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

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

Category — Other Official Issues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
5586
c
Sale 1003, Lot 5586, Other Official Issues24c Interior (O22). Few tiny perf flaws, tied by quartered cork cancel, "Washington D.C. (Nov?) 10, 5PM" circular datestamp on legal-size "U.S. Patent Office, Official Business, Chief Clerk" imprint cover to Boston, cover repaired at right where irregularly opened, cover edge tears and creases, still presentable

ONE OF EIGHT RECORDED 24-CENT INTERIOR DEPARTMENT COVERS IN THE CAMPBELL CENSUS.

This cover is No. 8 in the Campbell census (Chronicle No. 188, November 2000). Ex Hughes and Starnes. With 2007 P.F. certificate

E. 1,500-2,000
600