Rare 1847 George Washington Stamps Could Sell for $1.5 Million
Published May 5th, 2006
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In September 1848, an envelope filled with letters and addressed to Richard Rush, then the U.S. minister to France, traveled from Philadelphia to Paris on some special postage.
The envelope featured a string of six 10-cent George Washington stamps issued in 1847, the first national issue of stamps made by the U.S. government.
Now the envelope, known as “the Rush 1847 cover,” is bound for the auction block. Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. will offer it on May 13 and estimates the price will go as high as $1.5 million. This could make it the fourth-most-expensive cover ever sold at auction.
