Sale 1242 — The Gordon Eubanks Collection: United States 1851 to 1856 Imperforate Issue
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 12-13 October, 2021
Category — Three-Cent: Illustrated Designs
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
217
3c Dull Red, Type II (11A). Margins to just in, artfully placed sideways at bottom and tied by Ohio town circular datestamp on cover to Cross Creek Pa. with hand-watercolored cartoon design of an obese man with a cane sitting on top of a slender man in top hat on a sofa, the anguish of the squashed man is as palpable as the obliviousness of the rotund gentlemanVERY FINE. AN EXCEPTIONAL HAND-WATERCOLORED CARTOON DESIGN ON AN 1851 ISSUE COVER.
Ex Gabriel. With 1991 P.S.E. certificate
E. 3,000-4,000
17,500