Sale 1230 — U.S. and Hawaii Stamps and Postal History

Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 15-18 December, 2020

Category — Hale & Co: New Jersey and New York

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
751
c
Sale 1230, Lot 751, Hale & Co: New Jersey and New YorkForwarded Through/Hale's/Letter Office,/New York. Two 1844 folded letters addressed in blue from New York City to Silas Peirce & Co., Boston, each with red four-line handstamp (Ty. F30) and matching collect handstamp, Jan. 25 with "6" rate (Ty. C12), Feb. 5 with "12" double rate (Ty. C15, five recorded by Gutman), the former is one of the finest strikes extant, both Very Fine, a beautiful matching pair of covers with this scarce early Hale marking

E. 300-400
275