Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019
Category — Civil War Postal History
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
389°
Great Central Fair illustrated cover printed in red with 2¢ Black Jack2¢ Black (73), tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Apr. 18, 1864" double-circle datestamp on unsealed Great Central Fair for the Sanitary Commission cover to Salem, New Jersey, with illustrated battlefield scene in red depicting fallen soldier and "From Office of the Committee on Labor, Income and Revenues, 118 So. Seventh St. Phila" imprint, Extremely Fine and beautiful example of this Sanitary Fair design in red, bearing the 2¢ Black Jack, ex Kantor and illustrated in their book (fig. 134)
E. 750-1,000
650