Sale 1003 — Specialized U.S. Collections, Air Post, Foreign Stamps & Covers

Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 15-17 December, 2010

Category — Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Issue (Essays, Proofs, Specimens)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
5009
S
Sale 1003, Lot 5009, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Issue (Essays, Proofs, Specimens)2c Alaska-Yukon, "Ultramar" (Overseas) Specimen Ovpt. (370S). Purple handstamp applied by Portuguese Postal Authorities upon receipt from U.P.U. headquarters in Berne, Switzerland for distribution to their Colonial Post Offices, affixed to piece of ledger page, Very Fine, this and the following lot are the only two surviving 2c Alaska-Yukon specimen stamps outside official archives

E. 400-500
250