Sale 1026 — United States Stamps and Postal History, CSA, General Foreign

Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 27-28 June, 2012

Category — Bank Note thru Louisiana Purchase Issues on Cover

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1847
c
Sale 1026, Lot 1847, Bank Note thru Louisiana Purchase Issues on Cover1c Ultramarine (156). Bright shade, tied by segmented cork cancel and "New Orleans La. Jan. 20 2 P.M." duplex datestamp on yellow cover to Cokerville Ala. with Odell & Wright Cotton and Sugar Factors illustrated advertisement depicting African-Americans in the field, red imprint at lower right and additional text on back, Extremely Fine, a fantastic design used within a decade of the Civil War but leaving no doubt about who the Southern cotton growers expected to work in the fields

E. 400-500
425