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
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Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
137°
A beautiful and very rare cover to New Brunswick with the 10¢ 1847 Issue10¢ Black (2), Position 14R, large even margins, tied by red grid cancel, matching light strike of "New-York Jan. 31" (1850) circular datestamp on blue folded letter to Sackville, New Brunswick, sender's notation "paid to the lines", neat manuscript "9" pence due marking, St. John (February 5) and Sackville (February 7) backstamps, lightly cleaned, Extremely Fine, a gorgeous 10¢ 1847 on a cover to New Brunswick, the USPCS census records only 15 covers to New Brunswick (two may not exist, which would lower the count to 13), only five have the 10¢ stamp, ex Grunin, Garrett and Boker, Ward backstamp
E. 1,500-2,000
2,200