Lot 36
1860, 30¢ orange (38), used with 5¢ brown, type II (30A) with part imprint, and 10¢ green, type V (35), all tied by two strikes of Boston "Paid" grid cancellation on 1860 cover to Malaga, Spain, red "Boston Br. Pkt. '40' Aug 8" credit datestamp, London (8.22.60) transit, manuscript "4" (reales) due; some minor cosmetic improvements around edges, light vertical file fold between 5¢ 10¢ stamps does not affect them, a Very Fine usage.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
A MOST HANDSOME THREE-COLOR FRANKING AND THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USAGE OF THE 1860 30¢ ORANGE.
Expertization: 1985 Brettl Certificate.
Provenance: White, Kapiloff, Sevenoaks
Hulme, Celler, et al, "Earliest Known Uses in the 1851-57 Era", The Chronicle, Vol. 48 No. 3, Aug. 1996, p. 165.
|
| |
| Realized $6,000 |
