Auction: 167 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 65
#30, 5c Orange brown, Ty. II, horizontal strip of three, s.e. at right, just tied by red grid cancels to buff cover to Coelon, Germany, red blurry exchange office datestamp and straight line "Franco" handstamp, two Hamburg transit backstamps and Coeln arrival backstamp, very fine; strips of three of the 5c Orange brown on cover are surprisingly rare, with only four recorded in the Dr. Richard M. Searing census; 1973 PF certificate.
Estimate
$1,000 to $1,500