Sale 1150 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Wednesday, 1 March, 2017

Category — Local Posts and Independent Mails: American Letter thru Penny Express Co.

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1325
c
Sale 1150, Lot 1325, Local Posts and Independent Mails: American Letter thru Penny Express Co.Moore's Newspaper & Parcel Express, Daily, between Cape May and Philadelphia. Black on green label with office addresses used on Quaker-dated Aug. 20, 1849 folded letter from Philadelphia to Miller's Hotel in Cape May, manuscript "pd", stamp with small knife cut at bottom not mentioned on accompanying certificate, gum staining around stamp has been expertly removed, Very Fine, very few covers are known carried by Moore's Express, which ran to and from Cape May, this is the listing example of the label and possibly the only one extant, ex Hollowbush and Hahn, with 2010 P.F. certificate

E. 750-1,000
1,100