Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019
Category — 1875 Re-Issue of 1869 Pictorial Issue
The only single franking among three recorded 2¢ 1869 Pictorial Re-Issue covers2¢ Brown, Re-Issue (124), beautifully centered, dark rich color, tied by "Baltimore Md. Jun. 7" (ca. 1884) duplex datestamp and numeral grid cancel on cover to Halifax, Nova Scotia, corner card of stamp dealer Frank Y. Jones, addressed to Henry Hechler (another stamp dealer of the era), receiving backstamp
Extremely Fine Gem stamp on a fresh choice cover. This is the only single franking among the three recorded 2¢ 1869 Pictorial Re-Issue covers.
This is not a printed matter rate, as indicated in the 1869 PRA census. The rate to Canada, which was based on the domestic letter rate, was lowered to 2¢ on October 1, 1883. Another of the three recorded 2¢ 1869 Pictorial Re-Issue covers is offered in lot 536.
Ex John C. Juhring, Jonathan W. Rose, Edgar Kuphal ("European's Large Gold" collection) and Steven C. Walske ("Lafayette" collection). Illustrated in Rose, United States Postage Stamps of 1869 (p. 36). With 1978 P.F. certificate.
