Lot
756 
Skull & Crossbones of Waterbury, Ct., full socked-on-the-nose strike of fancy cancel on 1861, 3¢ rose, tied on cover to New Haven Conn. by matching "Waterbury, Con., Apr 8, '66" cds, with additional New Haven "Carrier, Apr 10, 1866" dispatch cds alongside, Very Fine and choice, a wonderful example of this extraordinarily rare Waterbury fancy cancel, Rohloff rarity RRRR (less than 6 examples known) however only this cover and the example in the Boker collection are the only recorded examples to date, this being the earliest of the two, the Rohloff R-1 cancellation is given the same rarity factor as the R-2 yet 11 examples of the R-1 cancel have been recorded, ex Knapp, Matthies and Grunin. Rohloff No. R-2. Scott No. 65 Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
Realized: $14,000