Lot 701
Turner Society Cancel - (Old English "T" With Gymnastic Equipment Surrounding), complete bold strike duplexed with "Worcester Mass. Oct 16" cds ties 3¢ green (184) on fresh circa 1881 cover to Webster Mass.; reduced at right just into 3¢, otherwise Very Fine.Whitfield No. 747 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
ONE OF THE FINEST STRIKES OF THIS EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FANCY CANCEL.
This is one of the premier Bank Note era fancy cancellations, far rarer than the Worcester North-South handshake cancels.
Realized: $1,700