Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019
Category — 1847 Issue—Commercial and Hotel Markings
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Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
58°
5¢ 1847 on a folded letter from New York City with bold strike of the rare Butts' Hotel handstamp5¢ Red Brown (1), large margins to in at top, tied by red grid cancel and matching "New-York Jun. 16" (1850) circular datestamp on folded letter to Vergennes, Vermont, with bold blue "From Butts' Hotel Murray St. N.Y." in chamfered frame handstamp, Extremely Fine strike of this rare hotel forwarding handstamp on a Very Fine cover, especially desirable struck on the front of the cover, the USPCS census lists only two others, both struck on the back or on the flap (see Sale 906, lot 1480), ex Pope and Boker
E. 1,000-1,500
6,500