3012 Sale

4LB1, Charleston SC, 1849 2c Brown on brown rose, uncancelled on fragment of brown cover, stamp with oval frame touched on three sides and in at top, small part of red Charleston SC town marking at right, ms "Aug 6th, 1849" docketing at top center of fragment; stamp and fragment with small pinhole, extremely rare with a mere five examples thought to exist; 2012 Philatelic Foundation certificate; ex-George Worthington (1918), Alfred H. Caspary (H. R. Harmer, Inc. 1957), John R. Boker, Jr, David Golden (1999) and Edgar Kuphal (2006); (Scott $10,000 unused and $4,000 unused or used if cut to shape)