Sale 1188 — United States Stamp Treasures: The William H. Gross Collection
Sale Date — Wednesday, 3 October, 2018
Category — 1869 Pictorial Issue, including the Unique Block of the 24c Invert
The only cover with this combination of 1869 Pictorial Issues in private hands--an extraordinarily beautiful and rare cover from the famous Portchester findDESCRIPTION
24¢ Green & Violet (120), rich colors, centered to upper right, used with horizontal pair of 10¢ Yellow (116), well-centered, intense shade, tied by circle of wedges cancels, mostly clear “New-York Apr. 5” (1870) circular datestamp on bright white cover to Lima, Peru, sender’s notation “Photograph” at lower left, red “24” credit handstamp, large red crayon “2”--carried on the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. steamer Alaska, departing New York on April 5, 1870--blue Lima receiving backstamp
PROVENANCE
* Siegel Auction Galleries, 5/29/1974, Sale 452, lot 567, to Grunin
* Louis Grunin (cover collection sold privately, 1979-80)
* Siegel Auction Galleries, 9/7/1984, Sale 637, lot 842, to Dr. LeBow
* Dr. Robert LeBow, Siegel Auction Galleries, 9/26/1994, Sale 761, lot 762, to Mandel for Kuphal
* Edgar Kuphal (“A European’s Large Gold Collection of The 1869 Pictorial Issue”), Siegel Auction Galleries, 12/13/1999, Sale 819, lot 2323, to William H. Gross
CENSUS, LITERATURE AND EXHIBITION REFERENCES
* Michael Laurence, United States Ten-Cent 1869 Covers: A Postal Historical Survey, fig. 7-11, p. 89
CONDITION NOTES
* Extremely Fine; tiny opening tear at bottom right corner
* “R.H.W. Co.” backstamp (Weill)
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