Sale 1090 — United States, Possessions and Confederate States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 17-19 December, 2014
Category — Colonial Period
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1996
(Elizabeth Town N.J., 1763) "Elis dwt 1-8". Manuscript postmark and 1dwt 8gr rate for distance to 60 miles on May 7, 1763 folded letter from Norfolk Va. to New York City, slightly toned, otherwise Very Fine, nice bold example of this scarce British Colonial postal marking from Elizabeth Town, New Jersey, carried outside the mails from Norfolk and posted at Elizabeth Town as an ordinary letter
E. 1,000-1,500
5,000