Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019
Category — 1847 Issue—Sheet-Margin Positions
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A superb bottom sheet-margin pair of the 5¢ 1847 Issue on cover5¢ Brown (1), vertical pair, large to gigantic margins including bottom sheet margin, tied by blue "Baltimore Md. May 28" (1849) circular datestamp with matching "10" in oval handstamp on folded letter to Boston, Massachusetts, Extremely Fine Gem pair, a wonderful quality on-cover sheet-margin vertical pair of the 5¢ 1847, ex Newbury, Klein and Boker, and from our 1996 Rarities of the World sale, with 1988 P.F. certificate
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E. 2,000-3,000
3,750