Lot
1054 
Special Delivery, 1893, 10¢ Orange, bright color, tied by "World's Fair Station, Chicago, Oct. 13 5PM, 1893" machine cancel on 3¢ Centennial entire with Columbus bust in half-dollar coin design and preprinted address to J. A. Pierce in Chicago Ill., fresh and Very Fine. Scott No. E3; $1,250 with Expo machine cancel Estimate $500 - 750.
The recipient was a well-known stamp dealer who created a large number of postal souvenirs for collectors, one of the first to do so.
Realized: $2,300