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

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

Category — Stampless Markings by State

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
992
c
Sale 1230, Lot 992, Stampless Markings by StateMiddlebury Ct. Nov. 21 (1848). Clear strike of fancy oval wreath handstamp in red with date in manuscript, "5" rate on folded letter to Naugatuck Conn., small nick at top edge of cover is inconsequential, Very Fine and extremely rare, the only example recorded by noted Connecticut postal history collector and researcher William J. Duffney

E. 400-500
700