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Lot #329 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1795-1852 group of 10 FLs incl. straight line Boston hs to New York, endorsed "20", also "4 SF" circle hs; cover from Paris, with red "19" and "Paid" with Boston Br.Pkt Dec.21 arrival; 1833 red Frederick, Mo.; 1847 Gloucester City, N.J.; green Cannonsburgh, Pa.; Lebanon, Pa; red Sackets Harbor etc., variety of interesting markings, v.f. ![]() | Price Realized $375.00 | |
Lot #330 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1835-57 Ladies Envelopes, group of nine covers, four stampless with "Paid 3" and other markings, others frankled with 3c red brown, one re-directed and paying double rate, with green canc., fine-v.f. and attractive lot ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #331 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1842 FL to Boston with red "Rail Road Car" hs, also two other FLs used 1802 and 1835 with red "SHIP" markings, fine-v.f. ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #332 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1845 (ca) lovely embossed envelope with valentine, red Middleton, Mass. and "Paid 3" hs, v.f. ![]() | Price Realized $200.00 | |
Lot #333 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1848 FL from Arcadia Plantation to New Orleans with red "S.B. F.M.Streck" and black numeral "5", endorsed "Per New Castle to Donaldson", fine-v.f. ![]() | Price Realized $200.00 | |
Lot #334 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1851 Western Express Cover from San Francisco franked with 10c green, sent to Cambridge, Mass., re-directed to No. Bridgewater, with 3c red brown added to pay additional charges, v.f. ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #335 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1851 The James River Canal, Canal-Boat "Eagle", 1851 bill of lading with 3c red canc. "WAY 6" in blue, from Richmond Oct.21 to Lynchburg, with ms 27 October. A great rarity, accompanied by notes supplied to S.Ashbrook, only threeother similar letters known ![]() | Price Realized $800.00 | |
Lot #336 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1851-68 Mississippi packets, 4 diff. with "Alice Vivian", "Str. Gov. Allen" and steamers "Amanda" & "Dr Batey", mixed condition but good markings, fine-v.f. ![]() | Price Realized $250.00 | |
Lot #337 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1851 1c blue, type IV, recut at top, large margins all around, used with pair and a strip of seven of 3c red, mostly cut in at top and bottom, also single 12c black, margins all around, paying 40c on legal size cover to Mexico, blue "Paid"pmks of Charleston, S.C., oval Vera Cruz, March 4, 1855 and "10" hs, endorsed "per steamer to Vera Cruz", rare three color combination franking to Mexico ![]() Catalog #9,11,17 | Price Realized $3,250.00 | |
Lot #338 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1852 cover from Philadelphia to Wurttemberg, with boxed "Phila 5Cts Paid", various endorsements, also blue "Philada" and arrival pmks, also 1872 ship letter from Liverpool with "In U.S. Notes" hs applied in Boston, plus five other Transatlantic covers incl. 1849 Manchester to Boston, 1854 Charleston to England, 1863 & 1873 New York to France, plus 1856 "Paid 5" to Belgium with interesting tax hs, fine group of seven items ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #339 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1857 3c red, v.f., tied by blue Petersburg, Va Oct. 3 pmk on cover, with "Watkins & Morton Commission Merchants" advertising cover ![]() | Price Realized $130.00 | |
Lot #340 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1857 cover from New York to San Francisco, franked with pair of 10c green, re-directed on arrival, with pair of 1c blue added to pay additional postage to Folsom, endorsed "Steamer Dec. 5th" at top, charged "due 4", minor cover mends, fine,ex-Haas ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #341 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1857 Issue, 1c blue, 3c dull red, pair of 10c green, used in 1864 on patriotic cover paying 24c from Wyoming, NY to England, with "19" due mark and London arrival pmk, both in red, some toning, 1c with small tear at top, otherwise fine andattractive three color combination, with 1996 PFC, ex-Neinken ![]() Catalog #24,26,35 | Price Realized $700.00 | |
Lot #342 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1857 10c green, type III, used on cover from San Francisco to Charleston, SC, redirected on arrival to Mexico City, with additonal 10c added and canc. July 30, endosed "via Mail Steam Packet from New Orleans to Vera Cruz", with four page letter enclosed, charged "4", some perf. flaws and cover defects at right, a fine redirected cover ![]() Catalog #33,35 | Price Realized $1,300.00 | |
Lot #343 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1858 "Per Bluff City" straight line in red, with black "Steamer" and New Orleans May 24 pmks, fine ![]() | Price Realized $200.00 | |
Lot #344 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1861-62 3c red brown used on attractively illustrated patriotic cover to Madison County New York, Dec.18, 1862 N.J. cds, little toning, rare ![]() | Price Realized $160.00 | |
Lot #345 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1863 2c black, one and a half stamps tied on cover by Sept.2, 64 manuscript canc. paying the 3c rate on cover to Columbia Co, N.Y., additional ms notations on reverse, penciled "guaranteed used as 3c rate J.M. Bartels", fine and rare cover,with PFC ![]() Catalog #73a Catalog Value 1,250 | Price Realized $375.00 | |
Lot #346 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1868 cover franked with 5c brown and 10c green, tied by grid canc., insufficiently prepaid to France, with red New York 6 Exchange marks, blue French entry pmk and "16" decimes due hs, v.f., with PFC ![]() Catalog #76,96 | Unsold | |
Lot #347 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1868 stampless letter from New York to Paris, re-directed to Cairo, interesting contents, blue "Achemine Par Hottinque & Co. de Paris" and arrival pmks; plus 1869 cover from the same correspondence, sent stampless from New York to Paris, with French 40c orange (small fault) added to pay forwarding charges to Egypt ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #348 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1869 1c brown, 3c ultramarine (2) tied by Charleston S.C., Aug.11 cds on 3c entire to Mexico City, with original enclosure, paying 10c rate, charged "4" on arrival fine and most attractive three color combination ![]() | Price Realized $1,400.00 | |
Lot #349 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1870 cover from New York to Paris, franked with 10c green, re-directed on arrival with 10c laureated added, London transit, with red PAID, also "GB 40c" English credit hs and "Short Paid" on reverse, cover with partly missing cover, otherwise fine combination ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #350 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1871 Bissel cover to India, paying 44c with pair of 10c brown & single 24c, red London and Sea Post Office transit cds, backstamped in Ahmednuggur, v.f. ![]() Catalog #150,153 | Price Realized $800.00 | |
Lot #351 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1872 FL from the "United States Legation Madrid", ms June 2, 1872 by hand, carried to London in the diplomatic pouch and posted, with red "United States B.F. Stevens Despatch Agent" forwarding datestamp, fine ![]() | Price Realized $210.00 | |
Lot #352 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1874 part paid circular rate FL from New Orleans to Spain, paying 2c, via New York, with red Prussian "Wfco 2" and "PD", with Barcelona arrival pmk, fine and very rare ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #353 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1874 cover from New Bedford, Mass, franked with 24c purple, sent to Mahe, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), with London transit and Seychelles arrival pmks, returned back to New Bedford, with "Due 27" and "22" markings, accompanied by 1989 PFC stating "genuine usage on a cleaned and repaired cover", excellent appearance of this earliest known 24c cover to Seychelles ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #354 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1874 1c postal card uprated with 1c from New York to Frankfurt, also 1886 1c stationery entire envelope uprated with 1c from Brooklyn to Berlin, fine-v.f. circular rate ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #355 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1877 pair of re-directed covers from Boston to London, each franked with 5c Garfield and diff. Great Britain adhesives, fine-v.f. ![]() | Price Realized $575.00 | |
Lot #356 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1878 cover from Oxford, Mass. paying 20c to Brazil, fine-v.f., with Rio de Janeiro arrival ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #357 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1879 cover to Hamburg, franked with 6c Lincoln, tied by foreign mail pmk and red "Hamburg" datestamp on arrival ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #358 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1880 cover (with contents) used from London, paying 21/2p to Boston, with 10c Postage due added on arrival ![]() | Price Realized $180.00 | |
Lot #359 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1881-85 four items, three printed matter, franked with 1c, one uprated 1c postal card, diff. shades, all used to Sweden, fine-v.f. ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #360 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1881 incoming cover from Mexico, oval "Franco en Puebla" datestamp, with 2c and 3c canc. by "Forwarded" hs, oval "Carlos Lenox Kennedy Sn Juan Atoyac" in blue, minor cover wear, otherwise fine and quite rare forwarded cover fom Mexico ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #361 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1880 illustrated advertising cover from Bethlehem, Pa to Lund, Sweden, v.f., with New York transit and Lund arrival pmks ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #362 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1881 cover to Natal, also 1888 cover to Cape of Good Hope, each franked with 15c orange, with arrival markings, scarce pair of covers to South Africa ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #363 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1882 re-directed cover with horseshoe Oriskany Falls, N.Y. datestamp, franked with 3c green to Rutheford Park, NJ where additional 3c was added for further trip to Brooklyn, NY, v.f. ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #364 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1883 incoming cover from Germany, franked with a pair of 10pf rose, re-directed from Boston where 2c green banknote was added ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #365 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1887 folded circular paying 1c from Savannah, Ga. also cover from Chicago, paying 5c with 1c and 2x2c Banknote issues, both to Norway, the latter with Christiania arrival pmk ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #366 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1887 cover from New York to Ireland, paying 5c and showing various re-directing markings incl. rare "Ship Sailed" hs in red ![]() | Price Realized $140.00 | |
Lot #367 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1889 from Plainfield, NJ to Jackson, Mich, franked with 2c green, also with "Forwarded by Hibbard House, Jackson, Mich" label, dated 5/26/1889, fine. This label is unrecorded by Rowe, very rare ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #368 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1889 cover endorsed "Ship's letter U.S.S. Kearsarge, A.M. More, surgeon" to Jackson, N.H., United States of America, with New Orleans and Jackson arrival markings on reverse, "Due 4" and "Ship" hs on front. The "Kearsarge" under the command of Capt. John A. Winslow sank the Confederate raider C.S.S. "Alabama" (Capt. Raphael Semmes) in a running sea battle off Cherbourg, France, June 19, 1864 during the Civil War, fine and interesting ship letter ![]() | Price Realized $110.00 | |
Lot #369 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1895-1933 Postal History, five covers incl. "Avis de L'emission", two official covers to France, 1889 War Department Corps of Engineers imprint, 1899 Telegraph Co. from Philadelphia, plus 1933 free-frank from Mrs. FrancesCleveland, widow of the President, fine-v.f. ![]() | Unsold | |
Lot #370 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1897 cover from Michigan City, Indiana, underpaying 5c postage to Holland where it was charged 25c Dutch postage due, returned to sender and charged 6c US postage due, hs "Rebut", some wear and tear and back cover defects, unusual ![]() | Price Realized $140.00 | |
Lot #371 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1898 2c postal card from Washington to Prof. Andreas Semenow of the Imperial Academy of Science in Russia, v.f. with green St.Petersburg arrival pmk, fine card to a rare destination ![]() | Price Realized $90.00 | |
Lot #372 UNITED STATES POSTAL HISTORY 1944 American Red Cross in France, signed pass and letter addressed to the regional commander of F.F.I. (Forces Francaises de L'Interieur), also carte de visit of the special delegate and World War I French Red Cross cover froma military hospital, with two special cards etc., a total of 7 items | Price Realized $150.00 |