Bronze on Black Glazed (15L13), acid tied, docketing at left, otherwise Very Fine use to an unusual destination, 1000 miles. EX: Waid

Notated: Alexander Census, USPCS Census and Carriers & Locals Society. PF Cert 2025

From the MARKOE corresponce five known genuine, And Rare only 14 known to have the combination of US #2 & US #15L13 on cover.

US #2 10c Black (2). Position 36R1, large margins to clear, tied by red grid cancel, matching Charleston S.C. 10 Nov. 10 integral-rate circular datestamp dated Sunday, Nov. 10, 1850 on blue folded cover to New Orleans La., faint file folds do not affect stamp, Very Fine, interesting Sabbath Day postmark date EX: Harvey Mirsky

Notated: Alexander Census, USPCS Census. PF50s