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Confederate States, 1861, 5¢ green (Scott 1), four nice margins, tied by a mostly clear Richmond c.d.s., Apr 22, 1862, on a large Mounted Dragoon patriotic cover (CSA SM-1, verse 5) to Bethany, N.C.; sealed tears and soiling at the upper left, upper left corner and right edge repair, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, with a 2010 P.F. certificate. Scott $2,500 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Confederate States, 1861, 5¢ green (Scott 1),vertical strip of 4, good margins to just cut in, canceled with a pen stroke and tied by an unidentified manuscript town cancel, Aug 18, 1862, on a cover to Vicksburg, Miss.; wrinkling at both ends indicates a thick contents - hence the double rate; cover missing top flap and other small faults, strip with a slight water stain, Fine, a rare usage. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Confederate States, 1861, 5¢ olive green, Stone 1 (Scott 1c), four large margins, tied by a mostly clear Dec 1861 Tudor Hall, Va, c.d.s. on a clean cover to Gordonsville, Va.; tiny piece of top flap missing, still Very Fine. Scott $650 Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Confederate States, 1861, 10¢ light milky blue, Stone Y (Scott 2e), large margins, including partial sheet margin at the right, but with a small nick at the left, tied by an illegible blue Oct 22 town cancel on the back of a Cannon & 12-Star Flag patriotic cover (CN-1C, verse 13) to Kittrill, N.C.; cover refreshed with small repairs and slightly reduced at the right, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Scott $1,800 Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Confederate States, 1862, 2¢ green (Scott 3),horizontal pair and strip of 3, tied by partial to faint Knoxville, Tenn. c.d.s.'s, Jul 4, 1862 on a homemade cover to Lawrenceville, Ga.; the pair, which is the "left top-knot" variety (position 31R), is just in at the right, the strip just touching to in at the bottom, cover with small flaws, Fine to Very Fine, a reasonably nice example of this rare 10¢ franking. Scott $13,500 for strip of 5 on cover Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500 (Image)
Confederate States, 1862, 2¢ green (Scott 3), a Very Fine single with ample to oversize margins showing bits of adjacent stamps at the right and bottom, tied by a faint Richmond c.d.s. on a locally addressed cover; small, light stain at the lower left, Fine to Very Fine, signed Phillips, A. Diena. Scott $3,500 Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500 (Image)
Confederate States, 1862, 2¢ green (Scott 3), two large margins, just in on the other two sides, pen-canceled (not tied) on a clean homemade envelope to Clarksville, Va., no other postal markings, Very Fine, signed Phillips, A. Diena. Scott $3,500 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
Confederate States, 1862, 10¢ rose (Scott 5), large margins all around, a great stamp on an attractive but slightly soiled cover with Richmond, Va. Jul 13, 1863 cancel, addressed to a lady in Augusta, Georgia, Fine to Very Fine overall. Scott $750 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Confederate States, 1863, 10¢ blue, "T-E-N" (Scott 9), large margins all around, tied by Richmond, Va. c.d.s. on cover redirected to Salisbury, N.C. Cover and stamp are a bit soiled and worn, Very Good to Fine, a not atypical war-time condition for this scarce stamp on cover. Scott $1,500 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Scott $1,500 Suggested Bid $300-4
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Dec-08-2020, 15:37:49 EST
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Postal History Campaign & Inauguration Covers
Sale No: 750
Lot No: 2050
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1864, Fremont campaign cover, bicolor design similar to earlier patriotic designs, on an attractive Michigan cover; slightly reduced at right, Fine to Very Fine. Scott 65. Bischel 730 var. Walcott 522 var. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
1868, Grant - Colfax campaign cover, pretty illustrated cover franked with a grid-canceled 3¢ green (147) and tied by a clear "Yarmouth Port, Ms., Aug 22" c.d.s., to Provincetown, Mass.; reduced just a bit at the right, Very Fine, an interesting piece of history that never happened,
This must have been for Grant's 1872 re-election campaign, for which his running mate was actually Henry Wilson and not his sitting Vice-President, Schuyler Colfax. Colfax, thinking that Grant would not seek a second term, decided to try to win the Republican presidential nomination. When he learned that Grant was indeed going to run again, he reversed himself and tried to win the vice-presidential nomination, but lost to Wilson. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
1888 Postal Note, from Hoboken, N.J., value 1¢ (wow!), Fine to Very Fine, unusual. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Dec-08-2020, 15:39:16 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 750
Lot No: 2053
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1894 Postal Note, type 4, from Columbus, Ga., Very Fine. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 150.00
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Closed..Dec-08-2020, 15:39:47 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 750
Lot No: 2054
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1912, picture post card from Schofeld Barracks, Hawaii to Port Liscom, Alaska, with multicolor real photo view of a forest in Ainahau, Waikiki on the reverse, Fine to Very Fine, a decidedly uncommon usage. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
New York, N.Y., 1845, 5¢ black on bluish (Scott 9X1), ACM connected, large balanced margins, tied by magenta pen strokes on clean folded address leaf to Geneva, N.Y. with a bold red New-York c.d.s., Aug 1 (1846) and a magenta manuscript "Due 5", Very Fine. Scott $600 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
New York, N.Y., 1845, 5¢ black on bluish (Scott 9X1a), position 21-22, pair, large margins all around, pen canceled on an 1845 folded letter to Michigan, Very Fine. Scott $2,250 Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
New York, N.Y., 1845, 5¢ black on bluish, signed A.C.M. (Scott 9X1b), position 20 with clear evidence of double transfer at top and bottom, ample to large margins, blue pen-canceled on an 1845 folded letter to Philadelphia with a red "New-York/5 cts./14 Aug" c.d.s. and matching "Paid" in arc, Very Fine. Scott $825 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
1847, 5¢ brown (Scott 1), two singles, one with four large margins, the other with three, tied together and onto a neat cover by two light red grids and a matching Sep 6 Lewiston, N.Y. c.d.s., to North Wakefield, N.H., Very Fine, the only recorded Five-Cent 1847 cover from Lewiston, which received no 1847 stamps, signed Pfenninger. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), four nice margins, tied by a light red grid on an advertising cover for the Boston Newspaper "The American Union", faint red "Boston/5 cts/22 Jul" c.d.s.; minor soiling, Fine. A very rare 1847 issue advertising cover, with a 2016 P.F. certificate. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), three-plus margins tied by a red grid on an 1850 folded letter to New London, Ct. with a red Aug 27 Springfield, Mass. c.d.s.; the letter is on a Western Bank letterhead and there is a red 2-line "- PAID -/WESTERN BANK" handstamp above the stamp, Very Fine and unusual, signed by John Fox, with a 2010 P.F. certificate,
This cover is pictured on page 263 of the Alexander Census with the caption, "This handstamp, -PAID-/WESTERN BANK, was probably not designed as an advertisement for the bank. Instead, it was meant to keep a messenger honest. When a bank employee was sent with the mail and cash to pay the postage, this mark alerted the postal clerk that the mail was to be prepaid. Some messengers are known to have pocketed the money, sending the mail collect." . Scott $425 Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
