U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 9-10, 2014
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #14 United States 1861-66 Issue 1861 24c gray, unused with full original gum, l.h., well centered for this difficult issue, fresh and fine, with 2014 PFC, * Catalog #78b Catalog Value $ 2,900 | Unsold |
 | Lot #15 United States 1861-66 Issue 1861 24c gray, rejoined block of six, original gum, heavy creasing, foxing and other faults, rare multiple, with 2001 PSAG cert. (catalogue value for singles),  *Catalog #78b Catalog Value $ 17,400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #16 United States 1861-66 Issue 1863 (24 Dec) buff cover paying 44c with 2c black, 12c black and 30c orange, used from La Crosse, Wisconsin to Norway, departure pmk alongside, red "Aachen Franco" on front, with red Philadelphia transit, Hamburg (16 Jan 64) in oval, Christiania and Hedemarken, Norway arrival markings, some cover wear, uncommon destination  Catalog #69,71,73 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #17 United States 1861-66 Issue 1864 (ca) Patriotic illustrated cover addressed to Madison, Ind., endorsed "soldier's letter, Ind. Volunteers", partial "Due 3" charged, minor cover faults; also another cover "Jeff Davis his Marque" corner cachet, with 3c franking, addressed to Mount Vernon, Maine | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #18 United States 1861-66 Issue 1867 (22 Jan) cover from Weaverville, California to Newcastle, New South Wales, paying 33c with 3c and 30c, endorsed "British Mail via Southampton", red New York and London transits, Sydney and Newcastle arrival postmarks, cover defects, especially on back, uncommon destination Catalog #65,71 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #19 United States 1861-66 Issue 1868 Ticket to the Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, 5.0" x 3.0", Washington, D.C., May 18, 1868, signed in print by George T. Brown, Sergeant-at-Arms, and printed on heavy pink stock, "this ticket is for admission to the Senate Gallery during the Impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson." The Southern-born Johnson was brought to trial by a Congress dominated by the "radical" elements of the Republican Party under the leadership of former abolitionist Senators such as Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner. Johnson's policies of returning self-rule to the defeated South were rightly seen as a threat to the emerging civil rights of the former slave population. A series of political maneuvers over a three-year period led to the famous trial in which the President was surprisingly acquitted. This ticket is tape reinforced, with some fading, rare | Price Realized $250.00 |
