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 a bold strike of Housatonic Railroad route agent's red circular datestamp5¢ Red Brown (1), large margins to clear at bottom, tied by bold strike of red "Housatonic Railroad 5" in circle route agent's circular handstamp on small envelope to Durham Centre, Connecticut, Extremely Fine strike of this railroad route agent's handstamp, which is rare on 1847 Issue covers, the USPCS census illustrates only a few others with the route agent's handstamp tying the 1847 stamp, ex Dick, Rust and Boker, with 2013 P.F. certificate
E. 2,000-3,000
11,500