Sale 998 — The Raymond Vogel Collection, Part Two
Sale Date — Tuesday, 7 December, 2010
Category — Plate One Early - Type II Gem Examples
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
39
1c Blue, Ty. II (7). Positions 72-74R1E, horizontal strip of three, large top and bottom margins, full at right and clear at left, beautiful bright Plate 1 Early shade, each stamp cancelled by clear strike of blue "Way 6" in circle handstamp of Lynchburg Va., left stamp creased, right pair Very Fine-Extremely Fine and the center stamp could be considered an Extremely Fine Gem single with a rare cancel -- this marking for the 5c collect fee plus 1c way fee was originally applied to stampless covers and was obsolete when struck on stamped covers, it was applied to mail travelling on the James River & Kanawha Canal -- ex Caspary
E. 750-1,000
2,700