Sale 1227 — Outstanding United States Stamps and Gold Coins
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 19-23 October, 2020
Category — Drs. Joanne and Edward Dauer Collection of Encased Postage (EP1/EP58A)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2437
Brown's Bronchial Troches, 12c Black (EP35). Mica faults and stamp slightly soiled, but the "Twelve Cents" value is clearly visibleFINE. THE 12-CENT BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHES ENCASED POSTAGE IS EXTREMELY RARE, WITH APPROXIMATELY TWO TO FOUR KNOWN.
The Ford sale catalogue (Stack's 6/23/2004, lot 418) states "We have no recent records of a Brown's 12 Cents encasement and none seems to have been auctioned in decades." The Reed census reports 2-4 known. Ex "Summit"
3,500
3,000
