Sale 1037 — United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 10-14 December, 2012
Category — Postal Cards (UX)
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Cat./Est. Value
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2380°
1c Brown on Buff, Postal Card, "M" in Double Frame Line at Top (UX8g). Clear "M" printed inside double frame just above "O" of "Postal", on used card with Boston Mass. duplex cancel to Weston Mass., some ink smearing in address, otherwise Very Fine, a great postal card rarity, the reason for or cause of this variety is unknown to specialists, some have speculated it is a printer's secret mark, despite decades of search this remains the only known example, with 2005 A.P.S. certificate, unlisted in USPCC
1,500
900