Lot 2144
1912, 1¢ green, Covel Private Perforations, horizontal pair, tied by partial wavy machine cancel and "New Orleans La. Feb 19 1914" valentines's day duplex on cover with illustrated The Grunewald hotel corner card and addressed to Covel Mfg. Co. in Benton Harbor, Mich., 2¢ postage due tied by "Benton Harbor Mich." oval cancellation as letter was apparently double weight, Very Fine.Scott No. 408 var. Estimate $200 - 300.
The Covel Manufacturing Company of Benton Harbor, Michigan privately perforated imperforate stamps, for use on their advertising mailers. These perforations were created by A.W. Filstrup, the head of Covel, probably with a Rosback perforator. The perforations were very similar to the government perf. 12. Filtrup was a philatelist and produced these for personal and company use.
Realized: $170