Lot
229 
Detroit "Rail Road, Way", clear strike of oval handstamp on yellow H.B. Shaw correspondence cover to Alfred Me. bearing 3¢ ultramarine (114) tied by "Detroit Mich. Dec 13" duplex with quartered cork cancel, Very Fine and rare marking. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
A REMARKABLE USE OF THE FANCY DETROIT "RAIL ROAD WAY" OVAL ON AN 1869 ISSUE COVER.
This "Rail Road Way" oval handstamp of Detroit was applied on mail handled by the Grand Trunk Rail Road.