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41 Cover image72L3, Gordon's City Express (New York, NY), 1848-52 2c Black on green glazed, four margins, tied by red "New-York 5cts 2 Feb" datestamp to cover to Middletown, Connecticut, matching "Paid" in arc handstamp and manuscript "Paid 5c", light enamel wear as often, very fine (Scott $650) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:19 PM
42 Cover image87L7, Hussey's Post, 1858 (1c) Rose red, three overlapping singles (the center stamp a distinctly lighter shade) tied by dateless "3cts Paid Hussey 50 Wm. St." circular handstamp on all-over Washington Fire Insurance Company illustrated advertising cover addressed to Brooklyn, 1862 printed notice enclosed, cover with repaired tear away from stamps, extremely fine appearance, the "Letter Box" type stamp with the 50 William Street address was issued primarily for collectors and very few were legitimately used, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
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SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:21 PM
43 Cover image87L10, Hussey's Post (New York, NY), 1859 (1c) Rose red, margins large to just grazing framelines at sides, tied by "1ct. Paid Hussey 50 Wm. St. Nov 30" circular datestamp to waving flag patriotic cover to a local street address, cover small nick at bottom left, very fine, an extremely scarce use of a Hussey's stamp on a patriotic cover, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate
In the October 2007Penny Post Clifford J. Alexander conducted a survey of patriotic covers bearing local post adhesives or handstamps. He identified only 59 such covers, the vast majority of which were carried by Blood's or Boyd's. This cover is the only recorded example of a patriotic cover carried by Hussey's in his census. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:22 PM
44 Cover image91L1, Jones' City Express (Brooklyn, NY), 1845 2c Black on pink glazed, cut to tombstone shape, uncancelled on 1845 folded letter from Brooklyn to Philadelphia, forwarded with cut-to-shape American Letter Mail 5c Black on gray (5L2) pen-cancelled and tied by red "Forwarded by American Letter Mail Company, Office, 56 Wall St., N.Y." oval, red "Forwarded by American Mail Co. No. 101 Chestnut St. Philada." circular handstamp used as receiver,Jones' local with vertical crease at left, American Letter Mail stamp with crease at bottom, cover with toned spots between the stamps, still very fine appearance, one of just nine full covers bearing the rare Jones' City Express stamp and the only conjunctive use with an American Letter Mail adhesive, an extraordinary local post rarity,2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:23 PM
45 Cover image96L1, Letter Express (Wells), 1844 5c Black on pink glazed, horizontal pair with huge margins, each with manuscript "X", on 1844 folded letter to New York City, black "Wells & Co's Express Mail from Chicago" circular handstamp at upper left, cover with vertical file fold through left stamp, very fine, the small Wells Chicago handstamp is one of the rarest of all independent mail markings and its use on a cover with Wells adhesives is particularly remarkable, very fine appearance, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $2,300.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:24 PM
46 image106L1, Messenkope's Union Square Post Office (New York, NY), 1849 (1c) Black on green, mostly large margins, pre-application crease, on cover to Homer, New York, red "New York 5cts Apr 9" datestamp, fine (Scott $500 if tied) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:25 PM
47 Cover image107L1, Metropolitan Errand & Carrier Express Company (New York, NY), 1853 1c Dark red, single cut square, large margins, tied by black "Paid" in oval to locally-addressed cover, second strike at left, stamp lightly toned, very fine, an attractive cover, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $600) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:26 PM
48 Cover image107L1, Metropolitan Errand & Carrier Express Company (New York, NY), 1853 1c Dark red, frame lines at top and right, just in at other sides, tied by blue "Paid" in oval with second strike alongside on locally-addressed cover, very fine and fresh, signed George B. Sloane (Scott $600) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:27 PM
49 Cover image108L3, Metropolitan Post Office (New York, NY), 1856(?) (2c) Red, die cut as always, tied by black "Metropolitan P.O. Dec 20" datestamp on printed circular in German, black "Paid W.H. Law's" framed handstamp, stamp with tiny indentation at top left, otherwise very fine and choice,one of just seven recorded covers with this issue,2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate(Scott $3,500) Provenance: D.K. Collection (R.A. Siegel Sale 862, 2003) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:29 PM
50 Cover image111L2, New York City Express Post (New York, NY), 1847 2c Orange, single with large to full margins including sheet margin at left and portion of adjacent stamp at right, tied by red "New-York 5cts 16 Sep" datestamp to cover to Weymouth, Massachusetts, light toning along the top edge, otherwise very fine, only four covers are known with the rare New York City Express Post orange adhesive, which was the product of a short-lived and little-known post that existed for several months in mid-1847, a great local post rarity, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $8,000) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $7,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:31 PM
51 Cover image129L1, Roche's City Dispatch (Wilmington, DE), 1850 (2c) Black on green, uncancelled single on folded cover to Philadelphia, red "Roche's City Dispatch" in circle, bluish "Wilmington Del May 10" datestamp and matching "5" rate, stamp with pre-use vertical crease at right, the cover with a vertical file fold, one of six genuine recorded covers, three of which are cut rectangular, the majority of information about this short-lived local post can be found in Pat Paragraphs(reprint pages 459-60) and Stephen L. Gronowski's illustrated census in the Penny Post (July 1995),signed George B. Sloane, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate(Scott $8,250)
Provenance: David Golden (R.A. Siegel Sale 817, 1999)
D.K. Collection (Siegel Sale 862, 2003) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:32 PM
52 Cover image132L2, Squier & Co. City Letter Dispatch (St. Louis, MO), 1860 1c Rose brown, Rouletted, single tied by "Jordan's Penny Post, Saint Louis Sep 24" company datestamp to 1860 blue lined letterset to Tell City, Indiana, US 1851 3c Dull red (26) tied by "Saint Louis Mo. Sep 25 1860" datestamp, extremely fine, one of just a small handful of recorded covers with Squier's Rose brown adhesive and by far the finer of the two that bear additional US postage, a spectacular and important cover, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $11,500)
Squier & Co. began operations in early July 1859, when their first newspaper advertisements started to appear in the St. Louis Missouri Republican. The firm was superseded by Jordan & Company Penny Post Package Express, who continued to accept Squier's stamps. The latest known covers date from the fall of 1860.
Provenance: C. Corwith Wagner (John A. Fox, 1957)
"D.K." Collection (R.A. Siegel Sale 862, 2003) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $11,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:34 PM
53 Cover image149L1, W. Wyman (Boston, MA), 1844 5c Black, four huge margins, manuscript "X" cancel as usual, on September 26, 1844 folded letter from New York City to Boston (addressed to "Amon D. Weld, Esq, deliverable at his stall in fruit market"), red "Wm. Wyman's Letter Offices, 8 Court St., Boston, 3 Wall St. N. York" four-line framed handstamp, extremely fine, Gordon Stimmell recorded 37 covers with this stamp with this being the unique example originating outside of Boston, an extraordinary local post rarity
Provenance: John R. Boker, Jr. (Private transaction) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:35 PM
Independent Carriers and Express Companies Western Expresses
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54 Cover imageVia Tehuantepec, manuscript notation on 10c Green Nesbitt entire (U15), "San Francisco Cal Dec 20 1858" datestamp, addressed to "Mrs. Ellen H. Stanton, Care of Lewis Hutchinson, Esq., Pittsburg, Pennsylvania" in the hand of Edwin M. Stanton,carried aboard PMSS steamer J.L. Stephensdeparting San Francisco December 20 and arriving Acapulco December 28 (eventually reaching New Orleans January 5, 1859), reverse with handwritten note from Lewis Hutchinson, extremely fine, a remarkable historical artifact, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate During the late 1850s there were no fewer than eight different routes a cover could travel between the American coasts.The default was for mail to be carried across the Panamanian isthmus, but a route was established in June of 1858 to carry mail across Mexico via Tehuantepec. This route was about 2,000 miles shorter, but mail had to be clearly endorsed "via Tehuantepec" per post office regulations. After just one year the contract lapsed, as the route generated less than $5,300 in revenue. An unpublished census by Michael Perlman records 24 eastbound covers and five westbound covers. Edwin Stanton married Ellen Hutchinson (daughter of Lewis Hutchinson) in 1856.Stanton would go on to serve as secretary of war under Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, and he would lead the manhunt to capture John Wilkes booth after the president's assassination. It was Andrew Johnson's attempt to dismiss Stanton as Secretary of War that led to that president's impeachment in 1868. In early 1859, when this envelope was sent, Stanton was nearing the end of a year spent in California at the behest of Attorney General Jeremiah Black to represent the federal government in a series of land disputes arising from the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo. Although Stanton wrote his wife often she was distraught over his trip to California, particularly as she took care of an infant daughter in poor health. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $13,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:37 PM
55 Cover imagePony Express St. Joseph Sep 6, wonderful strike of the rare "Carmine Pony" handstamp on reverse of cover to Boston, blue "Pony Express San Francisco Aug 25" running pony handstamp ties 1859 10c Green (35) with second strike alongside, endorsed "Per Pony Express ½", entered the mails with blue "Saint Joseph Mo. Sep 6 1860" datestamp, stamp with tiny tear at top right corner (mentioned on certificate but does nothing to detract from this cover's appearance), one of just 10 covers with the Carmine Pony handstamp, just six of which are eastbound and only four of which have a 10c adhesive, a great Pony Express rarity, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Frajola-Walske-Kramer census #E16) The Second Rate Period (August 15, 1860 to April 13, 1861) reduced the rates for letters weighing between one-quarter and one-half ounce to $2.50. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $40,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:39 PM
56 image143L1, Well's, Fargo & Co., 1861 $2 Red, single tied by blue "Pony Express San Francisco Jun 1" Running Pony handstamp to 10c Green Star die entire (U32), entered the mails with green "St. Joseph Mo. Jun 13" datestamp, addressed to New York City, red and blue flag and cannon patriotic design with "The Union must and shall be preserved" imprint, Hutchings & Rosenfield printers, extremely fine, one of just three recorded Pony Express patriotic envelopes, one of which is the famed cover to Germany, a sister cover to the one offered here (dated June 12) is in the permanent collection of the National Postal Museum, one of the most extraordinary and beautiful pieces of postal history in existence, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate, Frajola-Walske-Kramer census #E89 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $410,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:44 PM
57 Cover imageCalifornia Pony Express New York Aug 10, ultramarine oval handstampon 1861 folded letter from St. Leonard, Maryland to San Francisco, black"Pony Express, The Central Overland California & Pikes Peak Express Company, Aug 18, St. Joseph, Mo." oval-inside-circle handstamp, two 1860 5c Brown (30A) singles tied by black "St. Joseph Mo. Aug 16" datestamp, right stamp with pulled perforation nick at bottom (mentioned on certificate although we feel strongly that it does not detract from this extraordinary cover), very fine and attractive, the only known Pony Express cover with the 5c Jefferson issue, 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate, Frajola-Walske-Kramer census #W49 (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $45,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:48 PM
58 Cover image143L8, Virginia City Pony Express, 1862-64 25c Blue, full margins including bottom left sheet margin, on 3c Pink entire (U34), tied by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express Aurora" oval with second strike on indicium, misplaced printed company frank, addressed to San Francisco, very fine stamp and cover (Scott $4,750) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:49 PM
59 Cover image143L8, Virginia City Pony Express, 1862-64 25c Blue, strip of five plus single on legal-sized cover addressed to "D.M. Hanson, Esq., Clerk of the U.S. District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County, Nevada Territory, Virginia City", all tied by blue "Wells, Fargo & Cos Express S. Frco. 25 Feb" double circle datestamps, reverse with 3c Pink paste-up bearing 1861 3c Rose block of four and single (65) and printed Wells Fargo frank, 1863 docketing, exploded for display, strip with small faults as expected for such a large and well-traveled cover, very fine, a spectacular piece which is the largest known multiple of the 25c Virginia City Pony on cover Provenance: "Edwards" Collection (Christie's Robson Lowe, 1991) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:51 PM
60 winthout gum, Block of four image143L9, Virginia City Pony Express, 1862-64 25c Red, unused block of 20 (wide gutter between two blocks of 10), huge margins, few trivial creases, very fine, pencil notation in margin "Genuine original, H.C. Needham, odd shade" (Scott $1,060 as four blocks and two pairs) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Jan-17, 03:51 PM

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