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Lot 116

Woman in Bonnet Facing Left, Waterbury, Connecticut, Rohloff E-11, exceptional strike on 3c pink postal stationery cover, adjacent ideal strike of "Waterbury Con  / Apr / 27 / 66" double-circle c.d.s., to Saugatuck, Ct., printed return address of the Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co., extremely fine, and the only recorded example of this fancy cancel, this choice strike showing the intricate detail of this exceptional design; illustrated in Rohloff (Fig. 81A), ex-Sampson, Hauser (Christie's Robson Lowe, December 13, 1990, lot 24).