Lot 42
10¢ Green type V, 10¢ dark green (35, 68a), single of each, tied together by well struck "Georgetown Cal. Nov. 5, 1861" c.d.s. on Union patriotic with soldier & flag design, with verse, to Oswego, N.Y., Nov. 28, 1861 docketing on reverse; cover with flap partly removed and tiny tear just into rim of second strike of postmark, Very Fine and a gorgeous usage.
Estimate 4,000 - 5,000
UNIQUE EXAMPLE OF A DOUBLE RATE PAID BY TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES.
Provenance: Haas, Paliafito
The long process of demonetization, which had begun on the east coast in August 1861, was still not completed by November, nor had it reached far west, though the new stamps had been available for some time there, allowing for such postal anomalies as this transcontinental "mixed" franking, though any such combination of 1857 and 1861 stamps are very rare.
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| Realized $6,500 |
