Sale 1144 — Smithsonian National Postal Museum Benefit Auction
Sale Date — Tuesday, 13 December, 2016
Category — 1c 1851-56 Issue, Types Ia-II (Scott 5A-7)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
21
1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Plate 2, ample to large margins showing traces of adjoining stamps and top and bottom, dark shade, tied by perfect bold strike of "Boston 22 Aug. Paid" circular datestamp on blue folded cover to Williams & Hall in Boston, sender's notation "Staghound" which refers to the Stag Hound, the first extreme clipper ship, built in 1850 by Donald McKay in East Boston, the addressee was an East India trading firm, Extremely Fine, this probably originated outside the U.S. and was privately carried to Boston and posted there as a drop letter, ex Neinken (who assigned this stamp to Plate 1 Early) and Wagshal
E. 200-300
275