Sale 1265 — Classic United States Stamps and Covers

Sale Date — Thursday, 29 September, 2022

Category — Allen 12c 1851-57: Plate 1 Perforated, Domestic Covers (Scott 36)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
722
c
Sale 1265, Lot 722, Allen 12c 1851-57: Plate 1 Perforated, Domestic Covers (Scott 36)12c Black, Plate 1 (36). Positions 53-55R1, horizontal strip of three, used with 1c Blue, Ty. V (24) and 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26), 3c trimmed at left, tied by strikes of "Memphis Ten. May 21, 1858" circular datestamp on legal-size buff cover to clerk of district court in Nevada Cal., deposition endorsement and receipt docketing, creases around edges and slightly reduced at left, otherwise Very Fine, in the category of "Go Find Another" this combination of 12c strip and other 1857 stamps to pay the quadruple 10c transcontinental rate is noteworthy

E. 400-500
850