Lot 1042
1847, 10¢ black (2), large margins to clear at upper right, neat pen cancel, matching "Union Mo. May 10/ 51" postmark on buff envelope to Columbia, S.C., original enclosure; tiny erosion hole in postmark, still Very Fine, accompanied by a stampless Union Mo. from 1849 addressed to Big Lick, Va.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
THE ONLY RECORDED 1847 COVER FROM UNION.
Expertization: 1993 P.S.E. Certificate.
Despite the more than 300 surviving 1847 covers from Missouri, all of them, with the exception of this cover, are postmarked St. Louis. Union received a supply of 300 5¢ stamps and 100 10¢ stamps. Even stampless examples from this period are quite rare.
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| Realized $3,250 |
