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1856, 5¢ red brown (Scott 12), clear to large margins, tied by an Apr 10 Charleston S.C. c.d.s. on an 1857 folded letter to Lille, France via New York, backstamped Lille on Apr 29; repaired edge tears, Fine to Very Fine appearance, Ex-Gibson, with a 1987 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,600 Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
1856, 5¢ red brown (Scott 12), a pretty 4-margin single tied by a New Orleans c.d.s. on a large part of an 1856 folded address leaf to Paris, France via New York and England, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $700+ Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
1855, 10¢ green, type I (Scott 13), large margins all around, tied by Maryland town cancel on a cover to Oregon, an Extremely Fine stamp on a Very Fine domestic usage cover. Scott $1,175 Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
1855, 10¢ green, type I (Scott 13), margins large at top to close on 3 sides, tied by Clinton, N.Y. postmark on a neat cover to Hornitos, California (a gold mining town in the Sierras), Fine to Very Fine, a nice transcontinental usage. Scott $1,175 Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
1855, 10¢ green, type II (Scott 14), a marvelous horizontal strip of 3, position 75-77R, tied by Apr 27 New Orleans c.d.s.'s on an 1854(?) cover to Hamburg, Germany via New York and Aachen, backstamped Hamburg on May 21; wax seal cut out on the reverse, very minor soiling, otherwise Very Fine. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
Suggested Bid $300-400
Opening US$ 1,200.00
Sold...US$ 1,200.00
Closed..Mar-02-2021, 10:57:19 EST
Sold For 1200
Sale No: 753
Lot No: 4066
Symbol: Cat No: 14, 15, 13
1855, 10¢ green, type II, III & I (Scott 14, 15, 13),vertical strip of 3 with the type III bottom "shells" trimmed away, tied by Washington D.C. c.d.s.'s, Jul 20, 1857, on a folded cover to Mexico; the rate was 20¢ per half-ounce so the apparent double weight letter was (manuscript) "Returned for postage due 10 cts" and a fourth 10¢ (type II) was added and tied by another Washington c.d.s. (Aug, day not struck up); handstamped "12" (reales due) and a partial Aug 23 Vera Cruz oval; cosmetically refolded at the bottom, Fine to Very Fine, with a 1996 P.F. certificate. Scott $4,250 for strip of 3 off-cover Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
1855, 10¢ green, type IV (Scott 16), recut at top & bottom, position 64L1, clear to large margins except just in at the upper right, leaving both recuts plainly visible, tied by a neat Sonora, Cal. c.d.s. on a cover to Augusta, Ga.; edge repairs, reduced just a bit at both ends, Very Fine appearance. Scott $2,450 Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
1855, 10¢ green, type IV (Scott 16), recut at top, large margins all around but creased, tied by beautifully struck Saratoga Springs, N.Y. c.d.s.'s on a cover to Oroville, California (an agricultural town in California's Central Valley), with a corner card at top left for a hotel in Kalamazoo, Mich. (somebody was traveling), Very Fine aside from the crease. Scott $1,900 Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
1855, 10¢ green, type IV (Scott 16), recut at the bottom, position 74L1, three huge margins, just cut in at the upper left, tied by a partial Jul 20 New Orleans c.d.s. on a folded outer address leaf, with a light vertical file fold to the left of the stamp, addressed to Havana, Cuba, handstamped "NA" & "1", backstamped Havana on Jul 23, Very Fine, with 2021 Crowe certificate. Scott $2,100 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
1851, 12¢ gray black (Scott 17),horizontal pair, good margins except just touching at upper and lower right, canceled with black grid on an 1853 folded letter from New York to London, postmarked with a red "New 3 York, Apr 16" while a red Apr 26 London receiver ties the pair, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $750 Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
1851, 12¢ gray black (Scott 17),horizontal pair, just in at the left, touching at upper right and lower right. tied by one of two back grids on an 1857 cover to London, England with a faint "New 19 York, Jul 28" exchange office c.d.s. and light red Aug 11 London Paid c.d.s. also tying the pair, Very Fine. Scott $750 Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
1851, 12¢ gray black (Scott 17), pair, ample margins on 3 sides, touching along top, tied on an 1852 folded letter from Brooklyn, New York to England, Fine. Scott $750 Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
1861, 1¢ blue, type I (Scott 18), pair (natural straight edge at right) and single, barely tied by grid cancels on a cover with neat Saratoga Springs, N.Y. postmark, addressed to a lady in Flint, Michigan, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,675 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
1857, 1¢ blue, type Ia (Scott 19), a pretty plate 4 single with the perfs into the design at the bottom, cutting off the type characteristics, but plated as position 98R4, tied by a light grid cancel on a clean, locally addressed Boston cover, Very Fine. A more affordable example of the rare type Ia on cover., with a 2008 P.F. certificate identifying the position. Scott $9,500 Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
1857, 1¢ blue, type II (Scott 20), plate 4, a Fine single, position 91L4, tied by a partial Jan 29 New Orleans c.d.s. on an 1859 Prices Current to Philadelphia, Very Fine, with a 2017 P.F. certificate identifying the position. Scott $1,500 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
1857, 1¢ blue, type III (Scott 21), strong and bright example, tied to locally addressed folded letter (Protest of a Promissory Note) by clear Syracuse NY postmark dated DEC 3 1857; stamp nicely centered for top and bottom ornaments, with a few scissors-blunted perforations at top left; plate and position numbers penciled at bottom left of cover face (though not noted or verified on accompanying certificate), Very Fine, a nice first-year usage, with 1981 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,900 Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
1857, 1¢ blue, types III & IIIa (Scott 21, 22), two of the rare type IIIa and a type III, all with the perfs into the design at the top cutting off the top frame break but plated as positions 66R4, 60R4 & 70R4, the last two just showing a bit of the sheet margin imprint on the right perforation tips, tied by Camden, Me. on a small, neat cover to Belfast, Me., Fine to Very Fine. An affordable example of two rare type IIIs on cover., with a 2011 P.F. certificate identifying the position. Scott $4,075 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
1857, 1¢ blue, type IV (Scott 23), a Fine strip of 3, positions 86-88R1L, tied by light Chicago c.d.s.'s on a cover to North Hadley, Mass.; left stamp with a few shortish perforations at the left, cover with a small piece out at the upper left edge, Fine, with 2017 P.F. and 2005 A.P.S. certificates. Scott $2,750 strip off cover Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
1857, 1¢ blue, type IV (Scott 23), position 74L1L, recut once at top and once at bottom, nice margins for this issue, used on a printed bank cover to Utica, N.Y.; a bit of a cover stain at right, otherwise Very Fine. Scott $1,000 Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
1857, 3¢ rose, type II (Scott 25A), position 57R2L, tied by Hatfield, Mass. c.d.s. on a small cover to New York, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $950 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
