The William H. Gross Collection: 1847 & 1851-56 Issues

*A buyer’s premium of 15% of the winning bid was added as part of the total purchase price on all lots in this sale. Buyers were responsible for applicable sales tax, customs duty and any other prescribed charges. By placing a bid, bidders agreed to the terms and conditions in effect at the time of the sale.

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Sale 1041 — Index to Descriptions and Photos

First Session (lots 1-123): Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at 10:30 a.m.

• Essays and Proofs Lot 1–23
• Off-Cover 5-Cent Plate Varieties and Shades Lot 24–32
• Off-Cover 5-Cent Cancellations Lot 33–62
• Off-Cover 10-Cent Plate Varieties and Sheet Margins Lot 63–75
• Off-Cover 10-Cent Cancellations Lot 76–92
• On-Cover Domestic Uses by State: Alabama thru Delaware Lot 93–113
• On-Cover Domestic Uses by State: District of Columbia thru Maine Lot 114–131

Second Session (lots 124-375): Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at 1:30 p.m.

• On-Cover Domestic Uses by State: Maryland thru Michigan Lot 132–151
• On-Cover Domestic Uses by State: Missouri thru New York Lot 152–174
• On-Cover Domestic Uses by State: North Carolina thru Wisconsin Lot 175–198
• Multiples on Cover Lot 199–207
• Bisects on Cover Lot 208–211
• Railroad Route Agents Lot 212–228
• Waterway Mail Lot 229–243
• Carriers and Locals Used with 1847 Issue Lot 244–266
• Advertising Covers and Valentines Lot 267–275
• Pre-Treaty Mail and 3p Ferriage Rate to Canada and British America Lot 276–287
• Pre-Treaty Mail from Canada Lot 288–291
• Treaty-Rate Mail to and from Canada Lot 292–296
• Mail from Panama Lot 297
• Pre-Treaty, Retaliatory and Treaty-Rate Mail to England and Scotland Lot 298–303
• Mail to France, Italy, Germany, Silesia, Prague, Belgium, Holland Lot 304–319
• • 1851-56 Issue
  Demonetized Uses of 1847 Issue Lot 320–330
• First Day of 1851 Issue Lot 331
• Domestic, Drop and Carrier Rates Lot 332–337
• Via Nicaragua Markings Lot 338–340
• Transcontinental and Western Mails Lot 341–348
• Hawaiian Mails incl. 13c Missionary and to Persia Lot 349–356
• Foreign Mails Lot 357–374
• Chicago Perforation Lot 375