Sale No: 5103
Lot No: 7315
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Cat No: July 23
Prince Edward Island, 1852 (July 23), folded letter sent Liverpool to Charlotte Town, a near-complete (two rectangles of text (names?) cut from the letter) entire from the Mrs. Graham correspondence between London and Charlotte Town; cover front datelined "July 21st/1852" and franked by Scott Great Britain #4 (three margins) and #5 (two clear margins), each cancelled by gridded diamond "17", the Embossed issue tied by Liverpool "L/JY23/A" octagonal dater; handstruck ornate "2" in red below; reverse bears "DS/JY—22/1852" despatch and PEI P5 arrival (AU 6, struck lightly across join), Very Fine, a cover with great eye-appeal and color. (Image)
Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 120.00
Closed..Jun-07-2020, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 5103
Lot No: 7317
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Prince Edward Island, 1855-65, three covers from the US to Charlotte Town, the first an 1855 stampless cover with straightline "PAID" and circled-10 handstamp in red, sent from Portsmouth, ME; the other two covers franked by #68, one sent from Salem, MA (Oct. 4, 1862), the second Boston (Mar. 13, 1865); Boston cover stamp with cropped top, but tied by both geometric cancel and by red Boston dater; receivers on reverse, the Portsmouth cover bearing two additional transits, including a St-Andrews/N.B. in blue, Very Fine, an interesting trio. (Image)
Opening US$ 45.00
Sold...US$ 45.00
Closed..Jun-07-2020, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 45
Sale No: 5103
Lot No: 7321
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Prince Edward Island, 1859 (Sept. 17), registered cover to London from Charlotte Town, a great example of 19th-century idiot-proofing, with four "Registered" markings on the face: the first from the origin post office in manuscript, reading "Registered 332"; a second "Reg 6, 4/10" in red crayon; a red oval London "Registered/3 OC 59" handstamp, plus another red crown-over-arced-"Registered" handstamp at lower right; faint "Charlotte Town/SE 17/1859/PAID/P.E.I." datestamp (P24) on front, with PEI P5 datestamp in black and "London E.C./OC 3/59" red arrival on reverse; top part of backflap cut away; light toning to top of cover, nearly Very Fine, a rare example of a Registered cover—only a few are recorded, Ex-Alan Griffiths. (Image)
Opening US$ 110.00
Sold...US$ 110.00
Closed..Jun-07-2020, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 5103
Lot No: 7322
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Cat No: 3
Prince Edward Island, 1861 (June 1), pretty cover sent from Charlotte Town to Tennessee, light orange envelope franked by a First Issue green 6d (#3) tied by barred oval; origin dater on reverse; adhesive with minor faults, the envelope slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, a rare on-cover usage of this stamp, and a great US Civil War tie-in as the cover was sent exactly one week before Tennessee's secession from the Union, with 2013 Greene Foundation certificate. Scott $3,000 (Image)
Scott $3,000
Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 275.00
Closed..Jun-07-2020, 21:00:00 EST
Sold For 275
Sale No: 5103
Lot No: 7324
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Prince Edward Island, 1868 (Sept. 21), octuple-rate cover sent from Charlotte Town to Port Hill, an oversized (247 x 106 mm) blue envelope bearing a single #4 plus a vertical strip of three and vertical pair of #6, all tied by indistinct barred cancels with P5 datestamp below; a few unsurprising faults given the size of the cover, Very Fine, almost certainly a unique franking, Ex-Dr. RVC Carr, with 2010 Greene Foundation certificate,
It has also been suggested that this could be considered a quintuple-rate Registered item, as postmasters were notoriously lax in marking Registered items as such. (Image)
