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

Local Posts (Bdady thru Whittelsey) continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description
4930 c imageLibbey & Co.'s City Post, 10 Court Square. Three-line red handstamp and "Paid" straightline on ca. 1852 large Valentine cover to local street address, Very Fine, J. L. Libbey, an agent for Carr's Bangor Express and Favor's Express, started a local post in 1852 (evidently short-lived) (Image) E. 300-400

SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction
4931 c imageLindsay's Mail and Express Delivery, Huntingdon Pa., (1c) Black on Buff Entire (unlisted in Scott). J. R. Carmon corner card, locally addressed, docketing dated Apr. 1, 1881, small tear at top, otherwise Very Fine, accompanied by a second cover with similar imprint and First National bank corner card -- this local mail service was provided by Hugh Lindsay, publisher of The Semi-Weekly News in Huntingdon Pa., and is reported to have started in 1879 and ended in 1882 when the government suppressed it as an illegal post, the instructions on this envelope indicate how it worked, and an article by George Sloane (accompanies) provides some hearsay testimony about Lindsay and the post -- ex Malcolm and Golden (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction
4932 c image(Mason) N-Orls. City Express Post La. Feb. 19. Large red circular datestamp with matching "Paid" straightline on ca. 1851 folded cover to local street address, ms. "Paid St. Louis Hotel M & W" in a different hand than address, dampstained and nibbled along edges and in "Orleans" of address, still very presentable with very clear strikes of these rare markings, ex Abt and Golden (Image) E. 500-750

SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction
4933 c imageMason's Express, 23 Royal St. Small blue circular handstamp struck twice on cover of July 1850 edition of DeBow's Review to local street address, a bit age toned and faulty around edges, still Fine and exhibitable, extremely rare (Image) E. 500-750

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
4934 c imageMcIntire's City Express Post, New York N.Y. Two covers, one with oval, other with straightline handstamp, each with local street address and forwarding notation, former has sealed tear, Fine (Image) E. 150-200

SOLD for $105.00
Will close during Public Auction
4935 c image(Mearis') City Despatch. Red two-line handstamp in rectangular ornamental frame, full strike on blue undated folded love poem to local street address, age bleach spots, refolded and reduced at left, otherwise Fine, only four or five examples of this marking are known (Image) E. 400-500

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction
4936 c image(Mearis') City Despatch Post, Baltimo. Red double-line circle on Mar. 20, 1846 folded letter to Washington D.C., ms. "1ct" rate to the mails, blue "Baltimore Md. Mar. 20" circular datestamp and "Free" handstamp (addressed to member of Congress), lightly toned file fold, Very Fine, Roth records only six covers with this handstamp, ex Hollowbush (Image) E. 400-500

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
4937 c image(Mearis') City Despatch Post, Baltimo. Red double-line circle on Apr. 24, 1846 folded letter to New London Md., blue "Baltimore Md. Apr. 27" circular datestamp and "5" in oval handstamp, edgewear and overall toning, otherwise Very Fine, Roth records only six covers with this handstamp (Image) E. 400-500

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
4938 c image(Mearis?) Despatch Post/3. Double-line circular handstamp on back of embossed Valentine cover to Baltimore street address, with original Valentine enclosure and hand-written poem, Very Fine, extremely rare, only two recorded by Hahn (Image) E. 500-750

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
4939 c image(Messenkope) "August 30, 1849, Union Square Post Office, Brodway [sic] New York City." Blue ms. postmark on bluish folded letter to East Hartford Conn., red "New-York 5 cts. 31 Aug." integral-rate circular datestamp, accompanied by another cover by regular mail to same address, Very Fine, this is the earliest Messenkope cover recorded by Hahn (Image) E. 300-400

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
4940 c imageMessenkope's Union Square Post Office, New York N.Y., (1c) Black on Green Glazed (106L1). Full to large margins, tiny pen cancel, tied by red "N. York & N. Haven R.R. Jan. 12" route agent's circular datestamp with matching "5" rate handstamp on small cover neatly addressed to Madison Wis., Extremely Fine, the model of perfection, although Messenkope stamps are not especially rare on cover, this tied example with a New York & New Haven Railroad datestamp is in its own class, ex Schwartz (Image) E. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction

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