Sale 1115 — A European Connoisseur's Collection of U.S. Classic Issues
Sale Date — Tuesday, 15 December, 2015
Category — 5c 1851-56 Issue (Scott 12)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2109
5c Red Brown (12). D Relief, full to large margins, tied by lightly struck "New Orleans La. Dec. 14" (1856) circular datestamp on greenish folded letter to Cornimont, France, sender's faint blue oval handstamp, red "New-York Br. Pkt. Dec. 24" circular datestamp, clearly struck "GB/1F60C" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, Calais arrival datestamp (Jan. 6, 1857), "8" decimes due handstamp, French transit backstamps, slight bleaching around red New York marking, Very Fine, a scarce Three Months period use by British Packet, ex Caspary
E. 1,000-1,500
700