Sale 1155 — United States and Confederate States Postal History

Sale Date — Tuesday, 9 May, 2017

Category — Steamboat and Waterways

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3149
c
Sale 1155, Lot 3149, Steamboat and Waterways3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Margins to just in, cancelled by bold strike of blue "Way 6" in circle, blue "Lynchburg Va. Aug. 25" (1853) circular datestamp on cover to White Sulphur Springs Va., small edge stain at top, still Very Fine, this marking for the 5c collect fee plus 1c way fee was originally applied to stampless covers and was obsolete when struck on stamped covers, it was applied to mail travelling on the James River & Kanawha Canal

E. 300-400
450