Sale 1201 — The Dr. William H. Johnson Collection of the U.S. 1890 Small Bank Note Issue

Sale Date — Tuesday, 21 May, 2019

Category — Foreign Mail: Central and South America

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2136
c
Sale 1201, Lot 2136, Foreign Mail: Central and South America5c Chocolate (223). Horizontal pair, used with 2c Carmine (220), tied by well-struck purple "FOREIGN" straightline handstamp on registered bank corner card cover originating in Mexico and sent to San Francisco, purple "Banco Nacional de El Paso Tejas, Secursal de C. Juarez, Mexico, Nov. 5, 1892" backstamp, purple El Paso three-line datestamp, red San Francisco three-line receiving backstamp, Very Fine, very unusual with the "FOREIGN" marking

E. 300-400
250