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
26
1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Position 43L3, large margins to clear including part of adjoining stamp at bottom, typical mottling for Plate 3 with deep color, manuscript precancel of two horizontal lines, on cover addressed to postmaster at East Hebron Me., minor edgewear, Very Fine, scarce precancel use of a Plate 3 stamp, with note on back "A precancel cover" with Ashbrook signature and dated June 1948
E. 300-400
375