Sale 1283 — Commemoratives, Featuring Morton Trans-Mississippi, Brody Jamestown and Haber 1909 Issues
Sale Date — Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
Category — 1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue: Covers
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1536
$1.00 Black, Trans-Mississippi (292). Choice centering, used with vertical pair of 1c Green (285), 4c Orange (287), two 8c Violet Brown (289), 10c Gray Violet, Trans-Mississippi (290), plus 6c Dull Brown, 1895 Issue (271), cancelled or tied by large "R" handstamps, purple "No. 1, Philippine Isls., San Francisco Cal. Registered May 29, 1899" double-circle datestamp on reduced linen-lined cover front only to Bremen, Germany, purple Manila registry handstamp, red crayon "5", small erosion hole at center not noted on certificateVERY FINE. A RARE AND COLORFUL USE OF FIVE OF THE NINE DENOMINATIONS OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE, INCLUDING THE $1.00, ON A COVER FRONT FROM THE PHILIPPINES TO GERMANY. A SPECTACULAR USE.
Perhaps 20 covers are known with the $1.00 Trans-Mississippi Issue, including approximately 14 with single frankings. One other use is also known from the Philippines to Germany, with a 5c Trans-Mississippi and a strip of three of No. 279.
With 2019 P.F. certificate
E. 4,000-5,000
3,500