Sale 1223 — U.S. Postal History and U.S. Gold Coins
Sale Date — Thursday-Friday, 4-5 June, 2020
Category — 1890-93 thru 1894-98 Bureau Issue
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
8292
15c Dark Blue (259). Used with 5c Chocolate (255), affixed over Treasury Department imprint and tied by corks, "Albuq. & El Paso R.P.O. May 3, 1895" circular datestamp with day slug inverted, on cover to Bulawayo, Matabeleland, South Africa, New York backstamp, barely reduced at left, Very Fine, rare use of high-value unwatermarked Bureau Issue with a Railroad P.O. cancel to such an exotic destination, ex "Whitpain"
E. 150-200
90