Lot 1365

Prince's Letter Dispatch, 1861, black (122L1), nice margins, tied by blue "Prince;s/Express/9 Milk St." serrated oval and by cork cancel on 3¢ entire (U58) from Portland to Hinsdale, N.H., Boston, June 23 (1869) c.d.s. alongside; light edge soiling and foxing, mostly confined to, reverse but affecting stamp a bit, Fine and exceedingly rare. Enclosure, datelined Portland, June 1, is an order for iron screws. Not in Larry Lyons' 2002 census of eleven recorded covers. Scott $5,000
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Realized $1,700 |