Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019
Category — Carrier and Local Post Issues
One of only five recorded covers bearing the Honour's City Post border-of-links carrier stamp tied in combination with the 3¢ 1851 Issue, and the only cover used from Aiken S.C. to prepay the carrier fee in CharlestonHonour's City Express, Charleston, South Carolina, (2¢) Black on Bluish (4LB13), large margins, used with 3¢ Dull Red, Type I (11), both stamps tied by "Aiken S.C. Jun. 27" circular datestamp on small cover addressed to Charleston
Extremely Fine; very minor soiling and tiny erosion holes at top far from stamps.
This is one of only five examples of the Honour's border-of-links stamp tied in combination with the 3¢ 1851 Issue, and the only recorded use of the stamp from Aiken S.C. to prepay the Charleston carrier fee.
The border-of-links carrier stamp issued by Honour in late 1857 is extremely scarce. Evidence of 4LB13's rarity is the small number of examples contained in the Caspary, Boker, Hessel and Golden collections. Larry Lyons records twelve 4LB13 covers (The Penny Post, October 2007), but only five covers in our records have 3¢ 1851-57 stamps and the 4LB13 tied, and only this example is used from Aiken.
Ex Stanley M. Piller and Joseph Hackmey. With 1985 P.F. certificate.
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