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The Barry K. Schwartz Collection of Kentucky Postal History continued...

Louisville Carrier Department
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
4090 c Brown & McGills U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Blue (5LB2).> Three large margins, mostly clear at top except at upper left corner, tied by pencil, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26), tied by blue Louisville Ky. May 25, 1859 circular datesBrown & McGill's U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Blue (5LB2). Three large margins, mostly clear at top except at upper left corner, tied by pencil, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26), tied by blue "Louisville Ky. May 25, 1859" circular datestamp (also tied corner of carrier stamp) on newspaper publisher's advertising cover with overall illustrated design lithographed in green on yellow, to the "Patriot" newspaper office at Baltimore Md.

VERY FINE AND OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE BROWN & McGILL'S CARRIER STAMP TIED ON COVER. ONLY SIX OR SEVEN TIED EXAMPLES ARE BELIEVED TO EXIST.

Ex Boker, Meyersburg and Golden. With 1985 P.F. certificate. (Image)

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 E. 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
4091 c Brown & McGills U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Blue (5LB2).> Large margins to just touched at corner of frameline, <tied by blue ^DUE 3^ straightline> with 3c Dull Red (26) tied by blue Louisville Ky. May 24, 1860 circular datestamp onBrown & McGill's U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Blue (5LB2). Large margins to just touched at corner of frameline, tied by blue "DUE 3" straightline with 3c Dull Red (26) tied by blue "Louisville Ky. May 24, 1860" circular datestamp on brown cover to court clerk at Somerset Ky., flap repaired, reduced and repaired tear at top

VERY FINE. AN EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE OF THE BROWN & McGILL'S CARRIER STAMP TIED BY THE "DUE 3" OF LOUISVILLE. ONLY SIX OR SEVEN ARE KNOWN TIED ON COVER, THIS BEING THE ONLY ONE TIED BY A DUE MARKING.

The Middendorf sale catalogue reported five tied examples of the Brown & McGill carrier stamp. Our records contain seven genuine tied usages, one of which is a front only. This is the only cover on which the carrier stamp is tied by a due marking.

Ex Mason and Hall. (Image)

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 E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction
4092   Brown & McGills U.S.P.O. Despatch, (2c) Black (5LB3).> Huge margins surrounding all four framelines, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26), both stamps tied by blue Louisville Ky. Mar. 18 circular datestamp on small buff piece<><>^EXTREMELY FINE. TBrown & McGill's U.S.P.O. Despatch, (2c) Black (5LB3). Huge margins surrounding all four framelines, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26), both stamps tied by blue "Louisville Ky. Mar. 18" circular datestamp on small buff piece

EXTREMELY FINE. THE FINER OF THE TWO RECORDED GENUINELY-CANCELLED EXAMPLES OF THE BROWN & McGILL BLACK CARRIER STAMP.

Our census contains 13 examples of 5LB3, including 10 uncancelled stamps, some (or all) of which were removed from pieces of covers, all dated in 1858. Two of the uncancelled stamps remain on their original covers with a 3c 1857 tied by the Louisville datestamp (Apr. 13 and Aug. 14, 1858 -- each with P.F. certificate). A cancelled stamp with two defective corners was sold in the 1921 "German Sale" and subsequently repaired, it was certified by the P.F. as having a counterfeit cancel and is not counted for the record. A cancelled stamp tied on a Valentine cover (with 3c 1857 stamp removed) was offered in the Robert Laurence Nov. 15, 1940 sale of the L. B. Mason collection and recently reappeared in a Rumsey sale. The piece offered here, according to a letter from Alfred H. Caspary, was originally in the C. T. Harbeck collection, then passed to C. E. Chapman, and from Chapman to Caspary, circa 1913.

Ex Harbeck, Chapman, Caspary, Boker and Golden. With 1999 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. 7,500-10,000

SOLD for $12,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
4093 c Brown & McGills U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Black (5LB3).> Large margins with three full framelines and almost complete frameline at right, uncancelled, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26) tied by blue Louisville Ky. Apr. 13 circular daBrown & McGill's U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Black (5LB3). Large margins with three full framelines and almost complete frameline at right, uncancelled, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26) tied by blue "Louisville Ky. Apr. 13" circular datestamp on buff cover addressed in blue to Mr. W. Gail, Baltimore Md., the cover has two vertical folds, one thru 3c stamp, the other creating a faintly toned area where the surface of the Brown & McGill's stamp was in contact with envelope, effectively tying it to the cover

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE BROWN & MCGILL BLACK CARRIER STAMP USED WITH REGULAR STAMPS ON COVER (BOTH UNCANCELLED).

Our census contains 13 examples of 5LB3, including 10 uncancelled stamps, some (or all) of which were removed from pieces of covers, all dated in 1858. Two of the uncancelled stamps remain on their original covers with a 3c 1857 tied by the Louisville datestamp: the Apr. 13 cover offered here and a cover postmarked Aug. 14, 1858, each with P.F. certificate. This cover comes from the well-known Gail correspondence, from which a number of the genuine Brown & McGill carrier covers originate. A third cover with 5LB3 is missing the 3c 1857 stamp (it recently reappeared in a Rumsey sale after 70 years in hiding).

Ex Chapman. With 1981and 2002 P.F. certificates (Image)

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 E. 10,000-15,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
4094 ogbl Whartons U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Bluish Green (5LB1).> Complete sheet of 50 (two panes), original gum, slight creases and small thin spots, trivial selvage tears<><>^VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN OUTSTANDING EXHIBITION PIECE AND ONE OFWharton's U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Bluish Green (5LB1). Complete sheet of 50 (two panes), original gum, slight creases and small thin spots, trivial selvage tears

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN OUTSTANDING EXHIBITION PIECE AND ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING COMPLETE SHEETS OF FIFTY OF THE WHARTON'S CARRIER STAMP.

Our records of Wharton indicate the existence of a half-dozen panes of 25 and at least four complete sheets of 50, two of which are known to remain intact.

Ex Worthington and Hall. (Image)

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 7,000.00

SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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