Sale 1242 — The Gordon Eubanks Collection: United States 1851 to 1856 Imperforate Issue
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 12-13 October, 2021
Category — One-Cent: Plate One Early, cont. (Scott 7-8A)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
25
1c Blue, Type II (7). Positions 43-47R1E and 41-42R1E, horizontal strip of five and pair, ample margins except touched to slightly in on three positions, faint creases and two with small closed tear, used with 3c Orange Brown, Type II (10A) and tied by six strikes of "Rochester N.Y. Dec. 6" (1851) two-slug circular datestamps on buff cover to Quebec, Canada, blue ribbon-style "U. States" cross-border marking, red Montreal circular datestamp, mended opening tear at rightFINE AND VERY ATTRACTIVE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE FRANKING TO PAY THE 10-CENT RATE TO CANADA.
Ex Baker, Ishikawa (illustrated in his book) and Dr. Kapiloff.
E. 4,000-5,000
5,000
