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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale: 727

British North America
Prince Edward Island
Sale No: 727
Lot No: 621
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1869 (Aug. 4), "Money Letter" sent Charlotte Town to George Town, franked by #5 and #7, each with vertical ridge mark from contents and tied by eight-bar oval with PEI Type P5 at lower left; inscribed "Money Letter" top center and "706" top left; docketed "John Hillman/Cash £22.0.0" at left, Very Fine, a very rare Money Letter franking, Ex-Dale Lichtenstein, Martyn Cusworth, with 2004 Greene Foundation certificate.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000

Opening US$ 100.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:57:25 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 622
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1869 (Dec. 10), octuple-rate cover sent Charlotte Town to Wakefield, England, an absolutely massive envelope (355 x 101 mm), carried on the Inman Line vessel City of Antwerp (departed New York on Dec. 14); franked by a strip of four, a pair and two singles of the 9d perf 11½-12 reddish lilac (#8), totaling 72d Currency or 4s Sterling; stamps clearly cancelled by barred ovals with despatch datestamp at right and red "Paid/Liverpool/Br. Packet" handstamp at center; arrival datestamp (Dec. 27) on reverse; file folds and other minor wear mentioned solely for accuracy, Very Fine, a remarkable survivor, with 2010 Greene Foundation certificate.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000

The unique US Packet four-ounce octuple-rate franking, and the largest Pence issue cover recorded.
Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000

Opening US$ 750.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:57:37 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 623
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1870-71, quartet of covers to Nova Scotia, one postmarked 1870, the other three from 1871, all from Charlotte Town to Anslow, Halifax, Marble Mountain and Tatamagouche; each franked by a #6 with barred oval cancel, datestamp or mute obliterator; a couple small imperfections, with the Marble Mountain cover's addressee excised, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

Opening US$ 100.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:57:57 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 624
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1870 (Jan. 5), bisected 2d on cover sent Charlotte Town to Quebec, clean cover franked by two 2d rose, one of which diagonally bisected (#5, 5e), tied by two of three PEI JA 5/70 strikes, with Montreal JA 12 transit and Quebec JA 13 receiver on reverse; bisect with slight fault at upper left where it aligns against the top of the envelope, Very Fine, a lovely example of a very rare franking, Ex-Dr. RVC Carr, Alan Griffiths, with 1999 R.P.S.L. certificate.
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500. Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500

Opening US$ 250.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:58:16 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 625
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1870 (May 7), sensational cover sent from Bombay to Rollo Bay, with manuscript routing instructions "Via Southampton, Queens Town/& Halifax" at upper left; franked by "East India Postage"-inscribed 2a orange and 4a green, both tied by "Bombay/MY 7/70/India PAID" #1 duplex; blue "11d" and (overwritten) "1/4½d" Currency to collect; London JU 4 transit on reverse; cover opened at left, resulting in tear to back sideflap, partially repaired with clear tape, but still must be considered Very Fine, a very rare—and possibly unique—destination cover, Ex-Martyn Cusworth.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000

Opening US$ 150.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:58:30 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 626
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1870 (May 27), advertising cover from Corry, PA, to Middleton Lot 27, crisp orange cover with corner card for Andrews & Ford, General Agents for The Climax Mower, their Cleveland, OH, address crossed out and "Corry Pa" added in pen; franked by two 1869 3¢ Pictorials, each tied by "Bearded Man" fancy cancel (similar to Skinner-Eno #PH-F 87); small diameter (1 inch) PEI "JU 2" receiver on reverse; cover slightly roughly opened at right, but not affecting stamps, markings or address, Very Fine, a great item, a very rare and most unusual fancy cancel, these considered the finest known on cover.
Estimate $600 - 800. Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)

Suggested Bid $600-800

Opening US$ 200.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:58:41 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 627
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1870 (July 1), sensational cover sent from Charlotte Town to Cape Breton Island, bearing a #10 with robust color, neatly tied by double-arc "Prince Edward Island" datestamp (P5a); indistinct Halifax oval transit on reverse, Very Fine, a most unusual usage of a Packet stamp to pay this letter rate; the earliest recorded usage of this stamp (issued June 1), and the latest recorded usage of the P5a datestamp, Ex-Martyn Cusworth.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,500. Suggested Bid $5,000-7,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $5,000-7,500

Opening US$ 150.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:58:58 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 628
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1870 (July 29), handsome cover sent from Charlotte Town to Alfred, Maine, bearing a crisply printed and fresh #9 (tightly margined but perfectly centered), tied by indistinct killer with single-ring "Prince Edward Island/A/JY 29/70" origin datestamp at left, sound and clean, Very Fine, just a solid beauty, with 1964 B.P.A. certificate (cover apparently cleaned in the interim).
Estimate $200 - 300. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

Opening US$ 375.00
Sold...US$ 110.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:59:09 EST
Sold For 110

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 629
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1870 (Aug. 19), oddly dated cover sent from Charlotte Town to San Francisco, clean orange cover bearing a Second Issue 6d green (#7) which is tied by an indistinct obliterator; single-ring "Prince-Edward Island" dater on reverse shows a date of August 19, but the docketing at left on face gives "August 20" as the date; central file fold of no consequence, as are the hinge remnants on reverse from prior mountings, Very Fine, pretty, with 2013 Greene Foundation certificate.
Estimate $500 - 750. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750

Opening US$ 100.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:59:21 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 630
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1870 (Oct. 17), bisect cover from Summerside to West Lake Lot 7, bearing diagonal bisect #9c ($2250 on cover), tied by barred oval cancel, with "Summerside/OCT/17/P.E. Island" dater at left (year added later in pencil); light overall toning and a slightly rough opening at right, still Very Fine, and one of the finest of the 4d bisect frankings, Ex-Dale Lichtenstein, with 1930 R.P.S.L. and 2010 Greene Foundation certificates.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500

Opening US$ 100.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:59:37 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 631
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1870 (Dec. 7), franked cover from Auckland to Charlotte Town, sound and surprisingly clean, carried on the First Contract, Ninth Voyage of the Wonga Wonga, franked by horizontal pair of 1864-71 perf 12½ 6d red browns, tied by two emphatic strikes of the Auckland "1" duplex, with blue manuscript crayon "3" and lovely black handstamped "5" ratings; reverse tracks the cover's progress, with Ottawa, C.W. (JA 17/71) and Saint John, N.B. (JA 23) transits and Charlotte-Town, P.E.I. arrival (JA 27), Very Fine, a rare destination for a New Zealand Chalon Head cover, Ex-John Woolfe.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000

Opening US$ 80.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 15:59:53 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 632
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1870 (Dec. 14), bisect cover sent from Prince Town to Aughnacloy, an attention-grabbing cover, bearing #5 (2) plus a diagonally bisected 1d (#4c), each tied by ten-barred oval cancels, with Prince Town origin dater—a previously unrecorded double-arc datestamp without code A—at lower right; reverse bears small-diameter PEI transit dated Dec. 16, and Aughnacloy Jan. 10, 1871, receiver; light soiling and backflap faults of no consequence, Very Fine, an exceptionally rare franking, with 1960 P.F. certificate.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000. Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000

Opening US$ 130.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 16:00:02 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 633
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1871 (Feb. 18), registered cover from Charlotte Town to New Glasgow, postage and fees paid by #6 (3, single plus vertical pair), all tied by three strikes of a broken-barred oval killer, with despatch dater below and manuscript Registration number "604" at left; slightly smeary FE 20 arrival handstamp on reverse, Very Fine, an unusual franking, the Registration fee normally paid by a single 6d stamp, with 2008 Greene Foundation certificate.
Estimate $500 - 750. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500-750

Opening US$ 100.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 16:00:13 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 634
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1871 (Feb. 28), "FOUP PENCE" cover from Charlotte Town to Minnesota, small cover bearing a #9v, the 1870 4d black with bottom ribbon reading "FOUP PENCE" (row 4/4), cancelled by broken-barred obliterator leaving the variety fully legible; single-ring PEI origin postmark alongside, Very Fine, a very rare, if not unique, example of this variety on cover, with 1992 Greene Foundation certificate.
Estimate $600 - 800. Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)

Suggested Bid $600-800

Opening US$ 350.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 16:00:24 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 635
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1871 (Mar. 4), sole cover known sent from Charlotte Town to England via New York, with 6d postage paid by a partially separated pair of #6 tied by broken-barred oval obliterator (P144) with two strikes (one additionally tying) of the Charlotte-Town datestamp (Type P80); light Paid Liverpool Br. Packet handstamp in red at lower left, with March 20 arrival handstamp on reverse; adhesives pay the single-letter rate to Britain via the US; envelope front with horizontal tear through the stamps, repaired, nonetheless Very Fine, as the only recorded example of this rate, equivalent to 4d Stg., Ex-Martyn Cusworth, Alan Griffiths, with 2004 Greene Foundation certificate.
Estimate $600 - 800. Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)

Suggested Bid $600-800

Opening US$ 80.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 16:00:36 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 636
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1871 (Apr. 19), bisect cover sent Charlotte Town to Dublin, franked by a trio of 2d rose, one diagonally bisected (#5 (2), 5e) tied by broken-bar killers with Charlotte-Town origin at lower left; Dublin AP 30 receiver on reverse; accompanying certificate states "the front of the cover has been mutilated"—though it has clearly been professionally repaired since, Very Fine appearance, a very rare franking, with 1984 B.P.A. certificate which states right-hand stamp is defective (unwarranted in our opinion).
Estimate $750 - 1,000. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $750-1,000

Opening US$ 1,300.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 16:00:46 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 637
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1871 (June 9), bisect cover sent Charlotte Town to Summerside, #9c tied by barred oval cancel, with Charlotte-Town origin at far left; next-day Summerside receiver on reverse; corner with stamp torn away and later replaced, the cancellation straddling the tear, nearly Very Fine, a scarce franking, with 1987 P.F. certificate.
Estimate $250 - 350. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350

Opening US$ 130.00
Sold...US$ 225.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 16:01:10 EST
Sold For 225

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 638
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1871 (Sept. 4), printed circular sent Charlotte Town to Montague Bridge, sent as a folded letter from Charles P. Hill, Commission Merchant, bearing 1d (#4) tied by nicely struck single-ring duplex (P83, Type 1); pre-printed form announces Mr. Hill's entry as a Commission Merchant for flour, etc., originally enclosed card not present, Very Fine, only two examples of this duplex combination are recorded, Ex-Dr. RVC Carr, Alan Griffiths, with 1984 Greene Foundation certificate.
Estimate $350 - 500. Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $350-500

Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 225.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 16:01:30 EST
Sold For 225

Sale No: 727
Lot No: 639
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1871 (Oct.), double-rate cover sent Charlotte Town to Cobourg, postage paid by horizontal pair of 3d blues (#6) tied by Star duplex (date illegible); Montreal Oct. 7 transit on reverse; part of backflap missing, tear to top center of cover front repaired from within by hinge, Fine to Very Fine, a rare double-rate franking, with only eight examples bearing 3d pairs recorded, Ex-Dr. RVC Carr, Warren S. Wilkinson.
Estimate $200 - 300. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

Opening US$ 150.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 16:01:44 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 727
Lot No: 640
Symbol:

image Prince Edward Island, 1871 (Oct. 23), registered cover from Charlotte Town to Rollo Bay, addressed to "Grand River Wharf/Lot 55", a cover from Samuel C. Owen, whose dated handstamp appears on backflap; postage and fees paid by two vertical pairs of #6 lightly cancelled; accompanying certificate states that neither pair is tied but "were genuinely used on cover"—though it appears to us that the left pair is lightly tied at bottom of right-hand stamp; "Registered/77" in manuscript upper left (partly covered by stamp), Charlotte-Town despatch handstamp at lower right; bottom edge wear, small damage to back flap and mounting residue on reverse, still nearly Very Fine, and a very rare franking, with 2000 Greene Foundation certificate.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000

Opening US$ 80.00


Closed..Aug-13-2019, 16:01:58 EST
Sold For 0

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