Sale 1254 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 6-7 April, 2022
Category — The Mulholland Collection of Specimens - Columbians thru Back-of-Book, Possessions
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1897 Universal Postal Congress Overprints (246S-O thru 278S-O, E5S-O, J38S-O thru J44S-O). 26 stamps mounted on album pages, including Mint N.H. set of the 1c-$5.00 Bureau Issue and 10c Special Delivery, with original envelope reading "One Set of Specimens of United States Postage Stamps, Ordinary and Special Delivery", 10c Special Delivery with a crease, also original gum set of 1c-50c Postage DueVERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE MINT NEVER-HINGED SET OF THE 1895 BUREAU ISSUE WITH 1897 UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONGRESS OVERPRINTS.
Only 125 sets of each were produced, making these technically scarcer than the underlying 1895 Bureau issue on which they were overprinted. These are normally encountered with either hinged gum, or quite often with no gum. This Mint N.H. set is extremely unusual. A Mint N.H. set of the regular 1895 Issue would be of astronomical value.
Scott value as hinged and without premium for the envelope, which is seldom encountered.
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