Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1916 — Raid $457 for a Stamp, [ARTICLE]

Raid $457 for a Stamp,

An early Canadian postage stamp, the twelve-pence black variety of the 1552 Issue, sold for $457 at the auction of the late Charles Gregory's collection, which is being conducted this week in the robins of the Collectors' club, 30 East Fortysecond street. It is the highest price paid for a rare stamp in several months. J. C. MorgentliaU, who is conducting the sale, said yesterday that it had been bought by a prominent New York collector. it was called •be gem of the Gregory collect ion. Mr. Gregory's remarkable collectl on b f postal issues of the Balkan siates, including more than l ,500 stamps from Ron mania, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Serbia, South Burgaria and Eastern Roumelia, sold for more than $2,000. When exhibited in the international exhibition in this city two years ago the collection won two silver medals.— New York Tribune