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
2691
c
Sale 1037, Lot 2691, Steven R. Belasco`s History of Stamp Collectors and Dealers, Cont.Cuba, 1899, 1c-10c Overprints (221-222, 223, 224-226). All six values, incl. two 2-1/2c, tied by "Havana Cuba 7 Aug. 7AM 99" duplex cancels on light yellow cover with printed address to Boston Stamp Co. in Boston, receiving backstamp, fresh and Very Fine, a colorful and obviously philatelic franking, at this time Cuba and other former Spanish colonies were treated as part of the United States for postal purposes and so the rate would have required 2c

E. 300-400
350