Sale 1242 — The Gordon Eubanks Collection: United States 1851 to 1856 Imperforate Issue
Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 12-13 October, 2021
Category — Three-Cent: Foreign Mails
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
263
3c Brownish Carmine, Type II (11A). Horizontal pair, large margins to ample at bottom, brilliant color complemented by two tying strikes of "Mobile Ala. Jan. 27" (1857) circular datestamp on blue printed cotton market circular to Augsburg, Germany, bold strike of "GB/2PK" diamond-boxed accountancy handstamp (2 francs per kilo due), French transit datestamp, backstamped with second strike of G.B. handstamp and Augsburg receiving datestamp, fresh and Very Fine, franked for the circular rate by Prussian Closed Mail but sent via British Open Mail, reported to be the only cover with 1851 stamps attempting to pay this rate
E. 1,000-1,500
1,500