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[Ohio & Mississippi Rivers] LOUISVILLE & ST. LOUIS MAIL ROUTE, bold, complete and well-struck May 7 fancy blue Shield ties a four-margined 3¢ dull red type II (11A) on a small cover to Boston; manuscript "Mail direct" notation; an Extremely Fine example of this rare steamboat marking, Ex-Beane, with 2010 P.F. certificate. Towle O-22-b, RF IX. Estimate $2,500 - 3,500. Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500
Opening US$ 1,900.00
Sold...US$ 1,900.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:37:31 EST
Sold For 1900
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 42
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[Ohio & Mississippi Rivers] Passenger Steamer GOLDEN RULE, Cincinnati, Louisville and New Orleans. Steamboat illustrated red & blue corner card on cover franked with a 2¢ pink (267a) tied by a "Covington Ky., May 7, 2 PM, 98" duplex; to Glendale, O.; backstamped Cincinnati (May 7) and Glendale (May 9), Very Fine. Milgram Unlisted. Estimate $200 - 300. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:38:28 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 43
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[Ohio River] PARK & GAL. RIVER AGT., blue Jul 23 c.d.s. with matching "OK" canceling a 3¢ green (158) on a cover to Gallipolis, O.; reduced slightly at left, Very Fine. Estimate $250 - 350. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
[Ohio River] Steamer SUNSHINE (Scott 230), attractive illustrated corner card cover for the Louisville & Jeffersonville (Ind.) Ferry Company franked with a 1¢ Columbian (230) tied by a Louisville Ky. oval; addressed locally to the Masonic Temple in Louisville, Very Fine. Unlisted by Milgram. An outstanding Columbian advertising cover. Estimate $200 - 300. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 130.00
Sold...US$ 120.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:40:48 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 45
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[Ohio River] U.S. Mail Packet RAINBOW, Louisville, Evansville, and Henderson. Pretty illustrated advertising cover from Louisville to Plympton, Mass. franked with a pair of cork-canceled 3¢ green (184) alongside a Dec 10 Louisville c.d.s.; includes original four-page letter from a Louisville merchant to his wife; stamps with slight perforation flaws due to edge placement, Fine. Milgram 229. Estimate $150 - 200. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 170.00
Sold...US$ 170.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:41:32 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 46
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[Potomac River] "Potomac Boat, Aug 15", manuscript postmark on an 1841 folded letter to Oatland Mills, Va.; vertical file fold, Very Fine and very rare. Letter relates details of the passing of the writer's father. Estimate $750 - 1,000. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 475.00
Sold...US$ 475.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:42:24 EST
Sold For 475
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 47
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[Potomac River] POTOMAC STEAMBOAT, mostly clear red Sep 9 (1847) c.d.s. with matching "FREE" on a folded letter to Mt. Holly, N.J., Fine to Very Fine. The letter, on the letterhead of a Richmond, Va. Pension Agent and datelined "Steamer Augusta", seeks clarification for a pension claimed by a soldier's widow. Towle G-21-a, RF VI. Estimate $150 - 200. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 170.00
Sold...US$ 170.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:43:10 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 48
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[Potomac River] POTOMAC STEAMBOAT, light May 18 (1854) c.d.s. ties a three-margin 3¢ dull red (11A) on a folded letter from Alexandria, Va. to Boston, Fine to Very Fine. Towle G-21-a, RF VI. Estimate $150 - 200. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:43:39 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 49
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[Tennessee River] "Chatta & Kings Creek R R, 7-18-/79" (Chattanooga & Kings Creek River Route) manuscript postmark ties a 3¢ green (184) on an illustrated advertising cover for the Buckeye Mower & Table Rake, to Washington, Tenn. with original letter on matching letterhead; reduced somewhat at the left, otherwise Very Fine. Towle O-28-a, RF V. Estimate $150 - 200. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 110.00
Sold...US$ 110.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:44:28 EST
Sold For 110
The Daniel R. Seigle Collection of Transportation Express Covers
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 50
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Wells Fargo & Co's. Express, Complimentary Package Transport Pass, issued to "W.H. Jones, Supt., Arizona & New Mexico R.R." for the year 1884; about 4" x 2½" with a matching, beautifully illustrated envelope, Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 140.00
Sold...US$ 140.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:45:07 EST
Sold For 140
Express Covers Western Express Covers: Wells Fargo - California
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 51
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Wells, Fargo & Co's. San Jose (Cal.) Depot., a superb violet oval (type 20-3), Feb 28, 1894, cancels a 3¢ green on amber entire (U312) with a printed Wells Fargo frank, to San Francisco with a light San Francisco Wells Fargo receiving oval at "12 AM" the same day; light file fold at left through the San Francisco oval, still Very Fine and rare. This is believed to be the finest strike of the rare San Jose Depot oval. Estimate $600 - 800. Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
Suggested Bid $600-800
Opening US$ 350.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:45:41 EST
Sold For 0
The Daniel R. Seigle Collection of Transportation Express Covers
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 52
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1838 Letter Documenting a Journey From Maryland to Wilmington, N.C., red Wilmington c.d.s., Dec 6 (1838) on a folded letter to "Near Port Deposit", Md. with a manuscript "25" rate; contents an interesting letter relating the events of a stagecoach journey from Maryland to Wilmington, suffering through an overturned stage, various repairs, and muddy roads, before arriving at the railroad station in time to witness a collision between two trains; includes a partial transcript of the easily read text; minor internal splitting of folds, Fine. Estimate $150 - 200. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:46:04 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 53
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1848 Letter Detailing Cross-Country Journey by Stagecoach, partial blue Apr 2 Philadelphia "10cts" c.d.s. on a three-page folded letter to Delaware, O.; letter is a marvelous account of a trip from Ohio to Philadelphia by Stagecoach with plenty of detail, ranging from muddy road condition, causing the Stage to get stuck "up to its axelature", to a collision with the Mail Coach on the way down a mountain, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 325.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:46:43 EST
Sold For 325
State Postmarks
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 54
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1847 Oregon Trail Letter, a detailed, easily read three-page folded letter postmarked manuscript "Oregon Mo., July 19/47", but datelined July 11, Pacific Spring, at the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers; a very interesting account as the writer and his company of 18 wagons passes the continental divide, "changing the ascent for a descent". He tells of "the Pawnee indians - the worst tribe on the route" and of "the Sioux indians [who] stole one horse from our company & perpetrated some minor thefts but upon the whole are the finest specimens of the indians that I have seen". Also noted are a company of Mormon pioneers, with whom they traveled, and who had "all kinds of mathematical instruments & the most scientific means in the world with them" to determine altitude, longitude, latitude and barometric pressure. The letter was mailed by a "Mr. Finley of Illinois who spent some time in Oregon and is returning to the States (so called)", and who offered to drop the letter at the nearest post office. A marvelous letter with some internal splitting at the folds. Estimate $750 - 1,000. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 2,100.00
Sold...US$ 2,100.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:48:12 EST
Sold For 2100
State/Territorial Postal History
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 55
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[Arizona] California & Arizona Stage Company, boxed corner card on a marvelous illustrated advertising cover to England featuring a three-horse team Stagecoach traveling through the mountains, franked with a pair of cork-canceled 3¢ green (158) with a light Prescott, Ariz. c.d.s., Oct 10 (1877) alongside; backstamped Croydon, England, Nov 13; most of top flap missing, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
This cover features the same illustration as that of the Barlow & Sanderson cover listed in the Colorado section. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 1,500.00
Sold...US$ 1,500.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:49:19 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 56
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[Arizona Territory] Mammoth Stage Line, Tucson, attractive illustrated advertising cover featuring a two-team Stagecoach under way, franked with a 2¢ Columbian (231) tied by a "Tucson Ariz., May 21, 9 PM, 1894" fancy duplex, to Milwaukee, Wis. (backstamped May 25); Very Fine. A rare Territorial Columbian usage. Estimate $500 - 750. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 375.00
Sold...US$ 375.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:49:52 EST
Sold For 375
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 57
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[Arizona] Tucson and Tombstone Stage Line, Stage and Express Business, illustrated corner card featuring a Stagecoach on 3¢ green entire with a light cork cancel, to Providence R.I., backstamped Providence; slight wear, Very Fine and rare. Estimate $750 - 1,000. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
Opening US$ 1,300.00
Sold...US$ 1,300.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:50:18 EST
Sold For 1300
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 58
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[California] Burns & Fort Bidwell Stage Line, Fort Bidwell, an exceptional illustrated advertising cover featuring a three-team Stagecoach under way in brown on buff, sent Registered and franked with two 2¢ & a 10¢ 1890 Issue (219D, 226) tied by target cancels with two strikes of "Fort Bidwell, Cal./ Reg'd." c.d.s., Oct 8, 1890, to San Francisco and backstamped there on Oct 11; one 2¢ slightly damaged and cover reduced slightly at the right, Very Fine. A marvelous cover. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 600.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:50:37 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 59
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[Colorado] Aspen Transportation Line, a lovely illustrated advertising cover featuring four horse-teams pulling two connected covered wagons through the hills, franked with a 2¢ red brown (210) tied by an "Aspen, Colo., Feb 24, 1885" octagonal datestamp, addressed in red pencil to Pullman Ill. (backstamped Pullman, Feb 25; somewhat soiled and neatly repaired, Fine and rare. Estimate $500 - 750. Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Suggested Bid $500-750
Opening US$ 350.00
Sold...US$ 325.00
Closed..Mar-31-2020, 10:51:19 EST
Sold For 325
Sale No: 736
Lot No: 60
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[Colorado] Barlow & Sanderson's Southern Overland Mail and Express Co., Pueblo, Colo. Office, boxed corner card on a marvelous illustrated advertising cover featuring a three-horse team "B. & S. Overland U.S. Mail" Stagecoach traveling through the mountains, franked with a 3¢ green (158) tied by a quartered cork cancel and postmarked with a light Kansas City Mo. c.d.s., to Pierrepont Manor, N.Y., Very Fine, Ex-Baker, Beals. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
This cover features the same illustration as that of the California & Arizona Stage Co. listed in the Arizona section. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
