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Schuyler J. Rumsey Philatelic Auctions Sale: 92

United States
1861-66 Issue

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1281
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Cat No: 73c

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image 1863, 2¢ black, horizontal bisect, used as part of 35¢ rate. In pair with full single, with additional 1863, 2¢ black + 1861, 10¢ green pair and single (which overlap and partly obscure the bisect), all tied by pen cancels on an orange 1866 cover to Switzerland, with three backstamps, some minor stamp & cover faults, part of back missing, F.-V.F., a scarce and striking usage, with 2008 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 73c; Estimate $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

Opening US$ 700.00
Sold...US$ 700.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:25:40 EST
Sold For 700

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1282
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Cat No: 73d var.

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image 1863, 2¢ black, vertical bisect, used as part of 6¢ rate. Left portion of stamp, in combination with 1863, 2¢ black (s.e.) + 1861, 3¢ rose (73+65) on double rate cover to Grand View, Iowa, tied by two strikes of Bloody Run, Pa. cds; cover slightly reduced at left and 3¢ with pulled perf at top, F.-V.F., includes information and ephemera regarding the name Bloody Run, ex-Gibson and Faust, with 1980 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 73d var.; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

Opening US$ 1,300.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:26:09 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1283
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Cat No: 73d

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image 1863, 2¢ black, vertical bisect, used as part of 3¢ rate. Right portion of stamp in pair with normal single, tied by target handstamps on cover to Lancaster County, matching "Bainbridge, Pa., Jan 19" cds alongside; cover repair at bottom right, F.-V.F., a rare bisect usage, with 1962 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 73d; $2,000. Scott $2,000
(Image)

Scott $2,000

Opening US$ 350.00
Sold...US$ 350.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:26:29 EST
Sold For 350

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1284
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Cat No: 75

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image 1862, 5¢ red brown. Bright color, used with 10¢ green (68), each tied by circular grid cancels, red "New York 'Paid 12' Sep 27" credit exchange cds to Stuttgart, Germany, blue "America/über Bremen/Franco" three-line transit, reverse with Frankfurt (10.13) transit and Oct. 14th arrival cds, Very Fine.
Scott No. 75; $700; Estimate $300 - 400. Scott $700
Est. $300-400 (Image)

Scott $700
Est. $300-400

Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 300.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:26:50 EST
Sold For 300

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1285
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Cat No: 78a

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image 1863, 24¢ grayish lilac. Pretty shade, tied by four-ring cancel, matching "West Troy N.y., Mar 26" cds on 1866 mourning cover to London, England, red "N. York Br. Pkt, Paid 19, Mar 27" exchange cds, carried by Cunard Line Africa from Boston Mar. 28th to Queenstown arriving Apr. 8th, Very Fine and attractive mourning cover use.
Scott No. 78a; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Opening US$ 190.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:27:09 EST
Sold For 0


1867 Grilled Issues

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1286
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Cat No: 87b

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image 1867, 2¢ black, E. grill, vertical bisect used as 1¢. Left half, used with 2¢ black, E. grill (87) single, s.e., tied together by brownish black target cancels, matching "Bolton Conn. Jun 20" on cover to East Haddam Conn.; reduced at right, otherwise Very Fine and rare bisect use, with 1972 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 87b; $2,000. Scott $2,000
(Image)

Scott $2,000

Opening US$ 800.00
Sold...US$ 800.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:27:36 EST
Sold For 800

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1287
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Cat No: 91

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image 1867, 15¢ black, E. grill. Cancelled by four-ring cancel, matching strike and "Caledonia Pa. Nov 30" cds on 3¢ pink (U58) entire to Sweden, partial red "N. York, Br. Transit, Dec 2" exchange cds and matching "6" credit to G.B. handstamp, Swedish (12.15.68) arrival backstamp; some soiling, Fine and scarce use.
Scott No. 91; $700; Estimate $300 - 400. Scott $700
Est. $300-400 (Image)

Scott $700
Est. $300-400

Opening US$ 400.00
Sold...US$ 400.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:27:59 EST
Sold For 400

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1288
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Cat No: 92

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image 1867, 1¢ blue, F. grill. Horizontal pair tied by blue manuscript "Sept 12 1862" cancel prepaying the 2¢ tax on Sept. 12th 1868 coffin receipt; some manuscript and folds, F.-V.F. and scarce F. grill revenue use, ex-Morrissey.
Scott No. 92; Estimate $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)

Est. $300-400

Opening US$ 210.00
Sold...US$ 210.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:28:26 EST
Sold For 210

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1289
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Cat No: 93

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image 1867, 2¢ black, F. grill. Corner card advertising unsealed cover bearing 1867, 1¢ blue, F. grill, horizontal pair canceled by quartered corks duplexed with indistinct cds to Munson O. at the 2¢ circular rate; some cover soiling and wear, Fine.
Scott No. 93; Estimate $200 - 300.

The Willoughby College was a Methodist school established in 1858.
Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:29:08 EST
Sold For 200

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1290
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Cat No: 93a

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image 1867, 2¢ black, F. grill, vertical bisect, used as part of 3¢ rate. Top portion of stamp in pair with normal single, centered into right, tied by target handstamps on cover to Dubuque, Iowa, matching "Cascade, Ia, Mar 20" cds; some edge wear repaired at top and affecting the normal stamp, top flap partially missing, Fine, with 1978 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 93a; $1,250. Scott $1,250
(Image)

Scott $1,250

Opening US$ 375.00
Sold...US$ 375.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:32:57 EST
Sold For 375

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1291
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Cat No: 93b

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image 1867, 2¢ black, F. grill, diagonal bisect, used as part of 3¢ rate. Upper left portion of stamp in pair with normal single, tied by target handstamps on cover to Shrewsbury, Pa., matching "Marysville, Pa., Apr 2" cds, Very Fine, with 1940 A.P.S. & 2004 P.S.E. certificates.
Scott No. 93b; $1,250. Scott $1,250
(Image)

Scott $1,250

Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:33:50 EST
Sold For 500

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1292
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Cat No: 93c

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image 1867, 2¢ black, F. grill, horizontal bisect used alone as 1¢. Top half, tied by open grid, matching "North Bridgewater Ms., Dec 13" cds on unsealed envelope paying drop rate, with original 1868 enclosure titled "Encampment Fletcher Webster, Post No. 13, G.A.R." circular; slight perf toning, otherwise Very Fine and rare.
Scott No. 93c; $2,500.

ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED HORIZONTAL BISECTS OF THE 2¢ F. GRILL USED ALONE AS 1¢.

We offered the other recorded horizontal bisect of the 2¢ F. grill used alone as 1¢ in the Fosdyke Blackjack sale 38, lot 2185 (realized $3,850).
Scott $2,500
(Image)

Scott $2,500

Opening US$ 1,100.00
Sold...US$ 1,100.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:34:49 EST
Sold For 1100


1869 Pictorial Issue

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1293
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Cat No: 112

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image 1869, 1¢ buff. Tied by target cancel with "Schenectady N.Y. Feb. 7" double-circle datestamp on 1870 locally addressed printed Internal Revenue tax notice, fresh and Very Fine, an attractive use in beautiful condition.
Scott No. 112; Estimate $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)

Est. $300-400

Opening US$ 290.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:35:12 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1294
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Cat No: 113

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image 1869, 2¢ brown. Two singles, dark shade, used with three 3¢ red, F grill (94) singles, tied by quartered cork cancels and "Dubuque Ioa. Sep 13" cds on 1869 yellow cover to Oldenburg, Germany, red "New York, Paid All, Br. Transit" exchange cds and Verviers-Cologne (9.30) transits, Oct. 1st receiving backstamp; couple 3c stamps have a few negligible short perfs, prepaid 13¢ for obsolete NGU rate (reduced to 10¢ in 1868), Very Fine and color mixed-issue franking, ex-Kuphal.
Scott No. 113; Estimate $500 - 750. Est. $500-750 (Image)

Est. $500-750

Opening US$ 525.00
Sold...US$ 525.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:36:04 EST
Sold For 525

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1295
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Cat No: 113, 116

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image 1869, 2¢ brown, 10¢ yellow. Two New York covers, 2¢ pair tied by grid cancels on Apr. 19, 1870 cover by 4¢ British Open mail rate to France, "GB/40c" oval accountancy handstamp and "5" décimes due handstamp; 10¢ tied by rare thin-bar oval grid on Apr. 2, 1870 cover by double the 4¢ British Open mail rate, "GB/40c" oval accountancy handstamp and double-weight "10" décimes due handstamp; each reduced slightly from opening, F.-V.F. and scarce pair of NYFM covers at single and double 4¢ British Open Mail rates.
Scott No. 113, 116; Estimate $300 - 400.

Complete Images. Est. $300-400 (Image)

Est. $300-400

Opening US$ 290.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:36:32 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1296
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Cat No: 113c

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image 1869, 2¢ brown, bisected. Left half tied with adjoining stamp at left tied through the perforations by blue cork cancel with matching partially legible York Sulphur Springs, Pa. postmark on Pennsylvania House of Representatives illustrated cover to Gettysburg, Pa., Fine, Scott retail $6,000 for solitary bisect usage, with 1986 P.F. certificate declining opinion.
Scott No. 113c; Estimate $400 - 600.

Offered "as is" this cover sold in 1999 for $2,000.00 as part of the Mack Collection.
Est. $400-600 (Image)

Est. $400-600

Opening US$ 725.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:36:50 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1297
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Cat No: 114

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image 1869, 3¢ ultramarine. Tied by "Detroit Mich. Dec 13" duplex with quartered cork cancel, matching clear strike of "Rail Road, Way" oval handstamp on yellow H.B. Shaw correspondence cover to Alfred Me., Very Fine and rare marking.
Scott No. 114; Estimate $750 - 1,000.

A REMARKABLE USE OF THE FANCY DETROIT "RAIL ROAD WAY" OVAL ON AN 1869 ISSUE COVER.

This "Rail Road Way" oval handstamp of Detroit was applied on mail handled by the Grand Trunk Rail Road.
Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

Opening US$ 575.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:37:06 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1298
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Cat No: 114

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image 1869, 3¢ ultramarine. Bright color, affixed sideways in corner of cover with box for stamp, tied by blue cork cancel duplexed with "Philada. Pa. Apr. 22" cds on blue Kline's Emporium for Indian Curiosities and Postage Stamps illustrated cover to Belfast Me., reverse with pencil notation "Enclosure dated 1869" but no longer accompanies; reduced slightly at right, Very Fine, early use of the 3c 1869 Pictorial which was issued less than a month prior to this sending, ex-Hulme, Belasco.
Scott No. 114; Estimate $500 - 750. Est. $500-750 (Image)

Est. $500-750

Opening US$ 375.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:37:30 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1299
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Cat No: 114

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image 1869, 3¢ ultramarine. vertical strip of five, each cancelled by small cross roads, matching "Bath, N.Y. Sep 6" cds at lower left of circa 1870 tissue paper cover to Paris, France, red "New York '6' Sep 8" credit exchange cds, carried by Cunard Line Calabria from New York Sep. 8th to Queenstown arriving Sep. 18th, indistinct French arrival cds and red "PD" framed handstamp; reduced at left with some paper loss and open at bottom, Very Fine and desirable 3¢ strip use for the 15¢ treaty rate.
Scott No. 114; Estimate $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)

Est. $400-600

Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 325.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:38:01 EST
Sold For 325
Sale No: 92
Lot No: 1300
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Cat No: 115

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image 1869, 6¢ ultramarine. Two singles, used with 3¢ green (147), tied by quartered cork cancel duplexed with "Machias Me, Jul 1" cds on 1871 yellow cover to Antwerp, Belgium, red "New York Paid All Br. Transit, Jul 5" exchange cds also ties 6¢ stamps, reverse with "Trans. Brit." framed handstamp and partial Jul. 18th arrival backstamp; some ink smudges, otherwise Very Fine and rare, ex-Hollowbush, Juhring, Coulter.
Scott No. 115; Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.

AN EXCEPTIONAL 1869 PICTORIAL MIXED-ISSUE USAGE TO BELGIUM.

The 1869 PRA Census lists only three covers to Belgium with the 6¢ denomination and above.
Est. $1,500-2,000 (Image)

Est. $1,500-2,000

Opening US$ 1,800.00
Sold...US$ 1,800.00


Closed..Jun-09-2020, 18:38:34 EST
Sold For 1800

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