Lot 32064 – USA Postmaster Provisional: New York: 1845-46 5c Black, « A.C.M. » initials, large margins, on 1845 (Jul 31) entire letter to Sheffield, England

New York: 1845-46 5c Black, « A.C.M. » initials, large margins, on 1845 (Jul 31) entire letter to Sheffield, England tied by blue penstroke cancels, red « New-York Paid 5 Jul. 31 » (1845) (the first month of use integral-rate circular datestamp), endorsed « Pr Britannia » and carried on the Cunard steamer departing from Boston on August 1, and arriving at Liverpool August 15 with « America Liverpool AU 15, 1845 » datestamp on back, blue Sheffield receiving backstamp is partly struck, British « 1/- » one-shilling due handstamp, part of address rewritten, otherwise a very fine and early use of the 5¢ New York provisional on a transatlantic cover (the earliest recorded use to any destination is July 15); cert. PF (2019); ex Gross 2019, hammer $2’900.