Lot 530
1899 (Mar. 1) local Ithaca drop cover, bearing Postage Due 30¢ brown and 50¢ brown (J6, J7), the 30¢ with partly cut in top margin prior to use and 50¢ creased, tied by "Ithaca, N.Y." c.d.s., Ithaca duplex of same date alongside, blue pencil "Due 80" at foot and penciled "40 (x) 2 / 80" on reverse, Fine and very rare, the 80¢ would have represented the total due on a bundle of forty unpaid covers to Mr. Williams, being an early and striking example of the practice of using business reply envelopes; it is also the only known usage with the 50¢ value of 1879.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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| Realized $2,400 |
