Lot 134
1857 (c.) (May 25) Buffalo N.Y. to Michigan Bar, Cal., small mourning envelope bearing 5¢ red brown (12) horizontal pair, margins to cut in at top, tied by rimless "Buffalo N.Y. May 25" c.d.s., reduced slightly at left, edge wear, Fine. Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
THE ONLY RECORDED 1856 5¢ USAGE ON A MOURNING ENVELOPE.
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Realized $2,600 |