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, Cont.
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2670
Fresno and San Francisco Bicycle Mail. Corner card of the defaced die in green used by Eugene Donze, the engraver, on cover with 2c Green (213), tied by "San Francisco Cal. Jan. 29 5:00PM 1895" duplex and sent to prominent stamp collector H. P. Atherton in Holyoke Mass., with original enclosure with same design, fascinating contents discuss the Bicycle Mail local and why there are so many varieties incl. "I engraved the die in a hurry and made a mistake in spelling 'San Francisco'. There were more than 810 struck before we found it out", Very Fine, a wonderful research item
E. 300-400
550