H.R. Harmer GPN, Inc. Sale

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3143

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Hartford Bank Note Era Fancy Cancels, 24 covers with cancellations including stars in circles, leaves, geometrics, targets, circles of wedges, negative "K", "B", and more, generally fine to very fine, attractive group (Image 1)

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SOLD for $75.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 12:02 PM

3144

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Bank Note Era Miscellany from Hartford, 15 items including Post Office Department official envelopes, Wesson time-on-bottom cancels, advertising cover for the Hartford Printing Company, and more, generally fine to very fine (Image 1)

SOLD for $55.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 12:03 PM

3145

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Wrappers Used from Hartford Group, 11 wrappers with destinations including Argentina, Germany, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Denmark, Sumatra, Romania, and Canada, generally fine to very fine, an interesting assortment (Image 1)

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Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 12:03 PM

3146

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Postal Cards Used from Hartford Accumulation, approximately 93 postal cards ranging from the 1870s through 1890s, better items including 1883 2c card to Germany, 1884 1c treaty rate to Canada, and 1890 1c card uprated to Sweden, also machine cancellations including several Leavitt and Wesson time-on-bottom, fancy cancellations including leaves, stars, geometrics, "G" in circle, negative "H", and more, generally fine to very fine, a wonderful assortment well-worth a close inspection (Image 1)

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SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 12:04 PM

3147

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Hartford Fancy Cancellations on Postal Cards, eight cards selected for freshness, includes four geometrics and four negative letters (two different "H", "V", and "X"), all very fine and choice, an attractive group (Image 1)

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SOLD for $65.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 12:04 PM

3148

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Hartford Postal History Collection 1890-1900s, approximately 80 covers, better throughout including 1892 2c wrapper to Hungary, 1892 cover to Jerusalem, 1893 5c Columbian to Brazil, 1893 "No Such Office" handstamp on 2c Columbian entire, 1897 wrapper to Portugal, 1897 cover to Germany forwarded to Jerusalem, 1897 registered to Sweden, 1898 registered to Austria, 1898 Spanish American War advertising cover, 1898 cover to Haiti, 1898 "Sta. A." cancel on cover from Charles Dudley Warner (Mark Twain's co-author on The Guilded Age), and much more, generally fine to very fine, a wonderful variety of material which will prove very interesting to the dedicated student (Image 1)

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SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 12:04 PM

3149

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Hartford Railroad Postmarks Collection, small group of 16 covers and cards including "Boston, Hart. & Erie R.R.", "Hart. & Millerton Agt" (with both "W" and "E" killers), "Hartford & M. Agt.", "Hart & Saybrook R.P.O.", "Hartford & State Line R.P.O.", "P.H. & Fishkill R.R.", and "Spring. & Hartford R.P.O.", some light duplication, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group

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SOLD for $85.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 12:05 PM

3150

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Hartford Advertising Cover Collection, approximately 45 covers, including many insurance insurance companies such Orient Insurance Company, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Connecticut Fire Insurance Company, Charter Oak Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Mutual Benefit Life Company, Aetna Life Insurance Company, additional better items include Case, Lockwood, & Co. Publishers and Printers on 1861 3c and 1869 3c covers, Hartford Evening Post, B.O. Hall Dealer in Carriages, Sleighs, and Horses (with illustrated carriage), Case, Tiffany & Co. Publishers cameos on 1851 3c covers, United States Hotel, American Tract Society, William P. Barber Ink Extracts, Worthington's Illustrated Magazine, Poultry World, and Columbia Bicycles third class envelope, generally very fine, a wonderful assortment worth a close inspection (Image 1)

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Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 12:06 PM

United States Postal History

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4001

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Mail Route, arced handstamp of Providence, Rhode Island, mostly albino but a trace of ink, on folded letter from New Orleans dated December 1, 1827, endorsed "Brig William", manuscript "12½" rate for 100 miles from New Orleans to Balize plus 19 miles from Wickford to Providence, very fine, just 10 examples of this handstamp recorded (Image 1)

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SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 01:34 PM

4002

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Mail Route, red arced handstamp of New York on 1827 partial folded letter from New Orleans to Providence, Rhode Island, endorsed "p Douglas", no New York datestamp, rated "18¾" (150 to 400 miles) for distance from New Orleans to Balize plus New York to Providence, very fine and attractive, one of just 11 examples of this handstamp, ex-Koppersmith (Image 1)

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SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 01:34 PM

4003

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Mail Route, red arced handstamp of New York on folded letter datelined "New Orleans 29 April 1827", endorsed "Ship Francis", May 16 New York datestamp then to Boston, rated "18¾" (150 to 400 miles) for distance from New Orleans to Balize plus New York to Boston, very fine and attractive, one of just 11 examples of this handstamp, ex-Koppersmith (Image 1)

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SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 01:34 PM

4004

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Mail Route, red arced handstamp of New York on folded lettersheet from New Orleans dated May 31, 1827, endorsed "Ship Tennessee", July 5 New York datestamp then to Boston, rated "56¼" triple rate (150 to 400 miles) for distance from New Orleans to Balize plus New York to Boston, very fine and attractive, one of just 11 examples of this handstamp, ex-Koppersmith (Image 1)

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SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 01:35 PM

4005

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Mail Route, red arced handstamp of New York on folded letter datelined "New Orleans, June 19, 1829", carried by the Brig Horace arriving July 8, endorsed "consignee" and with manuscript "F" (free) as authorized for a letter regarding the cargo, very fine, the latest known of just 11 examples of this handstamp, ex-Skinner and Koppersmith (Image 1)

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SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 01:35 PM

United States Postal History - California Postal History

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4006

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San Francisco Cal. Nov 29, black datestamp with matching boxed "40" rate handstamp on 1849 cover to Warren, Rhode Island, torn backflap, very fine appearance, boxed handstamps were only used in San Francisco from October 1849 to February 1850 (Image 1)

SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 01:36 PM

4007

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San Francisco 40 15 Jan, red integral rate handstamp on 1851 folded letter to Capt. Henry W. Fletcher in South Boston, Massachusetts, very fine, letter with interesting contents from a new arrival to California, begins "Sir, have been here 3 or 4 days but made no sales, and coal is not worth anything, and everything else is full do not know hardly what to do if I stay stay here more than 15 days", mentions the arrival of the Oak Leaf which was lost at sea off Cabo San Lucas October 28, 1851 (Image 1)

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 01:37 PM

4008

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San Francisco Cal. 18 Aug, red datestamp with black "Ship 6" in shell handstamp on incoming folded letter datelined "Sydney, 31st March, 1851", endorsed "Robert Bowne" which according to newspaper records traveled via Honolulu and arrived August 17, very fine, one of two recorded covers with a red datestamp and black "Ship 6", ex-SalzerThis cover was described and illustrated in a Western Express article by Dr. W. Scott Polland in July of 1968 (the cover was owned by Oscar Salzer at the time). Polland had previously written a more detailed article in the same publication about this fancy "Ship 6" cancellation (January 1968), which at the time was known as the "Clipper Ship cancellation". It was struck in red from about June 1850 to July 1851, after which point it is recorded in black until the last known use in July 1860. (Image 1)

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 01:37 PM

4009

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San Francisco Cal 16 Apr, red datestamp with matching straightline "Paid" and "6" rate on 1852 folded letter to New York City, very fine, this marking is scarcer in red (Image 1)

SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 01:38 PM

4010

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San Francisco Cal May 20, black datestamp with matching straightline "Paid" and separate "3" rate on ca. 1852 folded lettersheet to Captain John Walsh in Benicia, California, very fine,
Captain John Walsh was born on Prince Edward Island in 1797. He commanded the John Gilpin, which sailed regular packet service between Valparaiso, Chile and Canton, China before retiring to Benicia in 1849. His residence, which currently serves as a bed and breakfast, was one of three identical prefabricated homes shipped around Cape Horn from Boston. (Image 1)

SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 01:38 PM

4011

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San Francisco Cal. 1 Mar, black datestamp with matching separate straightline "Paid" and "26" handstamps on 1853 folded letter to Cognac, France, endorsed "By Steamer, via Panama", carried on PMSS's Oregon to Panama, red "New York Am. Packet Apr 2" exchange datestamp and carried on Collins Line Baltic to Liverpool arriving April 14 (British backstamp), Calais entry the next day and matching "8" decimes due, backstamped Paris and Cognac, very fine, 26c paid the treaty rate via England plus 5c West Coast surcharge (Image 1)

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 01:40 PM

4012

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San Francisco Cal. 16 Apr, black datestamps tie 1851 1c Blue, Type IV (9, position 26L1L) and pair of 1851 3c Dull red, Type II (11A, positions 22-23L1L) to 3c Red Nesbitt entire addressed to Lee, New Hampshire, small backflap faults, fine and attractive franking (Image 1)

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SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 01:41 PM