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1870, 15¢ bright orange. Vibrant color, used with 1¢ ultramarine (156) and 6¢ carmine (148), all cancelled by matching corks duplexed with Jun. 18 Mass. cds on blue cover with preprinted address to Copiapo, Chile, bold red "New York '12' Jun 20" exchange credit cds, red crayon "15" inland postage due rating; docketed as received Jul. 17th; reduced slightly at left and 1¢ with tear, F.-V.F. and attractive use at the 22¢ treaty rate. Scott No. 152; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
1870, 24¢ purple. Rich color, used with 10¢ brown (150) horizontal pair, cancelled by quartered cork duplexed with "Portchester N.y., Mar 18" cds on Davis correspondence cover to Lima, Peru, red "New York '24' Mar 20" credit exchange cds and blue crayon "2" for double weight; Lima (4.9.1871) arrival backstamp; rough opening tears, Fine. Scott No. 153; Estimate $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)
1873, 2¢ brown. Tied by Maltese Cross fancy cancel duplexed with "New-York P.O., May 6 3 P.M." cds on inbound cover bearing Colombia 10c violet (69), four margins, cancelled by numeral "8" and also tied by duplex to local New York City street address, endorsed "p. Atlas Line" at top left, small edge tear, Very Fine and unusual use. Scott No. 157; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
1873, 6¢ dull pink. Used with two 2¢ brown (157) singles, tied by "Marlborough, Mass. Aug 21" cds duplexed with quartered cork cancel on 1874 yellow cover from the Washburne correspondence to Constantinople, Turkey, bold red "New York, Paid All, Aug 22" exchange cds, German Post (9.10) arrival backstamp; slightly reduced at right, Very Fine use at the 10¢ North German Union direct mail rate. Scott No. 159; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
1873, 6¢ dull pink. Used with 2¢ brown (157) with captured part imprint and 3¢ green (158), all tied together by "Middleborough Mass. Sep 9" duplex on cover from the Washburne correspondence to Constantinople, Turkey, bold red "New York, Paid All, Sep 10" exchange datestamp and red crayon "4" cent credit, "Kaiserlich Deutsches Postamt, 28 9, No. 1" arrival backstamp; couple small stamp flaws, Very Fine use paying the 11¢ rate via North German Union Closed Mails. Scott No. 159; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
1873, 7¢ orange vermilion. Used with 2¢ brown (157), each tied by quartered cork cancel duplexed with partial "San Francisco Cal. Feb 18" cds to Versailles, France at the 9¢ treaty rate, blue "Consulate de France á San Francisco" corner card handstamp at left and flap circular backstamp, Versailles (3.10.76) arrival backstamp, Very Fine,ex-Fosdyke. Scott No. 160; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
1873, 10¢ brown. Horizontal pair, rich color, tied by cork cancels duplexed with "Trenton N.J., Nov 28" cds on 1877 cover to Gaboon River, West Africa, blue Cherbourg (12.11.77) transit, partial Gabon arrival backstamp, original enclosure accompanies; sealed cover tear, Very Fine appearing and scarce use at double the 10¢ GPU transitional rate,ex-Gabriel. Scott No. 161; Estimate $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)
1873, 10¢ brown. Horizontal pair with part selvage at top and part captured imprint and plate no. tied by New York Foreign Mail Geometric (Weiss GE-EP5) duplexed with "New York, Apr 28" on 1875 tobacco and commission merchant's corner card cover to Havana, Cuba, endorsed "pr S.S. City of New York", Havana (5.4) arrival backstamp and bold "2" reales due handstamp, blue "S. Corte-Real" company receiving backstamp, with original enclosures, some edgewear, few toned perfs, Fine and scarce double rate with partial captured plate number and imprint,ex-Kirke. Scott No. 161; Estimate $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)
1873, 10¢ brown. Pair, used with 1¢ ultramarine (156), tied by radial cancels duplexed with "Pikesville Md., Dec 3" cds on cover to USS Hartford at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, red London Paid 1877 transit cds, Rio de Janeiro (1.16) arrival cds; partial flap, a Very Fine use. Scott No. 161; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
1873, 15¢ yellow orange. Used with 2¢ vermilion (178) and 10¢ brown (161), all tied by quartered cork cancels duplexed with "North Chile, N.Y. Nov. 17" cds 1876 tissue paper cover to Buenos Aires, Argentina, bold "New York '1.10' Nov 11" exchange credit cds, London "Paid" (11.21.76) transit cds, partial Buenos Aires arrival backstamp and blue crayon "10" reales inland postage due rating, original datelined enclosure; docketing at left and small edge flaws at right, F.-V.F. Scott No. 163; Estimate $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)
1875, 2¢ vermilion, Diagonal Bisect used as 1¢. Bottom right half, tied across the cut by blue target cancel on small locally-addressed cover to Taneytown Md., accompanied by original Taneytown Feb. 22, 1879 datelined enclosure, fresh and Very Fine bisect use, with 1959 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 178b; $750. Scott $750 (Image)
1875, 5¢ blue. Used with 3¢ green (184), each tied by Negative "A" in Octagon strike duplexed with "Waterbury Conn., Jan 19" cds on 3¢ green entire to Montevideo, Uruguay, red "New York, Feb 5" exchange cds and red crayon "30" centimes credit (6¢), Uruguay "20" in circle due rating handstamp for inland postage; reverse with Listas (3.13) and Buenos Aires (3.14.80) transits; perf toning, otherwise Very Fine and scarce Waterbury use at the rare 11¢ treaty rate to Uruguay. Scott No. 179; Estimate $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)
1879, 2¢ vermilion, Diagonal Bisect used as 1¢. Lower left diagonal half, tied across cut by circular segmented grid cancel duplexed with "High Bridge N.J. Dec 31" cds on cream local drop cover to local attorney; reduced at left and some edge wear at bottom, Very Fine. Scott No. 183b; $750. Scott $750 (Image)
1879, 15¢ red orange. In combination with 1882, 10¢ brown (209) and 1881, 1¢ gray blue + 1883, 2¢ red brown (206+210) on reverse of 1864, 2¢ black entire (U54) to Lobau, Germany, all tied by New York, Reg. oval handstamps with matching "New York, N.Y., 12-17, 1894" oval date stamp and registry etiquette, reverse wit receiving postmark; cover opened at sides for display, Very Fine. Scott No. 189; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
1882, 10¢ brown, re-engraved. Tied by circular grid cancel duplexed with "Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., May 11" cds on cover to Tamatave, Madagascar, "Estranger, Marseilles, 24 Mai 83" transit backstamp, sent by French packet of Ligne Line T of the Messageries Maritimes to Tamatave; no flap and small opening flaws at top, otherwise Very Fine and rare use at double the 5¢ UPU rate. Scott No. 209; Estimate $500 - 750.
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE BANK NOTE ISSUE USE TO TAMATAVE, MADAGASCAR.
There are only four recorded Bank Note usages to Madagascar, which are the earliest examples of United States mail to this remote destination. They comprise: 1. 1877 Nov. 6, Dobbs Ferry N.Y. to Tamatave, ex-Vogel 2. 1878 Jul. 11, Unadilla N.Y. to Tamatave, ex-M. Brown 3. 1883 May 11, Dobbs Ferry N.Y. to Tamatave, the cover offered here. 4. 1883 Jul. 6, New York N.Y. to Tamatave, ex-Gallagher, Gabriel. Est. $500-750 (Image)
1882, 10¢ brown, re-engraved. In combination with 1888, 5¢ indigo (216), corked canceled on illustrated "Henry A. Reuss, Stamp Importer" corner card cover showing Hawaiian stamp, to Leipzig, Germany, violet "Paris, Texas, Registered, Aug, 9, 1888" date stamp and N.Y. registry etiquette, N.Y. transit backstamp; trivial tiny cover tear at left, Very Fine and choice, an attractive usage. Scott No. 209; Estimate $250 - 350. Est. $250-350 (Image)
1883, 2¢ red brown, diagonal bisects. Two adjoining diagonal bisects of two different stamps applied to resemble an intact example; tied by "Mount Washington Md., May 27, 1887" duplex with target cancel on cover to East Hampton, Long Island N.Y., reverse with Baltimore (5.27) transit and; bottom half without perfs at right, F.-V.F. and unusual bisect use as postal fraud,ex-Randy Neil. Scott No. 210 var.; Estimate $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)
1883, 4¢ blue green, diagonal bisect. Upper left portion of stamp with natural s.e. at left, tied by oval "New York, PO" cancel, matching "New York, Oct 24, 88" duplex with "PO" barred oval alongside on cover to local street address; some light cover toning at left, otherwise Very Fine and scarce bisect use, with 1979 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 211 var.; Estimate $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)
1883, 4¢ blue green, diagonal bisect. Bottom left diagonal half, tied across the cut by "New York N.Y. Nov 5, 1897" machine cancel on cover to Roxbury Mass.; stamp with some trimmed bottom perfs, Very Fine and scarce,ex-Dan Curtis. Scott No. 211 var.; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
1883, 4¢ blue green, vertical bisect. Tied by neat "New York, Nov 16 '83" duplex on cover to E.R. Ackerman in Plainfield N.J., Very Fine and interesting use to this famous collector who was 20 years old at this time. Scott No. 211 var.; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)
