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
34
1c Blue, Type IIIa (8A). Position 51L1E, full even margins all around, tied by clearly struck small "Paid" grid cancel and "Boston 1 22 Oct." (1851) one-cent integral-rate circular datestamp on blue folded drop letter, Extremely Fine, a beautiful cover and a scarce example of this short-lived Boston drop-rate circular datestamp, which was used briefly at the end of 1851, ex Cipolla, with 1992 P.F. certificate
E. 500-750
1,900