Lot 38
Philada. Pa. Post Office, Jan 31, city delivery cds on National Union Club cover with enormous full-face portrait of Ulysses S. Grant in uniform, Rea Sharp imprint, bearing 2¢ black (73) cancelled by quartered cork to local street address, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine, ex-Walcott (with notation that he paid $100 for it, which was before 1935); with 2000 P.F. certificate.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS SPECTACULAR ULYSSES S. GRANT PATRIOTIC COVER, ESPECIALLY DESIRABLE WITH A BLACK JACK FRANKING.
Realized: $6,500