Lot
1209 
Camp Floyd, U.T., February 11 [1859], Paid 3, exceptional strike of homemade fancy integral rate postmark tying 1857 3¢ dull red (26, corner defect) on cover to Lexington, Massachusetts; very light toning right, wax seal damage to cover backflaps, still Very Fine, a rare example of this provisional integral rate postmark., ex-Jessup, illustrated in Brookman Volume I, page 170 and featured in an article written for Western Express (March 2014) by Dr. Milgram; with 1988 P.F. certificatewith 1988 P.F. certificate.
Estimate $400 - 600.
Within a week, the "Paid 3" was no longer used integrally with the townmark and was later to used independently in conjunction with this Camp Floyd postmark.
Realized: $675