Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019
Category — 1847 Issue with Local Posts
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
116°
10¢ 1847 on a mourning envelope with two different red Swarts' Chatham Square handstamps10¢ Black (2), Position 45R, huge margins all around, tied by red square grid cancels with matching "New-York May 30" (ca. 1849) circular datestamp on black-bordered mourning envelope to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, red Swarts' "Letters for N. York City Direct to Chatham's Square Post Office" (on backflap) and "Post Office Swarts Chatham Square" oval handstamps, the latter lightly double-struck on front, Extremely Fine Gem stamp on an attractive cover, ex Boker
E. 750-1,000
1,200