Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019
Category — 1847 Issue—Unusual Cancellations and Postal Markings
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The finer of two recorded 1847 covers with the Binghamton, New York, Herringbone struck in blue5¢ Dark Brown (1a), intense color and impression from the First Printing, large to ample margins all around, tied by beautifully clear strike of blue Herringbone fancy cancel, light strike of red "Binghamton N.Y. Dec. 28" (1847) circular datestamp on blue folded letter to state comptroller at Albany, New York, file fold creases the stamp which also has a tiny margin tear at lower right, Extremely Fine strike of the famous Binghamton Herringbone cancel and the finer of only two recorded examples in blue, ex Matthies, Grunin, Ishikawa and Hackmey, illustrated in Chronicle (Vol. 29, No. 3, p. 157)
E. 2,000-3,000
4,000