Sale 1211 — The William H. Gross Collection: United States Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 29-30 October, 2019
Category — 1847 Issue—Florida and Territorial Usage
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5¢ 1847 tied by green Richmond & Petersburg Railroad circular datestamp--described by Ward as "Possibly the finest 1847 5¢ railroad cover"5¢ Red Brown (1), large to huge margins, fresh color and detailed impression, perfectly tied by greenish blue "Richmond & Ptrsbg. R.R. Jul. 3" (1850) route agent's circular datestamp on folded letter addressed to Petersburg, Virginia, Extremely Fine, a superb 5¢ 1847 railroad cover, on the back of which Philip H. Ward wrote "Possibly the finest 1847 5¢ Railroad cover," the USPCS census lists only two 1847 covers with this route agent's datestamp, this is quite obviously the finer of the two, ex Ackerman, Rust and Boker, signed Ashbrook
E. 2,000-3,000
6,500