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

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

Category — War Department Issues (Covers: 24c to 90c Values)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
5521
 
Sale 1003, Lot 5521, War Department Issues (Covers: 24c to 90c Values)15c War (O90). Two singles and pair, tied by by segmented cork cancel on "War Department, Official Business" package front to New York, label affixed to package and signed by the War Dept. chief clerk H.T. Crosby certifying that the package contained no written matter, vertical file fold ending in tear, stamps with minor perf flaws

A FINE AND IMPRESSIVE MULTIPLE USE OF THE 15c WAR DEPARTMENT STAMP. FEWER THAN FIVE COVERS ARE KNOWN.

Since there was no written matter in the package, the 60c in postage paid the 6-times 10c rate for a printed bound volume.

Ex Ackerman, Hughes, Waud and Markovits

E. 2,000-3,000
2,100