Lot 2459
Special Delivery Postal History Collection, 1885-1900s, many hundreds in binders or loose, with commercial uses of every Special Delivery stamp from E1 right up to E23, as well as CE1-CE2, value in the earliest including E1 (22), E2 (32), E3 (26) and E7 (12 - the most difficult of all Special Delivery Issues); note a several postage due uses, registered uses, four inbound foreign combo uses comprising E15 from Holland, E15 from Cuba, E17 from Bolivia and E19 from Colombia; the later issues contain a small number of philatelic covers, plus a few Special Delivery covers without Special Delivery stamps, generally Fine-V.F. and better, a nice basis on which to build.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $2,100