Sale 1289 — 2023 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 June, 2023
Category — Officials, including Special Printings from the William E. Mooz Collection
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
695
15c Brown, Treasury (O79). Tied by quartered cork cancel, "Washington D.C. Mar. 12 8PM" (1875) circular datestamp on legal-size Treasury Deparment First Comptroller's Office imprint cover to Tokyo, Japan, addressed to John A. Bingham with directive "U.S. Packet" -- carried on PMSS Alaska from San Francisco to Yokoahama -- blue "Yokohama Japan 6 P.M. 21 Apr" receiving datestamp, backflap removedVERY FINE. JAPAN IS AN EXTREMELY RARE DESTINATION FOR COVERS WITH OFFICIAL STAMPS, AND THIS SINGLE FRANKING PAYS THE 15-CENT RATE IN EFFECT IN 1875.
From the Magnolia collection. Ex Markovits.
E. 2,000-3,000
1,900