Lot 596
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Kellogg's Penny Post & City Despatch, 1853 (1¢) vermilion (92L1), the sole adhesive on a folded letter front (with small portion of back) to Sherborne, England; stamp with four margins and small light crease, tied by handstamped "24"in circle, postmarked clear "Cleveland O., Jul 11" c.d.s. with additional handstamped "5" in circle and "1/-", backstamped green "America/ Liverpool" entry c.d.s. (Jul 24, 1853); exceptional, Very Fine appearance.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE LOCAL ON COVER—ONE OF ONLY SIX RECORDED AND THE ONLY ONE TO A FOREIGN DESTINATION.
This cover has not been on the market since it was last sold at the Harmer Rooke auction of July 7-8, 1960.
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| Realized $6,000 |
