Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1194
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EARLY TO MODERN, MINT & USED COLLECTION IN THREE VOLUMES: A basic collection of representative earlies with values to 30c. Inc. Columbian issues to 15c, Omaha Exhib. to 10c, Farragut $1, 1922 set to $5, etc. Pre-1930s predominantly used, then entirely mint from 1960s to 1999. Modern mint inc. many sheetlets plus 'Celebrate the Century' set of 10 sheets. Some Dues, Officials, Pre-cancels, Souvenir sheets, etc also Shanghai 4c & 20c. Worth a look. (Very many 100s) (Image)
Opening GBP 120.00
Sold...GBP 170.00
Closed..Mar-06-2024, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1197
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EARLY 20th C. MINT & USED COLLECTION: 'Lighthouse' printed album with a 1903-1964 mixed mint & used collection. High degree of completion for basic issues noting 1916-17 $2 & $5 defins. used, 1918-20 $2 & $5 used and 1922-25 set to $5 used, 1929 "Nebraska" set to 10c used and "Kansa" part set to 10c mixed mint & used, then appears complete to 1964 inc. Airs (no Zeppelins) with a range of 'back of book' types. (Few 100s) (Image)
Opening GBP 80.00
Sold...GBP 85.00
Closed..Mar-06-2024, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1198
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19th & EARLY 20th C. ACCUMULATION OF CARDS/COVERS PLUS PRIVATE POSTS: Diverse range of early covers, inc. pre-stamp & stampless, Postal stationery, printed commercial covers, etc. Includes 1848 sailor's letter from Boston to New York with interesting contents, undated internal NY cover franked with 2c 'Blackjack' (with grill) cancelled by bright blue cork cancel, c.1860s illustrated patriotic cover insc. "Our ARMY and NAVY forever./Three cheers for the Red, White and Blue" franked with 3c brown Franklin, address unclear; Cover from NY International Philatelic Exhibition to Nebraska bearing 2c White Plains issue cancelled 18 Oct. 1926 (FDI), etc. Lot also inc a range of early 'Private Post' singles inc. W.D McNish, Nashville (3 x 5c values), United States City Despatch Post 3c black on brown, Broad Way Post-Office (no value) cut to shape and 1898 Trans-Mississippi Expedition $1 black used but thinned. (c.115 covers/cards plus 7 stamps) (Image)
Opening GBP 140.00
Sold...GBP 170.00
Closed..Mar-06-2024, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1199
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DERBY Ct. + DARBY Pa. - PRESTAMP MARKINGS INC. EARLIEST KNOWN DATE, "PAID", "Way", ETC.; 1791-c.1835 stampless covers to US addresses inc. a good range of very fine Derby (Ct.) markings; red 1791 "PAID" (EKD & unrecorded colour), 1800 "DERBY" (only known for 1800; with m/s date & "Way 9"), 1803/23 pair of different fancy oval d.s. (brown m/s date or red all h.s.), and 1842 banner red "PAID" with matching oval d.s. Plus c.1835 with m/s "Darby P./Sept. 9". Fine lot. (5 covers) (Image)
Opening GBP 160.00
Sold...GBP 170.00
Closed..Mar-06-2024, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1200
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DERBY Vt. + DERBY Ct. - PAIR OF X-BORDER 1829 COVERS TO CANADA OR FROM CANADA TO G.B.; Very fine 24 Mar. 1829 E from Barnston LC to London with v. fine "STANSTEAD/L.C" cds & matching "PAID" on the front with m/s "Derby Vt" m/s transit mark; rare thus on a Transatlantic cover. Plus 28 Sept. 1829 EL from "DERBY Ct." (faint red oval d.s.) to Gananoque with partly fine rare Niagara Handstruck "American [1/3]/British do [1/1]/[= total to collect] 2/4" on the front. Good pair. (2 covers) [The first ex Bill Collie.]Cross Reference: CANADA, TRANSATLANTIC MAIL (Image)
Opening GBP 220.00
Sold...GBP 240.00
Closed..Mar-06-2024, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1201
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DERBY Vt. - PAIR OF POSTMASTER's OWN "FREE" LETTERS - RED OVAL OR SCARCE BLACK 3-RING D.S.; 1834 EL to Hanover NH (contents from Postmaster) endorsed "Free M. Leslie P.M." on the front with v. fine red oval "DERBY-LINE/VT" mark; plus 18 May 1838 EL from the new Postmaster ("E.S. Johnson") to a fellow-Postmaster in Hartford Ct. with good contents ref. the Cross-Border mails system; "...we have 4 mails per week to and from Montreal, twice by St. Johns in little more than a day, and twice via Granby & Sherbrooke..." with great detail, also endorsed "Free" but with a very fine scarce black 3-ring "DERBY LINE Vt." partly m/s-dated mark on the front. Rare pair. (2 covers)Cross Reference: FREES (Image)
Opening GBP 110.00
Sold...GBP 110.00
Closed..Mar-06-2024, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1202
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RARE FANCY INTAGLIO "DERBY-LINE/V.T." 'BEEHIVE' MARKS ON X-BORDER COVERS EX CANADA; Jan./Feb. 1837 pair of ELs (filing creases) to New York from near Quebec and each with Cross-Border rates but both also with very fine (crease) or partly fine (no crease) in black or reddish-brown and each with manuscript date in centre. Rare usages of this unique distinctive mark of the Vermont Border exchange P.O. In May 2016 a very fine strike of this elusive mark on an internal US cover in Siegels realised $3,500+BP![First ex Grant Glassco, 1969, the other ex Dorothy Sanderson.]Cross Reference: CANADA (Image)
Opening GBP 300.00
Sold...GBP 420.00
Closed..Mar-06-2024, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1203
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DERBY-LINE Vt. - PAIR OF X-BORDER COVERS FROM CANADA TO NY/LANCASTER NH.; Mar./Aug. 1840 pair of ELs from Richmond LC/Sherbrooke LC to New York or to Lancaster NH; each with very fine red oval "DERBY-LINE/VT" m/s-dated mark; the first with two Richmond red "PAID" marks for split rates, and the other with single black Sherbrooke "PAID". Both very attractive. (2 covers)Cross Reference: CANADA (Image)
Opening GBP 85.00
Sold...GBP 85.00
Closed..Mar-06-2024, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1205
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19th CENTURY COVER COLLECTION: Album with a selection of covers inc. a trio of somewhat distressed Civil War patriotic covers/front, group of c.1860s 3c brown (Franklin) covers (15) with large circular cancels, one on printed env. of U.S. Marshall's Office, Cleveland plus later mainly 2c & 3c frankings. (43 covers) (Image)
Opening GBP 65.00
Sold...GBP 70.00
Closed..Mar-06-2024, 03:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1206
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EARLY 'GRILL' STAMPS: Group of four inc. 1861-66 2c black mint (heavy hinge) with "E" grill (Sc.87 $1,700), 3c rose used with "E" grill and 15c black used with "F" grill (Sc.98 $275). Also an unused (no gum) example of 1873 6c dull pink with "J" grill (Sc.159b $1,800 for gummed - this stamp has misaligned perfs at lower edge). The 6c stamp is accompanied by two US Certs. (Philatelic Foundation & S.P.A.). Lot also inc. a group of 5 circular 'cut-outs' removed from Federal Stamped Revenue Papers embossed for use in the state of Virginia c.1814-15. (4) (Image)
Opening GBP 180.00
Sold...GBP 200.00
Closed..Mar-06-2024, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 856
Lot No: 1207
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SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE COVER SENT 3 DAYS AFTER THE QUAKE - FREE MAIL TO G.B.: Stampless env. with poor 21 Apr. 1906 San Francisco duplex endorsed ms 'Earthquake env. free post/20th April 1906' with 7 May 1906 Sidcup cds on back. No postage due applied. Unusual item, rare to overseas address. Plus unused contemporary colour PPC showing earthquake damage. (2 items) Cross Reference: CRASH/WRECK MAIL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Image)
