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: Great Britain
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2140
5c Chocolate (223). Tied by "Philadelphia Paid Jan. 21 3PM 1892" duplex datestamp on cover to London, England, March 3 receiving datestamp, purple "Saved from wreck of S.S. Eider" boxed handstamp, stamp reattached to the cover by a pin, Very Fine, scarce, the Eider was stranded in late January near St. Catherine's Point, the southernmost point of the Isle of Wight, the last 15 mail bags were not recovered until March 2
E. 200-300
130