Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019
Category — Civil War Postal History
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Rare example of the Brooklyn and Long Island Sanitary Fair Issue on cover with the Fair handstamp--one of the finest known examples of this rarity on coverBrooklyn and Long Island Sanitary Fair, (15¢) Green (WV4), Position 11, three large margins, touched at left, affixed at opposite corner of cover with "Brooklyn & L.I. Fair 1864" circular fair handstamp, addressed to Mr. Saml. M. Welch, Sanitary Fair, Brooklyn, N.Y., sender's note "Paid" under stamp
Fresh and Extremely Fine. An immaculate and very rare cover, with the Brooklyn and Long Island Sanitary Fair stamp and handstamped marking confirming it originated.
Ex Marjorie and Alvin R. Kantor, and illustrated in their book, Sanitary Fairs: A Philatelic and Historical Study of Civil War Benevolences (fig. 76).
E. 3,000-4,000
5,500