Lot Details

Negative Crescent & Stars, Tarborough, North Carolina, choice strike on 3c pink on buff entire (U59), adjacent Tarborough c.d.s., date unclear, to Raleigh, some light edge stains, repair to back flap tear, but desirable strike of this rare fancy cancel; ex Robertson, Boker.
This visually appealing fancy cancel is unlisted in Skinner-Eno, but a comparable strike on a 3c 1869 Issue is noted in the “North Carolina Postal Historian,” Vol. 34, No. 4, 2015, and was earlier illustrated in Vol. 15, No. 1.