Sale 1217 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday, 3 March, 2020

Category — 3c 1851-57 Issues - Railroads and Waterways

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
594
c
Sale 1217, Lot 594, 3c 1851-57 Issues - Railroads and Waterways3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Positions 11-13R0, horizontal strip of three, wonderful depth of color, full margins to touched or barely in at lower right, cancelled by red grid cancels with matching "U.S. Express Mail N.Y. N York 7 Nov." (1851) route agent's circular datestamp on blue folded cover to Boston, file fold slightly creases middle stamp, right stamp with some light wrinkling from application, still Very Fine, while pairs of the 3c Orange Brown on cover are sometimes encountered, strips of three or larger are very rare, particularly paying a domestic rate, we have offered only two covers in the past 22 years bearing a strip of three

E. 1,000-1,500
1,600