Lot 1908
1867, 3¢ rose, E. grill (88), five 1868 covers cancelled Philadelphia Feb 13 (strip of 3 on reduced legal size cover), Feb 18, Feb 20 (illd adc), Feb 21 and Mar 26; the first four with similar duplex cancels, thelast with a different type, also two 3¢ #65 covers dated Jan 28 and Feb 11 with the earlier type of duplex, three covers docketed 1868, two with merchant's year dated handstamp; a nice group of early usages of #88. used by John Berkun to substantiate the current EDU of the 3¢ E. grill as Feb 11, 1868.
Estimate 200 - 300
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