Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019
Category — 1847 Issue to and from British North America
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
136°
U.S. Express Mail route agent's datestamp on 5¢ 1847 cover to New Brunswick5¢ Red Brown (1), horizontal pair, large margins to barely in at right, tied by red grid cancels, matching "U.S. Express Mail N. York N.Y. May 11" (1850) circular datestamp on blue folded letter to St. John, New Brunswick, sender's route directive "pr Favors Express" crossed out and "pr Mail" and "paid" written at top left, manuscript "7" pence due marking, blue St. Andrews (May 16) and black St. John (May 17) backstamps, Very Fine, a rare use to New Brunswick, the USPCS census lists only five confirmed covers to New Brunswick with two 5¢ 1847 Issue stamps, and only 15 covers total (though two may not exist, which would lower the count to 13, and several are fronts only), ex Krug and Boker
E. 1,000-1,500
800