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
305
c
Sale 998, Lot 305, Plate One Late On Cover1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Two, ample margins to just touched, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A), large margins to slightly in at top, tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Mar. 31" circular datestamps on blue 1854 folded letter to St. Petersburg, Russia, two strikes of "N. York Am. Pkt. 23 Apr. 1" debit datestamp, Aachen and Berlin backstamps, blue manuscript due marking, file fold clear of stamps, Very Fine, a rare 1851 Issue cover to Russia, the addressee -- William L. Winans -- went to Russia at the invitation of the government to build a dozen locomotives

E. 1,000-1,500
900