1906
JULY 2: MANILA to MICHIGAN
2c Washington
carmine on oriental buff pse with 8c M. Washington (232)
to pay for
the required Registry Fee. (eBay $630.00)
The following
email received from Dr. Tommy Sim regarding the above envelope addressed
to Gen. Bandholtz.
My dear
friends,
This cover
from ebay that ended this morning was bought at an incredible price.
The ending price just blew me away....
My initial
assessment on this cover:
1.
It is a Bandholtz cover on PSE, well might go for $ 100.
2.
Registered and had the 13 cents overprint Philippines 1903 issue, add $
60-75.
3.
Wishful thinking, maybe the stamp had an OB handstamped..... add another
$100.
So, I planned
to put a maximum bid of $ 275.00 (hesitantly) hoping that I had a good
chance of getting it. Well, it ended up to $ 630.0. I could not fathom
why the last three bidders went up that high. Maybe because it was
a registered PSE cover or the 13 cent stamp was used for the registration
fee. Or the bidders needed a cover for that stamp value... Am I missing
something on this cover?
Any comments???
Tommy |
