Lot 2087
1895, 2¢ carmine, type I (265), tied on the earliest documented usage cover by May 2, 1895 New York machine cancel, Insurance company corner card, neat manuscript address, the stamp has been lifted and replaced for watermarking, tiny skillful top edge repair, not mentioned in the certificate. Very Fine and unique. Brookman $9,500.
BELEIVED TO BE THE ONLY RECORDED MAY 2ND USAGE.
Expertization: 1979 P.F. Certificate.
The official date of issue is not confirmed but Lester Brookman, in his United States Postage Stamps of the Nineteenth Century, gives an issue date of May 2nd. The certificate also refers to the May 2nd date as "the listing date of issuance".
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