Lot 133
1867, 3¢ rose, Z. grill (85C), cancelled by four-rings on small cover to a doctor on the U.S.S. Vermont at New York N.Y., "Cedar Spring Md 1868 Feb 12" c.d.s.; stamp with flaw at bottom, cover with corner fault, Fine.
Scott $4,250
THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USAGE OF THE RARE 3¢ Z. GRILL.
Expertization: 2004 A.P.S. Certificate.
Provenance: Rustad, Ishikawa, "Aristocrats"
There were three 3¢ Z. grill covers from Clear Spring, Md. mailed on different dates mentioned by Herzog in his article on matched covers (The Chronicle No. 107, Aug. 1980, pp. 187-88).
Discussed in Alan Berkun's "The 1867-68 Grilled Issues: The Experimental and First Regular Production Grills", First Days, Sep. 2003, p. 15.
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