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 $2.00-$5.00 Columbian (242-245). Tied by "World's
Fair Station, Nov. 10, 12-30A 1893" machine cancels on 5c Columbian entire (U350), $3.00 also tied by "World's Fair Sta., Chicago Ill., Nov. 10, 12:30PM 93" duplex datestamp, addressed to Miss Jenny Metzner in Chicago, pristine
conditionEXTREMELY FINE. A PHENOMENAL COVER BEARING THE FOUR HIGHEST DENOMINATIONS OF THE COLUMBIAN ISSUE, TIED BY TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXPOSITION CANCELLATIONS. Apart from the eight covers with complete sets (including the package
wrapper front), this is the only cover bearing the $2.00, $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 values listed in the 2013 Ludeman Columbian Dollar-Value Cover Census. It was described by Dr. Richard M. Searing as "one of the most spectacular small [Columbian]
covers" and arguably "the most valuable Columbian cover in existence" (Chronicle 148, page 249). Adjusted for inflation, the $14.05 in postage on this envelope is the equivalent of $353.55 in today's money. Remarkably, the envelope was
fed through the machine cancelling device three times to cancel the stamps. The $3.00 was only touched by the machine bars, so the duplex device was applied by hand to more fully cancel the stamp. The "PM" in duplex and "AM" in machine cancel
indicate that the duplex was applied later. The addressee's name elicited inconclusive genealogical data, but it is possible that the sender was William C. Metzner (born in 1850 in Wisconsin), who owned a large stove repair company in
Chicago. Ex McCoy and Rosenthal (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. $ 20,000-30,000
SOLD for $50,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
