Sale 1011 — United States Stamps & Postal History, Foreign
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 21-24 June, 2011
Category — Postage Due thru Officials
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3c Executive (O12). Stamp defective with tear and small piece missing from top, cancelled by bold strike of quartered cork, "Washington D.C. Nov. 11 5 PM" circular datestamp on "Executive Mansion" imprint cover signed by O. E. Babcock (Secretary to President Grant) to Madison Wis., light soiling, Fine appearance, the Executive stamps were issued July 1, 1873, were supplanted by penalty envelopes on May 1, 1879, and were declared obsolete on July 5, 1884
1,000
350