Sale 1179 — United States and Possessions

Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 March, 2018

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Category — Carriers and Locals: Local Posts

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2612
 
Sale 1179, Lot 2612, Carriers and Locals: Local PostsBrowne's Easton Despatch, Easton Pa., 2c Black (30L3). Tight margins showing most of two framelines, cancelled by two manuscript strokes, faint corner crease at top right, Fine appearance and extremely rare, only four or five used examples are believed to exist and we have not offered another since our 1999 sale of the Golden Collection (that stamp had a similar cancel), the engraved stamp with a portrait of Washington, 30L3, was the subject of scholarly study by Larry Lyons (Penny Post, April 2006), in his article, he documents at least 37 examples and reconstructs the original plate layout

1,000
375