Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019
Category — 1847 Issue—Plate Varieties
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
29°
An outstanding sheet-margin 10¢ 1847 with dramatic pre-printing paper fold10¢ Black (2), huge margins to full at bottom including left sheet margin and pronounced vertical pre-printing paper fold, tied by two strikes of red circular grid cancel with matching "New-York Feb. 2" (1850) circular datestamp on bluish folded letter to New Orleans, Extremely Fine, probably the finest on-cover 10¢ 1847 known with a pre-printing paper fold, ex, Grunin, Garrett and Boker
E. 1,000-1,500
1,500