#7782

Lot 247 5c Red Brown (1). Rich color, three full margins, slightly in at left, pre-use corner crease, tied by red square grid cancel, used with U.S. Mail, New York N.Y., 1c Black on Yellow Glazed (6LB10), large margins, trivial wrinkle, pencil cancel, tied by red "New-York Nov. 15" circular datestamp on blue envelope to a Miss Hodges at Female Seminary in Troy N.Y., seal on flap with embossed crest and "Nil Desperandum" ("do not despair"), some edgewear and small scuff spots, still Very Fine, about a dozen 1847/6LB10 combination covers are known, but very few have the carrier stamp tied by a handstamped marking, ex Boker

Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale1041 realized 650

Alexander listed as 11/15/xx

Robert A. Siegel sale 1284 (Yellowstone) lot 579 realized 475