Sale 1188 — United States Stamp Treasures: The William H. Gross Collection

Sale Date — Wednesday, 3 October, 2018

Category — Fancy Cancellations, Mostly from Waterbury, Connecticut

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Lot

Symbol

Photo/Description

Cat./Est. Value

Realized

76°

Sale 1188, Lot 76, Fancy Cancellations, Mostly from Waterbury, Connecticut

Duck on Water of Waterbury, Connecticut--Postmaster John W. Hill’s celebration of duck hunting season in the autumn of 1867

DESCRIPTION

Duck on Water, clear strike with “Waterbury Con. Sep. 24 ‘67” double-circle datestamp tying 3¢ Rose (65) on cover to the Samuel Hodgson in Blackstone, Massachusetts

PROVENANCE

* Katharine Matthies, Siegel Auction Galleries, 1/11/1977, Sale 503, lot 335, to Houser

* Henry Houser, Christie’s Robson Lowe sale, 12/13/1990, lot 5

CENSUS, LITERATURE AND EXHIBITION REFERENCES

* Paul C. Rohloff, The Waterbury Cancellations, 1865-1890, Rohloff A-10

CERTIFICATION

* The Philatelic Foundation (1990)

CONDITION NOTES

* Very Fine strike and cover

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