Sale 1262 — United States Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Thursday, 26-28 July, 2022
Category — Postmasters’ Provisionals, 1847 Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
75
10c Black (2). Large margins to clear, intense shade, tied by red grid cancel, matching "Pittsburgh Pa. Jan. 30" circular datestamp on folded letter to New York City, clear strike of "St. Charles Hotel, Pittsburgh, D.R. Miller" hotel forwarder's oval handstamp on top flap, some toning also affects stamp, still Very Fine, one of two recorded 1847 covers with the St. Charles hotel marking, ex Mirsky
E. 750-1,000
425