PAT421

USA 1c Blue (3 stamps on the back sealing the back flap paying the 3c rate USA Used in CSA South Carolina 23 April 1861). The stamps are USA #18 Pair Type I Plate 12 and USA #20 Type II Plate 12 Double Transfer. The BLUE Columbia SC CDS ties the pair to the cover dated 23 APR (1861). A second but much weaker stike of the same postmark ties the single stamp to the pair and also to the cover. On the reverse are plating notations written and signed by Stanley Ashbrook confirming the identification of the stamps. The Plate 12 stamps are scarce in their own right and were only used in 1861. CSA Patriotic Cover with the Stars and Bars (7-Stars) in full color Type F7-7B (printing flaw at the upper right corner of the flag) addressed to Mrs. Jane Haris, Laurens CH SC. The cover was opened at the right, and the stamps on the reverse are not damaged. Very clean cover with an extremely scarce use with the rare stamps confirmed by Stanley Ashbrook who was the authority on the early classic USA stamps.

$3,500.00

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