Sale 1037 — United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 10-14 December, 2012
Category — Postmasters` Provisional thru 1857 Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2758
1c Blue, Ty. IIIa (22). Plate 4, possibly Position 84R4, deep shade, wide break at top, couple nibbed perfs, tied by bold blue "Hastings M.T. Feb. 14, 1859" circular datestamp on Valentine's Day cover to local address, attractive multicolor Valentine accompanies, Very Fine, a rare use of the territorial datestamp shortly after Minnesota became a state, also a scarce stamp use, ex Grunin and Sevenoaks
550
900