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
1939
American Letter Mail Co., 5c Black (5L1). Horizontal pair, large margins all around, manuscript "X" cancels, sender's "Double Paid" notation beneath pair on May 28, 1844 folded letter from Philadelphia to Boston, pencil "2 c" for local delivery charge, file fold clear of stamps and writing, right stamp tiny nick entirely in right margin and faint corner crease mentioned on accompanying certificate, both inconsequential and the "crease" is imaginaryEXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST OF ONLY SIX MULTIPLES OF THE AMERICAN LETTER MAIL SMALL EAGLE STAMP RECORDED ON COVER (ALL PAIRS). AN OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT MAIL USE.
Our records contain just six Small Eagle pairs on five covers and one front only.
With 2005 P.F. certificate.
E. 2,000-3,000
1,700