Postmaster’s Provisional, New York, NY. 1847 5c Black on gray wove paper (9X3)

Postmaster’s Provisional, New York, NY. 1847 5c Black on gray wove paper (9X3)

Superb four margin copy showing double transfer at bottom, tied by red square grids and February 8th New York postmark on folded address sheet to Baltimore MD, matching red PAID handstamp. Extremely fine, earliest known date, Ex Caspary, Boker, Wall, and Hill, with Philatelic Foundation certificate (1992), Scott retail $5,250.00