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
264
c
Sale 1242, Lot 264, Three-Cent: Foreign Mails3c Dull Red, Type II (11A). Horizontal block of ten, remarkably good condition with just a couple minor wrinkles/creases, affixed to back and cancelled by multiple strikes of grid cancel on dark buff cover to Bodenbach, Austria, red "New Orleans La. Jul. 4" circular datestamp and faint red New York datestamp, red "FRANCO" handstamp (fully paid), receiving backstamp ties block in corner, cover with some soiling and minor wear, Fine appearing and striking cover, large blocks of the 3c 1851 are rare on transatlantic covers, this was franked for the 30c rate by Prussian Closed Mail

E. 750-1,000
1,400