Sale 324


 
Lot 1022



St. Louis, Mo., 1846, 20¢ black on gray lilac (11X6), type I, position 1, large margins to ample at top, cancelled by pen squiggle on 1846 folded cover to Mess. Tyler & Rutherford in Louisville Ky., red "St. Louis Mo. Jul 25" c.d.s. and matching "Paid" handstamp with manuscript "20" for the quadruple rate for under 300 miles, endorsed "Pr. Mail" at lower right; stamp lifted and file fold neatly pressed out with no evidence of broken paper fibers, a Very Fine usage.
Scott $55,000

Expertization: "W.H.C." (Colson) handstamp, 1988 P.F. Certificate.

Provenance: Faiman

This cover was part of the "Louisville Find" of 1895 and one of the first 20¢ Bear covers documented by Mekeel.

Illustrated in Colson of Boston - his Stamps, 1926, p. 25
Census No. 105 from the Bennett listing of St. Louis Bears used on cover in the Faiman catalog.


 
Realized $37,500



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