Sale 1025 — 2012 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Tuesday, 26 June, 2012

Category — Confederate States

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
298°
c
Sale 1025, Lot 298, Confederate StatesBaton Rouge La., 5c Green & Carmine, Criss-Cross Border (11X3). Large margins to in, rich colors, tied by light strike of Baton Rouge circular datestamp, second strike of "Baton Rouge La. Dec. 12, 1861" circular datestamp at left on cover to Miss Jeanie Mort, care of Dr. Blackburn, Vernon Miss., date in postmark strengthened in manuscript (may be contemporary), top flap replaced

FINE APPEARANCE. ONLY ELEVEN COVERS WITH THE BATON ROUGE 5-CENT CRISS-CROSS BORDER STAMP ARE RECORDED.

Only two of the eleven examples on covers have four margins.

Ex Judd and Myerson. With 1998 P.F. certificate

10,000
5,750