Sale 1285 — The World Traveler Collection of United States Stamps

Sale Date — Thursday, 4 May, 2023

Category — Postmasters' Provisionals, 1847 Issue

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2008
c
Sale 1285, Lot 2008, Postmasters' Provisionals, 1847 Issue10c Black (2). Three full margins, clear at top, tied by bold red grid cancel, matching "New-York Mar. 1" (1851) circular datestamp on folded letter to Montreal, Canada, datelined "Halifax, 25th Feby 1851", manuscript "4-1/2" pence rate, red Montreal receiving backstamp, bottom third of letter removed, Fine, evidently hand-carried from Halifax (probably on a Cunard vessel) to New York and then mailed to Montreal, with 2023 P.F. certificate

E. 750-1,000
600