Lot 1390
Split Circular Grid (Weiss UNC-7), clear strike ties 2¢ red brown (146), well centered, pre-use corner crease, on February 10, 1872 printed circular to Trinidad, endorsed "Circulars, via Havana", colonial "1d" credit handstamp, "Trinidad MR 7 1872" arrival double-arc datestamps and blue crayon "1" due rating for inland postage; small erosion hole, still Very Fine. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS NYFM CANCEL, AND ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED NYFM COVERS TO TRINIDAD.
Provenance: Braus, Klein, Weiss, Kirke
Illustrated in Weiss NYFM on page 463.
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Realized $1,250 |