Sale 992 — United States Stamps
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 24-25 June, 2010
Category — Parcel Post, Carriers (Q, JQ, LO, L)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2675
(Greig's) City Despatch Post, New York N.Y., 3c Black on Grayish (40L1). Positions 19-20/25-26, block of four with left sheet margin, original gum, h.r. at top, large to huge margins all around, bright and fresh, Extremely Fine, a handsome multiple of the first adhesive stamp issues in the Western hemisphere (1842, followed in 1843 by the Brazil Bulls Eye), eight purple backstamps do not show thru
1,900
1,200