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
2110
5c Red Brown (12). D Relief, full to large margins, tied by lightly struck "New Orleans La." (Feb. 1857) circular datestamp on greenish folded letter to Marseille, France, sender's blue oval handstamp, "Boston Br. Pkt. 25 Feb." backstamp, red London transit backstamp (Mar. 9), clearly struck "GB/1F60C" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, Calais arrival datestamp (Mar. 10, 1857), "8" decimes due handstamp, French transit backstamps, fold in lettersheet passes under stamp but does not affect it, Very Fine, scarce Three Months use, European dealers' handstamps at bottom right
E. 750-1,000
500