Sale 1144 — Smithsonian National Postal Museum Benefit Auction
Sale Date — Tuesday, 13 December, 2016
Category — 1851-56 Postal History: Indian Territory & Western Covers
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
154
3c Dull Red, Ty. I (11). Full margins to in, rich color, tied by "San Francisco Cal. Jul. 21" circular datestamp on "Love, Purity & Fidelity" all-over Western Temperance illustrated cover to Sacramento Cal., "Published by Barber & Baker Sacramento" imprint at left, 1857 docketing at center, slight edgewear, Very Fine, a scarce Western temperance design whose message was surely lost on the hard-charging local populace, ex Wiltsee
E. 750-1,000
1,200