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
2763
3c Dull Red, Ty. III, Plate Crack (26 var). Position 71L18, choice centering, rich color and sharp impression showing the extraordinary lightning bolt crack across the design through the top of Washington's head, tied by red circular datestamp (town name unclear) on small cover to Chicago, Extremely Fine stamp and pristine cover, a beautiful example of this major plate crack on cover with a colored cancel
E. 750-1,000
1,100
