Sale 956 — The Jay Hoffman Collection of United States Stamps

Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 8-9 May, 2008

Category — Postmasters

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
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Sale 956, Lot 1, PostmastersBrattleboro Vt., 5c Black on Buff (5X1). Position 2, large margins with full framelines complete on all four sides, lightly cancelled by pen (almost appears unused), slight trace of thinning at center

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF THE RARE BRATTLEBORO PROVISIONAL.

A total of 52 Brattleboro provisional stamps are recorded (32 off cover and 20 on 19 covers). Of these, many are faulty due to the softness of the paper.

Ex Ferrary, Weill and Wall. "W.H.C." (Colson) backstamp.

10,000
10,000