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Encased Postage, Ayer's Cathartic Pills, 3¢, short arrows. Pink stamp nicely centered showing value tablet at bottom, mica intact with slight crazing at top, reverse with significant silver plating present, Very Fine. Hodders & Bowers No. 5. Scott No. EP3; $475. Scott $475 (Image)
Encased Postage, Take Ayer's Pills, 3¢. Intact mica with small indent, reverse with traces of silver plating, Very Fine. Hodders & Bowers No. 18. Scott No. EP9; $400. Scott $400 (Image)
Encased Postage, Take Ayer's Pills, 3¢. Stamp well centered in frame, reverse with unworn relief, Very Fine and choice. Hodders & Bowers No. 18. Scott No. EP9; $400. Scott $400 (Image)
Encased Postage, Ayer's Sarsaparilla, 1¢, medium "AYER'S". Deep color stamp showing value tablet at bottom, mica intact with some slight crazing, reverse with lovely reddish brown color, Very Fine. Hodders & Bowers No. 28. Scott No. EP13; $500. Scott $500 (Image)
Encased Postage, Brown's Bronchial Troches, 5¢. Intact mica, reverse with lovely golden brown color, Very Fine. Hodders & Bowers No. 64. Scott No. EP33; $450. Scott $450 (Image)
Encased Postage, Brown's Bronchial Troches, 10¢. Stamp with rich deep color, mica with crack and chip at bottom, reverse with lovely reddish brown hue, F.-V.F., very scarce. Hodders & Bowers No. 65. Scott No. EP34; $1,000. Scott $1,000 (Image)
Encased Postage, Burnett's Cocoaine Kalliston, 5¢. Mica with some crazing at upper right, reverse with bright golden color, F.-V.F. Hodders & Bowers No. 75. Scott No. EP46; $650. Scott $650 (Image)
Encased Postage, Burnett's Cocoaine Kalliston, 10¢. Stamp well centered, mica with some cracking and crazing, reverse with nice reddish brown hue, F.-V.F. Hodders & Bowers No. 76. Scott No. EP47; $700. Scott $700 (Image)
Encased Postage, Drake's Plantation Bitters, 1¢. Intact mica with slight crazing at right, reverse with chocolate brown color, Very Fine. Hodders & Bowers No. 100. Scott No. EP70; $500. Scott $500 (Image)
Encased Postage, Weir and Larminie, 3¢. Stamp with rich color and well centered within frame clearly showing denomination tablet at bottom, full raised and unworn lettering on reverse, mica well preserved and completely intact, Extremely Fine,ex-Ford, Mayer and Wm. Litle. Hodders & Bowers No. 231. Scott No. EP175; $14,000.
AN EXTREMELY RARE AN CHOICE EXAMPLE OF THE 3¢ WEIR AND LARMINIE ENCASED POSTAGE - ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES AND KEY ISSUE TO ANY ENCASED POSTAGE COLLECTION. Scott $14,000 (Image)
Scott $14,000
Opening US$ 9,500.00
Sold...US$ 9,500.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 18:02:58 EST
Sold For 9500
Canada Civil War Postal History
Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2292
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1863 Draft Dodger Writes from Canada to Friends in Akron, Ohio. Orange cover bearing Canada, 1859, 10c Brown (17b; SG 36) tied by target to Akron Oh., also with "Akron O. 9 Sep." double-circle datestamp and "ADVERTISED" handstamp, with original enclosure dated "August the 30 1863" which includes "…Glad that I skaddled from war. I live happy and free and I have my meals three times a day and a good bed to sleep. Money or not I will stay in Canada…"; typed transcript accompanies, cover slightly reduced at right and minor wear, stamp with tiny tear and light corner crease, F.-V.F., a rare draft-dodger letter. Estimate; $500 - 750.
Worldwide Stamps and Covers Civil War Postal History
Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2293
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Addressed to John Brown as Prisoner at Charlestown Prison. Circa 1859 3¢ red (U10) buff Nesbitt entire cancelled by "Baltimore Md. Nov 20" cds addressed to "John Brown Esq., Charlestown Va." and endorsed "Charlestown Prison" at bottom left, docketed by Brown at left "Anonymous, Baltimore Rescue"; slight soiling, Very Fine and rare,ex-Antrim. Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
A RARE 1859 USE ADDRESSED TO JOHN BROWN AS PRISONER AT CHARLESTOWN PRISON.
John Brown was an ardent abolitionist who believed it was his duty to fight pro-slavery settlers in Kansas. He hoped that a dramatic act would inspire a slave revolt and led 20 men in an attack on the Union Army Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Va. on October 16, 1859. He was captured two days later and hung December 2, 1859 after being convicted of treason. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)
Est. $750-1,000
Opening US$ 900.00
Sold...US$ 900.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 18:16:56 EST
Sold For 900
United States Civil War Postal History
Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2294
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"Brought to Brooklyn, from Bull's Run, Va., July 20, By A.S. Wheeler, of 106 Fulton Ave.". Printed imprint on flap of cover postmarked "Brooklyn, N.Y. Jul 22" cds with "C.H. Van Wyck, M.C." free frank to Tully N.Y., Very Fine and unusual. Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 18:17:27 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2295
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Chattanooga, Tenn., July, 1864. Blue box date stamp with matching "Due 3" in circle handstamp on soldier's cover to Gordon, O., with original 1864 enclosure on "Cincinnati Sanitary Commission to our brave Soldiers." letterhead datelined "New Paris, Kentucky", Very Fine. Estimate; $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)
Est. $150-200
Opening US$ 70.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 18:17:29 EST
Sold For 0
France and French Colonies Civil War Postal History
Clara Barton at Hilton Head S.C. Two covers, first addressed to "Miss Clara H. Barton, Hilton Head, Port Royal, South Carolina", pencil docketed "Sam Barton Wife, Just Home Letter, J.B.H.", accompanied by "Gen'l Sherman's Headquarters, Hilton Head, S.C." purple patriotic design showing soldier's and buildings, on cover bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by grid cancel duplexed with "Louisville Ky., Aug 24, 1863" cds to Benton Ind.; small flaws, Very Fine pair of covers. Estimate; $400 - 600.
Clarrisa Harlowe Barton (1821-1912) was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. She was a hospital nurse in the American Civil War, a teacher, and patent clerk. Nursing education was not very formalized at that time and she did not attend nursing school, so she provided self-taught nursing care. During the war she filled a void left by the U.S. Government, the U.S. Sanitary Commission and the U.S. Christian Commission, to supply wounded and suffering Union soldiers with their basic needs in nutrition, clothes and medical attention. Est. $400-600 (Image)
Est. $400-600
Opening US$ 400.00
Sold...US$ 400.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 18:17:50 EST
Sold For 400
United States Civil War Postal History
Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2297
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James B. McPherson. Free frank "Jos. B. McPherson, Maj. Genl." signature on legal-size "Head-Quarters Seventeenth Army Corps" official business imprint cover to Brig. Gen. J.M. Tutle, Commanding 3rd Division 15th A.C., Very Fine and rare killed-in-battle General. Estimate; $300 - 400.
James Birdseye McPherson (1828-1864) was a career United States Army officer who served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. McPherson was on the General's staff of Henry Halleck and later, of Ulysses S. Grant and was with Grant at the Battle of Shiloh. He was killed at the Battle of Atlanta, facing the army of his old West Point classmate John Bell Hood, who paid a warm tribute to his character. He was the second-highest-ranking Union officer killed in action during the war. Est. $300-400 (Image)
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 650.00
Sold...US$ 650.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 18:18:32 EST
Sold For 650
Germany and German Colonies Civil War Postal History
Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2298
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(Military Address) "Soldier's Letter, R.L. McCook, Col. 9th O. Reg.". Endorsement at lower left of orange cover with Louisville Ky. blue "DUE 3" rating handstamp to Theodore Racek at Watertown Wisc., pencil "4 May 1862" docketing; reduced at left, otherwise Very Fine and scarce future General's signature. Estimate; $200 - 300.
Robert Latimer McCook was one of the "Fighting McCook's" from New Lisbon, Ohio. This families offspring had a total of 15 in the Union Army, six of which reached the rank of Brigadier General. The northern version of Robert's death near Huntsville, Alabama on August 6th 1862 states that he had been wounded and was lying helpless in an ambulance when Confederate Guerillas from the 4th Alabama Cavalry came and shot him in the intestines. He died in agony the next day. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Mississippi River Ram Floatilla., Official Business. Imprint on cover addressed by Br. Gen. Alfred W. Ellet, Commander of the Mississippi Marine Brigade to his wife Sarah, franked with 1861, 3¢ rose canceled by grid handstamp, matching Round City, Ill., Oct 23 cds, Very Fine. Scott No. 65; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 240.00
Sold...US$ 240.00
Closed..Jun-10-2020, 18:19:55 EST
Sold For 240
United States Civil War Postal History
Sale No: 92
Lot No: 2300
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U.S. Steamer Adela. Hand-drawn multicolor patriotic illustration showing steamship on 130x73mm card framed and mounted on backing paper inscribed below "On blockading service of the coast of Florida, winter of 1863, George H. Rogers", who was a Naval Apothecary on the Adela, Very Fine and attractive. Estimate; $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)
