Sale 1037 — United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 10-14 December, 2012
Category — Steven R. Belasco`s History of Stamp Collectors and Dealers
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2629
30c Orange (71). S.e. at left, used with 12c Black (69), s.e. at right, tied by "Foxboro Mass. Mar. 3" circular datestamp on 1863 cover to Geneva, Switzerland, Boston transit and receiving backstamps, with original enclosure sent by a ten-year-old boy to his brother which notes "We received your letter last Friday and I got my stamps. There were five of them which made my stamps up to sixty. Gus Fisher has got eighty two stamps and I can not think of any more. I send a list of my stamps, United States 1,1,1,3,3...", Fine, unusual contents in a cover sent via French Mails to Switzerland
E. 300-400
550