Sale 958 — 2008 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Saturday, 7 June, 2008
Category — 1847 Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
518
5c Red Brown (1). Vertical pair, large even margins, tied by multiple strikes of blue "Philada. Pa. 10 May 5" integral-rate circular datestamp on 1849 folded letter to Hopkinsville Ky., faint vertical file folds well away from stamps, fresh and Extremely Fine, a beautiful cover bearing a superb vertical pair of the 5c 1847 (much scarcer than horizontal pairs), ex Klein
E. 2,000-3,000
4,250