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**Incoming Mail continued...**
LotNo.	Symbol	Lot Description
2082		France to Philadelphia, 1848, retaliatory rate, red /Dec/48 double CDS and red small boxed PD with manuscript "Par Angleterre, 1st Steamer" on FLS, red London Paid receiver and octagonal foreign despatch of December 11th, red New-York/Ship/Jan 1/29, very scarce from non-British country, all on face., F.-V.F. Estimate $250 - 350. (Image)	Est. $250-350 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2083		France to Charleston, S.C., 1855, small cover sent stampless from Paris to South Carolina, black NY Br. Pkt postmark, then forwarded to North Carolina, with U.S. 1852 3¢ (11) added and tied by blue PAID cds, F.-V.F., a great usage. Estimate $400 - 600. (Image)	Est. $400-600 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2084		Germany to Philadelphia, 1865, FL bootlegged from Germany, with 2¢ Black Jack (73) added when it entered the mails in Philadelphia, Very Fine, a nice usage. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)	Est. $150-200 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2085		Hong Kong to East Hampton, CT, 1861, C/JA 14 CDS with London transit on back of yellow cover, New-York/Am. Pkt./Mar/14, 45 rate stamp and 24 cents, and 1 pence British transit in manuscript, all on face, scarce Hong Kong rate., slightly trimmed at right Very Fine. Estimate $250 - 350. (Image)	Est. $250-350 SOLD for $120.00 Will close during Public Auction
2086		India to North Andover, Mass., 1851, FL bootlegged from Calcutta, with U.S. 3¢ 1852 (11) added and pen-cancelled when it entered the mails in the U.S., neat Dorchester Mass. cds, F.-V.F., attractive and quite scarce usage. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)	Est. $150-200 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2087		Ireland to New York, 1844, Apr/17 double arc with Liverpool transit on back, via the Cunard ship Hibernia on FL, red Dublin paid transit and manuscript 1/-, red Boston/MS/Ship/May/6 and red large 20¾ in circle (18¾ + 2 Blake unlisted), all on face, a very scarce combination of marks., Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)	Est. $150-200 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2088		Italy to North Carolina, 1859, folded letter sheet from Rome, snet via France to North Carolina, then forwarded to Massachusetts, with U.S. 3¢ 1857 (26) added and tied by New Bern, N.C. cds, NY and several French transits; adhesive torn, F.-V.F., scarce usage. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image)	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
2089		Liberia to Philadelphia, ca. 1850, stampless wrapper inbound to Philadelphia with Baltimore blue receiver, red SHIP and 7, manuscript "Liberia packet via Baltimore", F.-V.F., extraordinarily scarce. Estimate $400 - 600. (Image)	Est. $400-600 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction
2090		Mexico to New Haven, Ct., 1845, FL from Guadalajara (black cds) via NY (red SHIP 7 transit); interesting contents; letter with minor mends, Fine. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)	Est. $150-200 SOLD for $80.00 Will close during Public Auction
2091		Mexico to Philadelphia, 1847, soldier's FL from the "Island of Lobos", with New Orleans transit postmark; interesting contents concerning the Mexican-American War and attack on Vera Cruz, F.-V.F. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image)	Est. $200-300 SOLD for $100.00 Will close during Public Auction
2092		Netherlands to Boston, 1857, FL bootlegged from Rotterdam, with U.S. 1857 3¢ added upon entering the mails in NY, red forwarder's handstamp at left; interesting letter, F.-V.F. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image)	Est. $100-150 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2093		Pacific Area to New Hampshire, ca. 1873, cover franked by 10¢ Bank Note tied by circle-of-wedges cancel (ship rate indicating origin in the Pacific Area, possibly Japan), with blue crayon "10" at left, F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)	Est. $150-200 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
2094		Philippines via Singapore, Malaysia to New York, 1856, FL dated 2 June sent by private ship to Singapore, their light double CDS Singapore/18/July/1856/Paid, US incoming New.York/Sep/15/Am. Packet, large "53" (credit to Great Britain) and manuscript "via Marseilles" all on face, London red transit mark on reverse., Very Fine This is the rare 71¢ (over ¼ ounce) cent rate via Marseilles from 1856 to January 1857, less than 1 year. Estimate $600 - 800. (Image)	Est. $600-800 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction
2095		Spain to Boston, 1853, stampless FL from Malaga, Spain to London, then forwarded to Boston, F.-V.F. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image)	Est. $100-150 SOLD for $60.00 Will close during Public Auction

**Eastern Express Covers**
LotNo.	Symbol	Lot Description
2096		American Express Co., Dayton, Ohio, black on red "Money Package" label on a stampless cover to Ohio, with merchant's detailed handstamp, 5 wax seals on the reverse, F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)	Est. $150-200 SOLD for $80.00 Will close during Public Auction
2097		Southern Express Co., Memphis, Tenn. 1869, fancy red on black label ("Unclaimed Valuable") on the reverse of a 3¢ entire, used locally; envelope separated; letters enclosed; interesting item, F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)	Est. $150-200 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2098		United States Express Co. from Chicago, Ill., black on green label on a stampless cover to Illinois, with manuscript "Paid 2/-" and "Valuable", F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)	Est. $150-200 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction

**Western Express Covers**
LotNo.	Symbol	Lot Description
2099		Adams & Co. / Marysville, red oval handstamp and PAID on a stampless cover to San Francisco, F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)	Est. $150-200 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2100		Adams & Co. Express/San Francisco, blue oval handstamp on an 1852 folded letter sheet to Sacramento, F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)	Est. $150-200 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction
2101		Bamber & Co.'s Express / Contra Costa, bold black oval handstamp on 3¢ entire to San Francisco, with additional boxed company handstamp cancelling the entire, F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 250. (Image)	Est. $150-250 CLOSED Will close during Public Auction

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