Lot 1821
Official Seal, 1895, gray brown, hyphen-hole perf 7, affixed over right edge and tied by "New York, Apr 7, 97" duplex on reverse of 1¢ blue entire with 1¢ blue tied by partial West Virginia town cancel to New York N.Y., reverse with "Cairo, W. Va., Apr 6, 1897" transit and manuscript "Opened by mistake, J. Lynn & Co., 48 Bond St, New York"; light edge toning, F.-V.F. and scarce.Scott Nos. OX9 $500 on cover.
Realized: $190