Sale 1090 — United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 17-19 December, 2014
Category — Carriers, Locals & Independent Mails
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1935
U.S. City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Light Blue Unsurfaced (6LB3). Large margins all around, clear impression on fresh paper, vivid orange-red "U.S." in frame cancel with matching New York circular datestamp which ties the stamp to a small piece, Extremely Fine Gem, a superb example of the first stamp printed and issued by the United States government (Aug. 1842), with 2012 P.F. certificate
750
1,000