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
2896
5c Red Brown (1). Full margins to clear, tied by red grid cancel, matching "Batavia N.Y. Dec. 11" circular datestamp on folded Whig Ball invitation to Alden N.Y., the ball to be held Dec. 15, 1848, "Complimentary to the pure Patriot, unsullied warrior, and honest man, General Zachary Taylor, and the eminent Statesman, who is with us, for us, and one of us, Millard Fillmore", small handwritten note at bottom, some edgewear, Fine and scarce use on a printed invitation for a presidential victory ball, ex Mirsky
E. 500-750
400