The Corey Long Collection of United States Stamps, Essays, Proofs and Covers continued...

1851-56 Issue Covers continued...

Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
201		5c Red Brown (12). Two, huge margins to in at bottom incl. sheet margin at top, tied by large "Paid" grid, red "Boston Ms. 10cts. Nov. 13" integral-rate circular datestamp on blue 1856 folded cover to Kingston, Canada, red "United States" oval handstamp, receiving backstamp, left stamp with pre-use vertical crease, appears Fine, scarce with the top sheet margin, ex Mayer, unpublished Census No. 12-COV-82 (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
202		5c Red Brown (12). Large margins to clear, tied by "New Orleans La. Mar. 9, 1857" circular datestamp on blue folded cover to Paris, France, red "New-York Br. Pkt. Mar. 18" transit circular datestamp, neat "GB/1F60C" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, "16" decimes due handstamp, light vertical file fold clear of stamp, Very Fine, attractive Three Months period usage, ex Hubbard and Mayer (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
203		5c Red Brown (12). Large margins to barely touched at bottom, tied by "New Orleans La. Mar. 23" circular datestamp on blue 1857 folded cover to Paris, France, Boston and London transit backstamps, neat "GB/1F60C" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, bold "16" decimes due handstamp, light horizontal file fold well clear of stamp, Very Fine, carried aboard the last sailing of the British Packet service at the end of the Three Months period, ex Hubbard and Mayer (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
204		5c Red Brown (12). Large even margins, brilliant color, tied by "New Orleans La. Feb. 23" circular datestamp and also by red "New-York Br. Pkt. Mar. 4" transit circular datestamp on blue 1857 folded letter to Bordeaux, France, neat "GB/1F60C" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, "8" decimes due handstamp, horizontal file fold well clear of stamp, Very Fine, attractive and scarce Three Months period usage, ex Eno, Gore and Mayer (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
205		5c Red Brown (12). Large margins all around, tied by "New Orleans La. Sep. 14" circular datestamp on blue 1856 folded letter to Paris, France, red New York transit circular datestamp, bold "13" decimes due handstamp crossed out and uprated in ms. to "26" for double rate, light vertical file fold just misses stamp which has some slight age spotting, Very Fine, ex Mayer, with 1983 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
206		5c Red Brown (12). Large margins to clear, used with 10c Green, Ty. II (14) and tied by "Norwich Ct. Jul. 6, 1857" circular datestamp on small cover to Paris, France, red French transit also ties stamp, red "Boston Paid 12 Jul. 7" credit datestamp, top flap expertly reattached, otherwise Very Fine, scarce and desirable treaty-rate combination, the only reported usage from Norwich, ex Mayer (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
207		5c Red Brown (12). Large margins to clear, used with 10c Green, Ty. I (31), tied by grids, "Donaldsonville La. Jan. 27" circular datestamp on small 1858 cover to Metz, France, red "New York Paid 6 Feb. 6" credit datestamp, red "3" credit applied over "6" in datestamp, red framed "PD" handstamp, various transit backstamps, small cover tear at top, 10c short perf at right, otherwise Fine, extremely rare usage, only one other cover is known used from Donaldsonville which is the block of four on cover to France, sent almost two years prior to this, ex Mayer (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
208		5c Red Brown (12). Bright shade, large margins, tied by horizontal strip of three of 10c Green, Ty. III (15), large margins to in, tied by "Milwaukee Wis. Jun. 12" circular datestamp on slightly reduced blue 1856 folded letter to Marburg, Germany, red "New York Br. Pkt. Paid 7 Jun. 16" credit datestamp, red framed "Aachen 30/6 Franco" transit datestamp, scissors-cut between right stamps in strip, few flaws incl. scotch tape mends inside, appears Fine, unusual usage, the Prussian Closed Mail rate was only 30c, but the sender in Wisconsin might have been confused about how much to prepay, ex Gibson and Mayer, with 1982 P.F. certificate (Image)	E. 3,000-4,000 SOLD for $2,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
209		5c Red Brown (12). Large margins to just touched at bottom and left, tied by well-struck "Annapolis Md. Sep. 16" circular datestamp on large part of 1856 blue folded letter to Sardinia, Italy, New York Br. Pkt. transit, ms. "17" decimes due marking, various transits and receiving backstamp, ms. docketing indicates No. 11 from the correspondence, some age spotting, otherwise Fine, a rare usage, only eight covers recorded from this correspondence to a U.S. naval surgeon on the U.S.S. Susquehanna, ex Sevenoaks and Mayer, with 1971 A.P.S. certificate (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
210		5c Red Brown (12). Large margins to barely touched at top, tied by "New Orleans La. Dec. 21" circular datestamp on 1856 folded letter to Intra, Italy, red "New-York Br. Pkt. Dec. 30" circular datestamp, clear strike of "GB/1F60C" Anglo-French accountancy handstamp, transit and receiving backstamps, trivial edgewear, top margin of stamp slightly trimmed to eliminate a tear (causing a slit in lettersheet), otherwise Very Fine, scarce Three Months period usage to Italy, unpublished Census No. 12-COV-286, ex White (Image)	E. 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
211		5c Red Brown (12). Large margins to clear except at top where piece added and part of design drawn in, tied by "New Orleans La. Nov. 9" circular datestamp on 1856 folded cover to Laussane, Switzerland, red "New-York Br. Pkt. Nov. 17" circular datestamp, red crayon "130" credit, few small flaws, Fine appearance, one of only 12 recorded covers bearing the 5c 1856 Issue to Switzerland, ex Grunin, with 2004 P.S.E. certificate (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction