Sale 1242 — The Gordon Eubanks Collection: United States 1851 to 1856 Imperforate Issue

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 12-13 October, 2021

Category — Twelve-Cent: Domestic Covers (Scott 17)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
424
c
Sale 1242, Lot 424, Twelve-Cent: Domestic Covers (Scott 17)12c Black (17). Position 6L1, margins all around, tiny tear at top, tied by large oval grid cancel with "San Francisco Cal. 15 Aug." circular datestamp on Swift correspondence buff cover to Cleveland O., "for Panama" directive at bottom, Very Fine double 6c rate use before the April 1855 rate change and a scarce example of this San Francisco "double-wide" grid cancel which was created to cancel pairs of 3c stamps in one strike, ex Piller and Kramer

E. 400-500
375