Sale 996 — The Wagshal Collection, Part 3:
3c 1851-57 Issues

Sale Date — Thursday, 21 October, 2010

Category — 3c Dull Red Shades - Covers and Groups

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3165
c
Sale 996, Lot 3165, 3c Dull Red Shades - Covers and Groups3c 1851 Issue, July 1853 New York Collection (11-11A). 17 covers and two off-cover stamps, showing day by day progression of the year-dated New York City circular datestamp covering every date from July 11 through July 26, mounted on pages with detailed analyses of the changes in the datestamp as the days progressed, some cover and stamp faults, strikes clear and strong

A RARE COMPLETE "CALENDAR" OF THE FASCINATING "1853" YEAR-DATED CIRCULAR DATESTAMP USED AT THE NEW YORK POST OFFICE FOR FIFTEEN DAYS IN JULY 1853 .

This collection includes both of the scarce Sunday dates on cover, a July 20 example on cover struck without the day slug (in addition to a regular dated July 20 example) and a July 26 example off-cover

E. 3,000-4,000
9,000