Sale 998 — The Raymond Vogel Collection, Part Two

Sale Date — Tuesday, 7 December, 2010

Category — Plate One Late On Cover

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
232
c
Sale 998, Lot 232, Plate One Late On Cover1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Position 31L1L, recut once at top and bottom, minor double transfer, ample to large margins, dark shade and sharp impression, tied by "New-York Mar. 24" circular datestamp on buff cover to Millville N.Y. postmaster with "Holloway's Pills & Ointment" blue cameo corner card, with original printed advertisement enclosure pitching postmasters to help advertise products -- the precursor to modern-day pharmaceutical company marketing -- the stamp has a tiny toned dot in the right margin, which never would have been mentioned before expertizing committees started noting such negligible trivia on certificates, Extremely Fine, a wonderful cover

E. 400-500
550