Sale 1201 — The Dr. William H. Johnson Collection of the U.S. 1890 Small Bank Note Issue
Sale Date — Tuesday, 21 May, 2019
Category — Early Dates
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2090
3c Purple (221). Used with 1c Ultramarine (212), 4c Carmine (215) and 5c Indigo (216), tied by target cancels, "Paterson N.J. Feb. 28 6:30PM 1890" circular datestamp on 2c Green entire to Wellington, New Zealand, San Francisco and receiving backstamps, stamps with few toned perfs, entire with faint vertical crease at rightFINE APPEARANCE. A BEAUTIFUL FIVE-COLOR FRANKING TO NEW ZEALAND, WITH THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USE OF THE 3-CENT 1890 ISSUE.
Ex Markovits and Berkun. With 2004 A.P.S. certificate
E. 1,500-2,000
1,300