Sale 1217 — United States Stamps

Sale Date — Tuesday, 3 March, 2020

Category — 3c 1851-57 Issues - Carriers, Locals and Western Mails

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
622
c
Sale 1217, Lot 622, 3c 1851-57 Issues - Carriers, Locals and Western Mails3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Horizontal pair, large margins to touched including part of adjoining stamp at left, tied by "New-York Ship Jan. 9" circular datestamp, with blue "Via Nicaragua/In Advance of the Mails/Sullivan" double oval handstamp on buff cover to Freetown Assonet Mass., right stamp with light diagonal crease, missing part of backflap and small stain at top, Very Fine appearance, a scarce and desirable example of the "Via Nicaragua" marking from the Sullivan News Office in San Francisco, with 2010 P.F. certificate

E. 750-1,000
600