Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019

Category — 1857-60 1¢ to 90¢ Perforated Issues

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
326°
c
Sale 1211, Lot 326, 1857-60 1¢ to 90¢ Perforated Issues1¢ and 10¢ 1857 Issue combination on a Civil War Patriotic cover to Peru

10¢ Green, Type V (35), vertical pair, interpane margin with centerline at left, used with two 1¢ Blue, Type II (20), Plate 12, tied by bold 5-bar rectangular grid cancel on red and blue Waving Flag Patriotic cover to Lima, Peru, Davis correspondence, "Portchester N.Y. Jul. 10" (1861) circular datestamp, red "12" credit handstamp, "Panama JY22 1861 A" transit datestamp, small disturbance in area of Portchester datestamp (a few letters touched up), Very Fine and colorful, a rare use of a Civil War Patriotic cover to South America, mailed during the beginning of the Civil War with the soon-to-be-demonetized 1857 Issue paying the 22¢ American-British Packet rate, ex Matthies and Ishikawa, with 1981 P.F. certificate

E. 2,000-3,000
2,000