Sale 1232 — United States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 30-31 March, 2021
Category — Local Posts and Independent Mails: Floyd's thru Moody's
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1795
(Mearis') City Despatch. Red two-line handstamp in rectangular ornamental frame, detailed strike and manuscript "Paid" on Jun. 1, 1846 blue folded letter to Baltimore City HallVERY FINE. ONLY FOUR EXAMPLES OF MEARIS' "CITY DESPATCH" FRAMED HANDSTAMP ARE RECORDED.
Adding the cover from our Golden Sale 817, lot 1343, to the three listed by Steven M. Roth in his Feb. 1997 Chronicle article, there is a total of four examples of this marking. However, one is struck on a front only (lot 1338 in Golden sale).
Ex Kelly and Golden. Illustrated in Kelly's CCP series (Vol. 50, No. 3, p. 156).
E. 1,000-1,500
850