Lot 1726
Dead Letter Office Mail and Collateral featuring Wegner Collection Pages, album of 85 items including early mail and a wide range of D.L.O. handstamps, note 1814 receipt attached to quarterly return, 1828 "forwarded by request" letter sent to DLO, 1833 Rutland Vt. fancy oval use sent to DLO, 1836 Washington D.C. free frank cover sent to DLO, several early official covers sent to DLO, 1840 preprinted DLO return letter, 1830 to Ireland with money draft; 1850 free franked advertising use, 1850s Sacramento City Cal. 3¢ #26 use "Due 3" sent to DLO, 1879 OX2 use with "Philadelphia, Dead" cds use, 1868 "San Francisco, Dead Letter Office" double-circle handstamp on returned letter receipt, OXB2 and OXB7 uses, etc., some mixed condition, F.-V.F.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
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Realized: $3,000