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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale: 737

Postal History
State/Territorial Postal History
Sale No: 737
Lot No: 521
Symbol:

image [Colorado] ROSITA, COLORADO, OCT 19 1876, outstanding strike of a magenta rectangular boxed datestamp 1¢ postal card (UX5) canceled with a matching rectangular grid of square dots, to Lake City, Colo.; dated handstamps of the Bank of Rosita and the Hinsdale County Bank of Lake City on the message side, Extremely Fine and most unusual.
Estimate $150 - 200. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200

Opening US$ 90.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:21:27 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 522
Symbol:

image [Colorado] "Tetons Colo 2/19 1881", manuscript postmark on a pen canceled 3¢ green entire (U164) to Malone, N.Y.; reduced just a tad at the right, small stain at the lower right, still Very Fine and rare There was a post office at Tetons, Sauguache County, only from Aug 30, 1880 until Jun 7, 1881.
Estimate $200 - 300. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

Opening US$ 2,200.00
Sold...US$ 2,200.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:23:23 EST
Sold For 2200

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 523
Symbol:

image [Colorado] Western Federation of Miners, Denver, all-over illustrated advertising cover featuring Mountains and the Motto, "Independence, Education, Organization", franked with a 2¢ Shield (319) tied by a Denver machine cancel, Mar 7, 1904, to De Lamar, Idaho, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200

Opening US$ 80.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:23:53 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 524
Symbol:

image [Colorado] "White Earth Colo 1/13" (1878) manuscript postmark on a pen canceled 3¢ green entire (U164) to Lake City, Colo. with a blue oval "Paid" handstamp of the First Nat'l Bank at Lake City; includes the original letter datelined Rockcliff, P.O., Jan 8; small stain in the address, F-VF and very rare. White Earth and Rockcliff were two small, short-lived Post Offices in Sauguache County.
Estimate $200 - 300. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:24:27 EST
Sold For 250

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 525
Symbol:

image [Connecticut] "Ball's Pond, Ct., Ap 21", light, mostly clear manuscript postmark on a cover franked with a pen canceled 3¢ dull red (26), to Danbury, Ct.; includes original letter datelined "New Fairfield, April 21st, 1870"; cover darkened, still Fine. A rare small Fairfield County Post Office listed in the 1870 U.S. Postal Guide.
Estimate $150 - 200. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200

Opening US$ 80.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:25:10 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 526
Symbol:

image [Florida] APALACHICOLA / F.Ty., light, mostly clear red type III c.d.s., Feb 23, with a matching handstamped "FREE" on a very clean folded cover to Virginia U.S. Representative, George C. Dromgoole, in Washington D.C., Very Fine. The type III c.d.s. in red is not previously recorded with a "FREE" handstamp.
Estimate $300 - 400

Dromgoole served on the U.S. House of Representatives from 1835 to 1841 and again from 1843 until his death on April 27, 1847. Because the c.d.s. was in use from 1835 to 1851, this usage could be either Territorial or Statehood
. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400

Opening US$ 190.00
Sold...US$ 190.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:25:41 EST
Sold For 190

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 527
Symbol:

image [Florida Territory] APALACHICOLA / FLORIDA, fabulous strike a the type II rimless semi-circle, May 11 (1833), on a folded letter with a manuscript "18¾" rate, to the Territorial Governor at Tallahassee, Very Fine. Briggs' illustrated example (p. 63) and the later of only two recorded., Ex-Jarrett.
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000

Letter is from David L. White, Apalachicola's Town Collector, relating that "Our town has been in part recently destroyed by fire, and the records and papers of the County of Franklin were consumed…". He requests to redo formal "Bonds" with various city and county officials.
Suggested Bid $4,000-6,000 (Image)

Suggested Bid $4,000-6,000

Opening US$ 3,000.00
Sold...US$ 3,000.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:26:40 EST
Sold For 3000

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 528
Symbol:

image [Florida Territory] "Apalchicola, March 23, 1844", manuscript dateline on a folded letter to New Orleans with a blue type f "SHIP" handstamp and a manuscript "6" rate; the writer had just arrived from Havana on the "Ship Palmer", Very Fine. Illustrated on page 71.
Estimate $200 - 300. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:27:13 EST
Sold For 100

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 529
Symbol:

image [Florida Territory] "Apalchicola, March 3, 1840", manuscript dateline on an exceptionally clean folded letter to Providence, R.I. with a bold red type c "SHIP" handstamp, a manuscript "6" rate, and the sender's endorsement "pr Cordelia", Very Fine. Illustrated on page 71.
Estimate $200 - 300. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:27:30 EST
Sold For 100

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 530
Symbol:

image [Florida Territory] KEY-WEST / FLORIDA, perfectly struck type III red oval, Feb 15 (1833) with matching type b "FREE" on a folded letter to the Army's Adjutant General in Washington D.C.; the letter is from a Major J.M. Glapell, the Commissary Officer seeking guidance in the case of a soldier who has been issued two great coats, only one of which has been accounted for, Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350

Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 250.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:27:48 EST
Sold For 250

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 531
Symbol:

image [Florida Territory] NEW-PORT, Fla., clear type I straightline handstamp with red manuscript "Feb 26" (1844) date and "25" rate on folded letter to Portersville, O.; lightly toned, still Very Fine. The earlier of only two recorded examples; illustrated on page 270, Ex-Meroni.
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800. Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800

Opening US$ 950.00
Sold...US$ 950.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:28:28 EST
Sold For 950

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 532
Symbol:

image [Florida Territory] PENSACOLA Flor., mostly clear type VII c.d.s., Apr 22 (1840) and manuscript "50" rate on a folded letter to Lawyersville, N.Y.; datelined "U.S. Ship Warren, Pensacola Bay"; light toning and edge wear, F-VF. Interesting content including Politics (the writer not believing that the Whigs could defeat Van Buren in a general election [he was incorrect]) and fearing possible war with Britain having narrowly avoided a hostile encounter with a "British Man of War".
Estimate $100 - 150. Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)

Suggested Bid $100-150

Opening US$ 60.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:28:55 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 533
Symbol:

image [Florida Territory] PORT LEON / FLO, choice strike type III circular handstamp with manuscript "Nov 24" date (1842) and a type c "FREE" handstamp on a very clean folded cover endorsed "On Public Service" to the Army's Adjutant General in Washington D.C., Very Fine. The earlier of only two recorded; illustrated on page 327.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500

Opening US$ 700.00
Sold...US$ 700.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:29:34 EST
Sold For 700

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 534
Symbol:

image [Florida Territory] PORT LEON. FLA, beautiful strike type I straightline handstamp, Feb 11 (1841), with a manuscript "25" rate on a pristine folded letter to New York, N.Y.; the letter is a partly-printed illustrated Bill of Lading for the Brig "John H. Stephens", Extremely Fine. This postmark was only in used for a little over three months; illustrated on page 326, Ex-Meroni.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500

Opening US$ 800.00
Sold...US$ 800.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:30:05 EST
Sold For 800

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 535
Symbol:

image [Florida Territory] QUINCY / FLO., clear strike of a red type IV oval handstamp with manuscript "May 6" (1834) date and a manuscript "6" rate on a folded cover to Tallahassee endorsed "Election Returns, Cross Roads Precinct, Gadsden County", Very Fine. The earliest recorded example of the type IV oval; illustrated on page 331.
Estimate $400 - 600. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)

Suggested Bid $400-600

Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 200.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:30:32 EST
Sold For 200

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 536
Symbol:

image [Florida Territory] STAUGUSTINE / - E.FLO. -, bold clear strike type XII oval datestamp, Oct 26 (1825), with a manuscript "25" rate on a folded letter to the Army's Acting Adjutant General at Governors Island, N.Y., requesting that a Major Malpias(?) be ordered to appear as a witness at a Court of Enquiry in St. Augustine, Very Fine. The earliest recorded example of the type XII oval.
Estimate $350 - 500. Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $350-500

Opening US$ 400.00
Sold...US$ 400.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:31:07 EST
Sold For 400

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 537
Symbol:

image [Florida Territory] Santa Rosa Island, manuscript dateline, Jul 29, 1830, on a folded letter with a red handstamped "6" rate informing the addressee that the sender has shipped, via the Schooner Elizabeth, two boxes containing a piano to be "repaired" (presumably reassembled) by the recipient; vertical file fold, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300

Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:31:34 EST
Sold For 150

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 538
Symbol:

image [Florida Territory] SEM. AGENCY / * FLO. *, mostly clear type VII double oval handstamp with manuscript "Sept 11" (1832) date and a manuscript "25" rate on a folded letter datelined "Fort King"; to Princeton, N.J.; forwarded to Harrisburg, Pa. with manuscript "Fowd 12½" totaled with the previous "25" to "37½" and postmarked with an Oct 4 Princeton c.d.s., Fine to Very Fine. Well written 3-page letter seems to convey feelings of loneliness, melancholy and depression.
Estimate $400 - 600. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)

Suggested Bid $400-600

Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 325.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:32:08 EST
Sold For 325

Sale No: 737
Lot No: 539
Symbol:

image [Florida Territory] St. AUGUSTINE / Fl.T., incomplete strike of a red type XIV c.d.s., May 6 (1835), as a forwarding postmark on folded letter datelined Charleston, S.C. and originally sent to St. Augustine on a non-contract ship, the Schooner Samuel S. Mills, with a manuscript "Ship 6"; at St. Augustine the the "6" was changed to "27" - the contract ship rate - and the cover was forwarded to Philadelphia, Very Fine. A most unusual cover showing both the 6 and 27 cent ship rates.
Estimate $400 - 600. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)

Suggested Bid $400-600

Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:32:31 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 737
Lot No: 540
Symbol:

image [Florida Territory] St. AUGUSTINE / Fl.T., choice strike of a red type XIV c.d.s., Apr 12 (1835), with a matching type d "FREE" handstamp on an exceptionally clean folded letter to the Army's Adjutant General in Washington D.C. informing him of the death of one Capt. Schmenk; minor internal splitting, Very Fine. This is the earliest recorded example of the type d "FREE" in red; Briggs records the earliest use as Mar 26, 1838.
Estimate $150 - 200. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200

Opening US$ 90.00
Sold...US$ 80.00


Closed..Mar-31-2020, 14:32:49 EST
Sold For 80

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