Sale 1003 — Specialized U.S. Collections, Air Post, Foreign Stamps & Covers
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 15-17 December, 2010
Category — United States Postage Due Issues (Covers)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
5426
-1/2c Olive Brown, Diagonal "Postage Due" Ovpt. (551 var.). On unsealed cover with 1c Green (552) tied by San Francisco Cal. May 5, 1925 slogan machine cancel, -1/2c with blue horizontal crayon line precancel, purple "POSTAGE DUE -1/2 Cents" handstamp above (-1/2 in pencil), the 1-1/2c rate conforms to the unsealed envelope rate in effect at the time, Very Fine and very scarce, also incl. unused overprinted single, photocopy of 1990 letter from Clyde Jennings showing copy of a similar cover from his collection
E. 200-300
375