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1862, 5¢ red brown (Scott 75), pair tied by beautifully struck San Francisco cog cancels on a transcontinental cover to New York (trust us, it really is going to New York although the address is a bit faded), Fine to Very Fine overall. Scott $1,125 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
1862, 5¢ red brown (Scott 75), tied by a black grid on an 1863 folded address leaf to Amsterdam, Holland with manuscript "P. Persia, Open Mail Via Ostend", a red "N. York. Br. Pkt./ … /Jun 17" c.d.s. (rate not struck up), two manuscript rate markings and a sender's oval handstamp; backstamped London, Jun 29, and Amsterdam, Jun 30, Very Fine. Scott $700 Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
1862, 5¢ red brown + 10¢ green (Scott 75, 68), paying the 15¢ French Mail rate on a really lovely 1866 folded letter sheet from San Francisco via New York (faint red postmark) to Bordeaux, France, with numerous backstamps, Very Fine. Scott $755 Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
1866, 15¢ black (Scott 77), a lovely 1866 cover, the stamp at upper left tied by a fancy geometric cancel; addressed to Paris, France, with red boxed "PD" handstamp, "New Paid York/12" foreign mail cancel and French July 23, 1866 receiver; black receiver (date unclear) on reverse, Very Fine, a handsome cover. Scott $225 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
1867, 3¢ rose, A. grill (Scott 79), an outstanding example with fully intact perforations, tied by New York segmented open grid and postmark on a pre-printed return envelope to Penn National Bank in Philadelphia; light edge discoloration on lower left of envelope, not mentioned on the accompanying certificate, Fine to Very Fine, with a 2015 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,800 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
1867, 3¢ rose, A. grill (Scott 79), tied by a Buffalo, N.Y. duplex cancel on a fresh, clean illustrated Farm Equipment advertising cover to Alexandria Va.; stamp with top perforations clipped, Very Fine, with a 2007 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,800 Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
1867, 3¢ rose, C. grill (Scott 83), well centered and with only minor perforation flaws, tied by New York duplex cancel on a lovely cover to Plattsburgh, N.Y., with an elaborate ad at left for a brush merchant, Very Fine, with 1991 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,250 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
1867, 3¢ rose, C. grill (Scott 83), tied by a neat Kansas City, Mo. duplex on a small, clean cover to Shelby Basin, N.Y.; stamp with a tiny corner crease, otherwise Very Fine, with a 2003 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,250 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
1867, 3¢ rose, D. grill (Scott 85), a fresh, Fine-average single, tied by a neat dotted grid cancel on a clean cover from Flemington, N.J. to Boston with a Mar 18 Flemington c.d.s., Very Fine, with 1991 & 2010 A.P.S. certificates. Scott $1,250 Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
1867, 2¢ black, Z. grill (Scott 85B), tied by a bright red New York rosette-in-circle duplex, Feb 18 (1868), on a locally addressed cover with the sender's blue oval datestamp at the lower left; stamp with a few perforation faults, cover with a small tear at the top, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. An early usage of the 2¢ Z. grill; Scott's EDU on cover is January 20. Scott $1,300 Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
1867, 3¢ rose, Z. grill (Scott 85C), unusual centering (southward) but sound, tied by fancy New York duplex cancel on a neat and clean cover to a lady in Sing Sing, N.Y., a Very Fine cover, this issue—even off-center—is very scarce on cover. Scott $3,750 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
1867, 1¢ blue, E. grill (Scott 86), 3 singles on a cover to West Bridgewater, Vt., with legible railway agent's postmark of the Fitchburg Cheshire & Rutland & Burlington R.R., Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,400 Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
1867, 30¢ orange, F. grill (Scott 100), tied by a Jul 18 Washington, D.C. (?) quartered cork duplex, on an 1868 cover to Paris, France with a red "New Paid York/6" exchange office c.d.s., a red boxed "PD" and a blue Aug 2 French entry c.d.s.; no backstamps; stamp perforations extend above the edge of the cover, but apparently with no adverse effect, Very Fine. Scott $1,800 Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
1869, 3¢ ultramarine (Scott 114), a southward shifted single on a cover from Albany, N.Y. to a lady in New York City, with a most attractive multicolor ad for "Monograms by Gavit & Co.", a Very Fine cover (forget the stamp, the lovely ad is the key). Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
1869, 6¢ ultramarine (Scott 115), canceled with a small circle-of-wedges duplexed with a Lonsdale, R.I. c.d.s., Sep 10 (1869) on a small Dove & Scroll cover to Port Hood, Cape Breton and redirected to Princetown, Prince Edward Island; manuscript "Schooner Saml. E. Sawyer" and several backstamps including Halifax, N.S. (Oct 13), Moncton, N.B. (Oct 16) and Princetown, P.E.I. (Oct 20), Fine, scarce destination. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
1869, 12¢ green (Scott 117), tied to 1869 "R.G. Hatfield, Architect" corner card cover to England by a black flower fancy cancel; red "New York/Paid All" and "London E.C./C/ PAID/B/22 MY 69" receiver; edge wear (stamp unaffected) and some opening damage on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $450 Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (Scott 118), a fresh, Fine example tied by an Oct 28 San Francisco duplex on an exceptionally clean 1872 cover sent from the French Consulate in San Francisco to Villepreux, France with a red Nov 10 "New Paid York/6" exchange office c.d.s., a blue Nov 22 French entry c.d.s., a small red boxed "PD" and a Nov 22 Villepereux backstamp, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,800 Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (Scott 118), a fresh, Very Fine single tied by a cork cancel on an insufficiently prepaid cover from New York to Paris, France, May 25, 1869; with a "New 24 York" exchange office c.d.s., a straightline "Insufficiently Paid", a blue Jun 5 French entry c.d.s., and a large "16" due handstamp; no backstamps; slightly trimmed at the top, Fine to Very Fine, with 1996 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,800 Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
1869, 15¢ brown & blue, type I (Scott 118), a fresh, Fine example tied by a cork cancel on a clean 1869 folded address leaf from New Orleans to Bordeaux, France with a Dec 9 New Orleans c.d.s., a red Dec 14 "New Paid York/6" exchange office c.d.s., a blue Dec 26 French entry c.d.s., a small boxed "PD" handstamp and two French backstamps, Very Fine, with a 2018 A.P.E.X. certificate. Scott $1,800 Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
