Sale 1230 — U.S. and Hawaii Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 15-18 December, 2020
Category — Bank Note and Later Issues Covers
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Cat./Est. Value
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1308
3c Green (147). Tied by circle of wedges cancel with "Springfield Mass. Feb. 15" (1873) rimless circular datestamp on overall gray lithographed illustrated insurance advertising cover, addressed to New Haven Conn., wonderful poignant design for the Agency of the Guardian Mutual Life Insurance Company, depicting a guardian angel hovering over a grieving mother and daughter and "this policy 5000" draped over a rock, blue agent's oval datestamp, fresh and Extremely Fine, one of the most spectacular insurance advertising designs we have encountered, with 2008 P.F. certificate
E. 500-750
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