Sale 1223 — U.S. Postal History and U.S. Gold Coins

Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 4-5 June, 2020

Category — 1851-56 Issue

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
8147
c
Sale 1223, Lot 8147, 1851-56 Issue5c Red Brown (12). Large to huge margins showing traces of two adjoining stamps, used with 10c Green, Ty. II (14) and 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26), 5c small repaired nick in left margin, 10c small repaired nick in bottom margin, tied by "Mineral Point Wis. Sep. 4" circular datestamp on legal-size cover to Philadelphia Pa., sender's notation "3 Deeds", backflaps reattached, Very Fine appearance, domestic uses of the 5c 1856 are uncommon, and only a few covers are known with multiple-stamp combinations such as this, ex Caspary and Mayer

E. 750-1,000
475