Sale 1011 — United States Stamps & Postal History, Foreign
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 21-24 June, 2011
Category — Waterway, Railroad and Transatlantic Mail
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1286
3c Brownish Carmine, Ty. II (11A). Full margins to just in at left and bottom left, vivid color, tied by bold strike of Mobile "Steam 5" double-oval handstamp on folded letter to Mobile, endorsed " Valuable" and "Farmer" (name of boat), letter datelined "Feby 26th, 1852", light file folds well clear of stamp, Very Fine, scarce marking prepared for use on stampless letters but occasionally found on stamped letters
E. 300-400
200