Part III - Locals H-Z continued...
SPECIAL NOTE: Lot Numbers with an "A" preceding them will be offered in three special sessions. Please refer to the Arrangement of the Sale web page for the schedule.
| Lot | Lot Description | ||
| A | 1611 |
 Zieber's One Cent Dispatch,
Pittsburgh Pa., 1c Black on Gray Blue (150L1). Three huge margins,
large to just clear at top, small acid cancel (usual method of cancelling,
in common with Blood's), very slight thinningVERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED INTACT EXAMPLES OF ZIEBER'S ONE CENT DISPATCH STAMP, ISSUED IN PITTSBURGH IN 1851. AMONG THE RAREST AND MOST CELEBRATED OF ALL AMERICAN LOCAL POST STAMPS. There is very little reliable information about Zieber's One Cent Despatch (the Needham account is inaccurate). Only three examples of Zieber's stamp have ever been found, the first of which was reported in The Record and Review of December 1890. One of the items is a folded cover to Painesville O., postmarked Pittsburgh Jul. 23 (1851), with a small fragment of the Zieber's stamp still adhering. Another folded letter, postmarked Pittsburgh Jul. 2 and dated 1851, has a full Zieber's stamp and the 3c Orange Brown used on the second day of issue (ex Ferrary and Boker). The only other intact stamp is the off-cover example offered here. Both stamps have acid cancels. Signed Sloane. Ex Boker. (Image) |
E. 10,000-15,000 |