Americana Stamps

Lot #: 6015

D. O. Blood & Co.,1845, 2c Black, 15L5, on Folded Letter with Black on Yellow Blood's Advertising Label

Very Fine Example of the famous Striding Messenger Stamp

#34 in the Vern Morris Census.

2c Black, full to large margins with manuscript "X" cancel on small blue 1847 folded letter with a black on yellow Blood's Advertising Label ("When a paid Stamp is on a Letter sent by Blood's City Despatch, no other charge it made for its delivery").

Opening: $450
Estimate: $750 - $1,000
Category: Locals, Blood's
Catalogue: Scott 15L5
Catalog Value: $800
Certificate:
PF 0317260
Provenance: ex Hahn, ex Meyersburg