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
1287
3c Brownish Carmine, Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Two folded letters from New Orleans to Robert A. Barnes in St. Louis Mo., first with deep shade Brownish Carmine stamp, ample to full margins, tied by perfect bold strike of "STEAM 5" straightline handstamp of St. Louis, letter datelined 26 March 1852, second Dull Red stamp, Position 39R2L, bright color and full margins, tied by unusually bold "STEAM" straightline handstamp of St. Louis, datelined 1 June 1853 and endorsed on dateline "Collier", file folds on each do not affect stamps, Extremely Fine, with 1996 P.S.E. certificate, a gorgeous matched pair of covers
E. 500-750
650