Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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U.S. Carriers and Locals, Featuring the Gordon Stimmell Collection continued...

Local Posts: Bronson & Forbes thru Cheever & Towle continued...

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703

Towle & Co., New York. Seven stampless covers, two different red oval handstamp styles, one on a lace Valentine cover (faintly struck), Fine group (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

704

Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Cut to shape, red "Towle's City Post, 10 Court Sq." oval handstamp struck close to but just missing tying the stamp, on cover to local address, small stain at top, still Very Fine, scarce, with 2010 P.F. certificate (Image)

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$ 500.00

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

705

Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Cut to shape, tiny nick at bottom, manuscript "X" and "II" cancels (afternoon delivery) on locally-addressed cover, appears Fine (Image)

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$ 500.00

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

706

Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Cut to shape, cancelled by small manuscript "X" at 8 o'clock leaving most of design clearly visible, used on locally-addressed folded letter, remarkably fresh and Very Fine (Image)

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$ 500.00

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

707

Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Square-cut margins, full to large on three sides, barely in at bottom, cancelled by manuscript "X", used on Oct. 12, 1848 blue folded letter to local street address, Very Fine, extremely rare with square-cut margins, only 21 covers recorded by Stimmell (see Penny Post, Aug. 1991) and many of these have circular-cut stamps, ex Schwartz (Image)

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$ 1,500.00

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

708

Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Cut to shape, deep rich color, uncancelled, red "Boston 5cts. 9 Jul." integral-rate circular datestamp on July 9, 1850 blue folded letter to New York City, fresh and Very Fine, a particularly choice example of the Cheever & Towle issue used to the mails, signed Sloane, ex Middendorf (Image)

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$ 500.00

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

709

Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Cut octagonally, margins just in on a few sides, deep rich color, uncancelled or tiny trace of a cancel, red "Boston 10cts. 12 Jan." integral-rate circular datestamp on 1847 folded letter to New Orleans, Very Fine, the earliest example recorded by Stimmell and a nice use to-the-mails and sent over-300 miles to New Orleans (Image)

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$ 600.00

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

710

Cheever & Towle, Boston Mass., 2c Blue (37L1). Balance of three covers, two cut to shape and one square cut margins, two manuscript cancels, one uncancelled (to the mails and Boston 10c integral-rate circular datestamp), each toned and or soiled, otherwise Fine (Image)

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$ 2,700.00

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction