Sale 1037 — United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 10-14 December, 2012
Category — Slavery and the Civil War, Slave Related, Liberia, Anti Slavery
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2893
Anti-Slavery. State 1 of J. Valentine's design, printed entirely on back of cover and with six panels of designs interspersed with slogans incl. "Ye who take freedom from Men how will you answer it to God", front bears Great Britain 1p Red tied by "23" in grid to Cork, 1853 Edinburgh origin circular datestamp as well as boxed "Nicholson Street" local receiving house backstamp, some slight edgewear, Very Fine, scarce and desirable design, illustrated and described in British Pictorial Envelopes of the 19th Century by Bodily, Jarvis and Hahn (pp. 239-240) who note that the envelope depicts scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin which was reprinted in England in the early 1850's, Valentine is also well-known for his Ocean Penny Postage design, ex Grunin
E. 750-1,000
2,100