Auction 42
Lot 187 Special Delivery, 1895, 10¢ blue (Scott E5), used with 2¢ postage on a 1900 cover from a U.S. senator in Washington, D.C., sent from New York, not delivered because the recipient's office was closed. Note the purple "Tried / By Special Messenger" boxed handstamp, also a Washington, D.C. backstamp, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75 - 100. |
Realized $55 |
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