Lot 1531
1867, 1¢ blue, E. grill, pair and single, rich colors, tied by quartered cork cancellation duplexed with partial "Lawrence Kas. Mar 9" cds on Kansas State Horticultural Society envelope to Alton Ill., blue W. C. Flagg "1868 11 Mar" company arrival handstamp; reduced at right affecting single, ex-Herzog, James E. Lee, "Aristocrat"; with 1999 A.P.S. certificate.Scott No. 86 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USAGE OF THE 1¢ E. GRILL 1868 ISSUE.
References: Herzog article in 1977 A.P.C. book, Illustrated in Alan Berkun's "The 1868 Regular Production D, E and F Grill EDUs", First Days, June 2004, p. 12, fig. 3.
Realized: $1,700