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THE MARTIN RICHARDSON AWARD-WINNING COLLECTION OF BLOOD’S LOCAL POST OF PHILADELPHIA continued...

Blood's Despatch continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description
1146 c imageBlood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Ample margins to slightly in, tied by acid cancel, "Blood's Despatch Aug. 11, 10-1/2 A.M. 1856" circular datestamp on buff cover to local street address with hardware and tool dealer's blue cameo corner card with illustrations of various tools, Extremely Fine, a beautiful cover (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
1147 c imageBlood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Large margins to slightly in, tied by acid cancel, partly clear Blood's double-circle datestamp on insurance co.'s overall gray lithographed advertising cover to local street address, Very Fine (Image) E. 150-200

SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
1148 c imageBlood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Large margins to slightly in, tied by acid cancel and also by "Philadelphia Pa. Oct. 8" circular datestamp on buff cover to Commissioner of Pensions in Washington D.C., "Blood's Despatch Oct. 8, 4-1/2 P.M" circular datestamp, "Free" handstamp, neatly docketed, the acid cancel has eroded the Blood's stamp (repaired with glue), barely noticeable and otherwise Very Fine cover (Image) E. 150-200

SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1149 c imageBlood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Large margins to just barely in, acid cancel, used with 3c Dull Red (11), pale shade, ample margins, both stamps tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Oct. 12" circular datestamp on buff cover to Peoria Ill., forwarded to Mossville Station with 3c Dull Red (11), ample margins to touching, tied by "Peoria Ill. Oct. 19" circular datestamp, Blood's datestamp, small hole in one letter of forwarding address, Very Fine, unusual usage (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1150 c imageBlood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Large margins to just in, uncancelled, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26), tied by faintly struck Philadelphia octagonal datestamp on cover to New York City, "Held for Postage" framed handstamp ties Blood's stamp, "Rec'd Dec. 13" framed datestamp, minor toning, Fine, the absence of a Blood's cancel or marking and the "Held for Postage" marking indicate this was probably dropped in a government letter box by mistake (thus held for the 1c carrier fee) (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
1151 c imageBlood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Ample margins to slightly in, acid cancel, tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Feb. 4" circular datestamp, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26), perfs trimmed at top, tied by grid on small cover to Boonville Mo., Blood's double-circle datestamp, Very Fine (Image) E. 100-150

SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1152 c imageBlood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Ample margins to just touching, trivial corner crease, tied by acid cancel and "10" rate handstamp with "Philadelphia Pa. Apr. 10" circular datestamp on buff cover to St. Catherines, Canada, "Blood's Despatch Apl. 10, 4-1/2 P.M. 1856" circular datestamp, blue "U. States 6d" handstamp, receiving backstamp, slight creasing at right, Very Fine, very scarce use of Blood's stamp on cross-border mail and remarkable for the tying rate handstamp (Image) E. 400-500

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
1153 c imageBlood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Large margins to slightly cut in, acid tied, "Blood's Despatch Feb. 15, 4-1/2 P.M. 1856" circular datestamp on cover to London, England, "Phila. Am. Pkt. 21 Feb. 15" debit datestamp, ms. "1/" due, stamp has internal break caused by acid cancel, some gum residue where shifted from original position, Fine appearance and scarce transatlantic usage (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
1154 c image3c Dull Red (11). Horizontal strip of five, mostly ample to large margins, small faults, tied by grid cancels, used with Blood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14), ample margins to touching, acid cancel, "Blood's Despatch Jul. 31, 2 P.M." double-line circular datestamp on buff cover to Aberdeen, Scotland, red "Phila. Br. Pkt. 19 Jul. 31" (1854) credit datestamp and red Liverpool transit datestamp both tie strip, receiving backstamp, about one-third of cover and three 3c stamps have been removed, still colorful and unusual (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
1155 c imageBlood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14). Large margin at left, other sides more or less cut in, tied by acid cancel, "Blood's Despatch Dec. 22, 9 P.M. 1856" circular datestamp on orange-buff cover to Strassburg, France, "Philadelphia Pa. Dec. 23" circular datestamp and "30" rate handstamp (which ties Blood's adhesive), "N. York Br. Pkt. 21 Dec. 24" debit datestamp with rate obliterated by grid, faint red "New-York Dec. 24" transit datestamp, red London Jan. 5, 1857 backstamp, "GB/1F60c" accountancy handstamp, Calais transit, "16" decimes due handstamp, Paris and Sar-Union backstamps, Extremely Fine, carried on the Cunarder Africa from New York on Dec. 24, 1856, arriving at Liverpool on Jan. 5, 1857, this is the first sailing to England during the so-called "Three Months" period and was thus marked with the "GB/1F60c" accountancy handstamp, a fascinating usage (Image) E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
1156 c image10c Green, Ty. III (15). Ample margins to cut in at left, tied by "Philadelphia Pa. Feb. 9" circular datestamp, used with Blood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., (1c) Bronze on Lilac (15L14), large margins to slightly in, acid tied, "Blood's Despatch Feb. 9, 9 P.M. 1857" circular datestamp on small cover to Santiago, Cuba, red New-York Feb. 14, 1857" transit, blue "NA" and "1" handstamps, matching Havana and Santiago backstamps, neatly docketed, small piece out of backflap

VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE COMBINATION OF THE BLOOD'S ADHESIVE FOR LOCAL TO-THE-MAILS SERVICE AND THE 10-CENT 1855 ISSUE FOR THE RATE TO CUBA.

Dr. Augustus Wilson is presumably the father of Dr. H. Augustus Wilson, a prominent 19th century orthopedist (1853-1919) who donated his world-renowned shoe collection to the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia. (Image)

 E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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