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Lot# 5361 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 5361 USA

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    (Greig's) City Despatch Post, New York 1842: 3 c. black on greyish, a used example with huge margins all round, used on cover to the Episcopal Seminary, 21st. Street, tied by octagonal framed "FREE" handstamp with circular "CITY DESPATCH POST / N.Y." (6 APR. / 1 O'CLOCK) both in red. A fresh and very fine cover Scott = $ 2'500.rnProvenance: Collection Edward S. Knapp, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, May 1941, lot 1175.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF