Winter 2025 Sale

1c Red, Perf 12, cancelled by grid with "St. Louis City Delivery, 506 Olive St. Jan. 16, 1883" sawtooth double-circle datestamp on mostly complete mailing card with price list printed on reverse, to local street address.
This post operated illegally for a brief period of time.
Examples of the stamp properly used are very rare. There are only 5; and one is in the British Museum's Tapling Collection.

Estimate $1,000.00 - $2,750.00