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California Mails and Western Expresses, Carriers, Locals and Independent Mails continued...

1844-45 Independent Mails continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description
4538 c imageAmerican Letter Mail Co., (5c) Black on Gray (5L2). Large margins, ms. "X" cancel (tied by smear), red "Forwarded by American Mail Co. Nov. 12 from No. 102 Chestnut St. Philada." circular datestamp on 1844 folded letter to New York City, small tear at top and erosion hole in bleed-thru from contents, otherwise Very Fine, this dated Philadelphia marking is rarely seen on Large Eagle covers (Image) E. 300-400

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction
4539 imageAmerican Letter Mail Co., (5c) Blue on Gray (5L3). Ample margins to barely in at top, ms. "#" cancel, small thin spot at bottom left, small corner crease at bottom right, appears Very Fine, rare, ex Gordon N. John, with 2004 P.F. certificate (Image) 1,750.00

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
4540 c imageForwarded by Brainard & Co. from Troy. Red oval handstamp with matching "6" rate handstamp on folded cover addressed in blue to Philip Schuyler in New York City, red "Boyd's City Express Post, Nov. 18 9 O'C" (1844) oval datestamp, ms. "Collect 6-1/4" and street address notations applied in New York City, slight wear along file fold, Very Fine, Boyd's local service is seen more often on Pomeroy covers (and less often with Hale and American Letter Mail Co.), this is an extremely rare Brainard & Co. conjunctive usage, ex Hollowbush (Image) E. 500-750

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
4541 c imageCollect Six Cents for Hale & Co. Red framed handstamp on Mar. 26, 1845 folded letter from New York City to Albany N.Y., red "Boyd's City Express Post, Mar. 26 4 O'C" oval datestamp, sender's routing "pr Express", faint stain and refolded at bottom to hide small tear, Very Fine, rare use of Boyd's local post to deliver letter to Hale & Co. for northbound trip to Albany (Image) E. 400-500

SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction
4542 c imageCollect Six Cents for Hale & Co. Red framed handstamp on Jan. 13, 1845 folded letter from New York City to Providence R.I., red "Boyd's City Express Post, Jan. 14 2 O'C" oval datestamp, Very Fine, rare use of Boyd's local post to deliver letter to Hale & Co. for northbound trip to Providence (Image) E. 400-500

SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction
4543 c image"City Dispatch Aug. 10". Manuscript local delivery postmark probably applied by Kimball (Hale's Agent in Boston) and ms. "6-1/4" re-rating in the same hand over red Hale & Co. Collect box on Aug. 10, 1844 folded letter from Boston to Lockport N.Y., slight wear along file fold, Very Fine, this manuscript marking has an odd non-contemporary look and the usage is perplexing, but Mr. Hahn considered it genuine and so offered on the merits of his opinion (Image) E. 500-750

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
4544 c imageHale & Co., (5c) Light Blue (75L1). Neatly cut to shape, light shade, faint gum toning, tied by bold red Boston Collect box on Mar. 21, 1844 folded letter from Boston to New York City, Very Fine, early Hale & Co. adhesive usage, ex Hall (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
4545 c imageHale & Co., (5c) Light Blue (75L1). Positions 5/10/15, vertical strip of three, large margins to slightly in, blue ms. "X" cancels, matching ink smears on undated folded cover to New York City street address, from the Howland & Aspinwall correspondence (Boston origin), one side flap removed, stamps printed on very thin paper which has creased slightly from application, middle stamp has trivial toned spots

FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE VERTICAL STRIP OF THE HALE FIRST ISSUE USED ON COVER. VERY FEW STRIPS ARE KNOWN ON COVER, AND THIS VERTICAL ARRANGEMENT IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL.

The impressions show a vertical line, which is a printing flaw, not a crease in the paper.

Ex Hall and Gordon N. John. With 2004 P.F. certificate (Image)

 E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
4546 c imageHale & Co., (6c) Blue (75L5). Large margins to slightly in at left, bright color, ms. "Brooklyn N.Y." cancel, used on greenish blue Oct. 24, 1844 folded letter to Belfast Me., conjunctive use with red "Jerome & Co.'s Express, No. 8 Court St. Boston" boxed handstamp, at one point the upper left corner was cut out and mounted with glue, the piece has been hinged in place and the glue has caused two stain spots -- this Brooklyn Hale usage is extremely rare and worthy of restoration (Image) E. 300-400

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
4547 c imageHale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Full margins to just touched, ms. "h" cancel or control mark, tied by red "Paid" straightline, matching "Hale & Co.'s Holliston Mail" small oval handstamp unlike any of the typical Hale office markings, on folded letter to Andover Mass. datelined at Holliston Mass., Jan. 27, 1845, lots of nasty stain spots but this is the unique and recently-discovered example of the Holliston oval, it will clean up nicely with some skillful care, a remarkable item, after years and years of census work and research, Michael Gutman was shown this cover just as he was publishing his definitive work on Hale (someone should buy it and give it to him for all of his hard work) (Image) E. 400-500

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction
4548 c imageHale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Third State, Position 1 showing damage to plate, cut to shape, ms. "X" cancel, tied by red "Collect Six Cents for Hale & Co." boxed handstamp on May 9, 1845 folded letter from New York to Wareham Mass. with sender's rotuing "via New Bedford", pencil "6=11" (5c paid plus 6c due), light wear along file fold, Very Fine, unusual in two respects: total postage paid by stamp and collect, and the "via New Bedford" route notation (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction

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