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STAMPLESS COVERS

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LOUISVILLE & NEW ORLEANS PACKET/BUNKER HILL/No. 3 mostly clear red oval Mississippi and Ohio river packet boat handstamp on fresh 1849 folded letter from New Orleans to Louisville, unusually well struck, choice very fine; 2011 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

Pr STEAMER GODDESS OF LIBERTY, bold red double oval Mississippi river packet boat handstamp on exceptionally fresh 1843 partially printed folded bill of lading to St. Louis, neat docketing at left, extremely fine and rare; 2011 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

Full Rigged Ship illustrated postmark, fresh folded letter with integral address leaf datelined "Whampoa (China) April 5, 1834" to Capt. William Allen at Salem, Mass. and endorsed "pr Globe", entered the mails with red octagonal "Phila/6/Oct" datestamp and manuscript "39" rate, plus a mostly clear strike of full rigged ship postmark, very fine; a new discovery, being one of only two "full rigged ship" handstamps applied to a cover from China, the other being the example sold by us as lot 1172 in the auction of the Floyd Risvold collection on 27-29 January, 2010, which realized an impressive $62,500.00 plus the buyer's premium.The Globe was an early American merchant sailing vessel and a predecessor of the Clippers, with an average speed of not over three knots per hour. A "slow boat to China" in other words. It is said that the Globe "would beat her head three times against a billow and then fall off and sail around it." This cover arrived in Philadelphia after a long and tedious journey of almost six months and was carried on the same trip as the Risvold example. (Image)

Est. $10,000-15,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

POSTMASTER PROVISIONALS

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9X1

#9X1, New York, N.Y., 5c Black Postmaster Provisional, signed ACM connected, (Image)

$725.00

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

9X1b

#9X1b, New York, N.Y. 5c Black Postmaster Provisional, signed A.C.M., four large to very large even margins, blue manuscript cancel, on 1845 folded letter to Philadelphia, red "New-York/5 cts./6 Nov" datestamp and matching "Paid" in arc, very fine; 2012 PF certificate; ex-Seybold. (Image)

$850.00

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

1847 ISSUE

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#1, 5c Brown, right sheet-margin single, with ample to huge margins all around, except just touching at the top left corner, small piece of foreign matter adheres to the right frame line, tied by red circular grid to folded letter dateline at Eastport, Maine on 10 October, 1848 and with ms. "Steam boat mail" directive, entered the mails to Alfred, Maine with red "Boston/13 Oct/10cts" datestamp, apparently applied in error and with red "Steam" handstamp applied on arrival in Maine, very fine and unusual usage.An accompanying letter by Creighton Hart explains the usage: "The 5c cover with STEAM is an interesting cover. It kind of puzzles me why the letter would be datelined Eastport, Me and have a Boston postmark. Three days elapsed between the writing at Eastport on Oct. 10th and the Boston postmark of Oct. 13th. My guess is that the writer carried it to Boston and mailed it upon arrival, perhaps thinking it could get faster carriage from Boston to Alfred, Me than from Eastport. Anyway, the STEAM is rarely seen on east coast '47 covers. The STEAM shows the letter was carried by a non-contract coastal steamer from Boston to Alfred. The ship captain collected 2c for doing so. The STEAM postal marking is frequently seen on letters carried on the Hudson River. You have an unusual cover here. (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

#2, 10c Black, striking single with large to huge margins all around, including showing portions of adjacent stamps at both top and bottom, just tied by blue grid cancel to folded cover to Pittsburgh, Pa., matching "Detroit, Mich/Jun 4" datestamp, extremely fine. (Image)

$1,450.00

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

1851 - 1856 ISSUE

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10A

#10A, 3c Orange brown, Ty. II, pos. 81R2E, clear to large margins, tied by blue grid cancel to buff cover to Exeter, N.H., matching "Eastern R. R./Apr 23" route agent's datestamp, extremely fine; 2012 PF certificate; ex-Neinken. (Image)

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction

11A

#11A, 3c Dull red, type II, pos. 44L3, tied by cork cancel to 1853 folded cover to Pittsburg, Pa., with "Louisville & St. Louis S. B." route agent's datestamp, very fine; 2012 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction

1857 - 1861 ISSUE

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#26, 3c Dull red, Ty. II, tied by "Mohawk, N.Y./Sep 21" datestamp to Lincoln-Hamlin campaign cover to Pawlingsville, N.Y., cover with a small repaired hole at center, otherwise very fine; illustrated in Milgram on page 58 (Image)

Est. $150-200

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

26 var.

#26 var., 3c Rose red, cracked plate, pos. 71L18, intense color and strong impression allowing the plate crack to be clearly visible, tied to buff cover with original enclosure to St. Paul, Minn. by neat blue "Constantine, Mich./Jul 9" datestamp, 1858 docket at bottom left, extremely fine; 2012 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

26A

#26A, 3c Dull red, Ty. IV, rich color, tied by >BGreen (Image)

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction

30A

#30A, 5c Brown, Ty. II, horizontal strip of three tied by bold red grid pmks. on cover to Paris, France, red New York exchange c.d.s., blue Havre octagonal handstamp also tied two adhesives, stamps are nicely centered and fresh, backflap missing and stamps with a few pulled perfs, still very fine; 1998 PF certificate not mentioning pulled perforations and a 2012 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $400-500

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

#35, 10c Green, Ty. V, beautifully centered, but with pre-affixing tear, cancelled by grid and with matching "Biddeford, Me./Dec 3, 1860" datestamp alongside on cover to San Francisco with ms. "Overland Mail/via St. Louis" directive, cover with overall even toning on front and reduced at right, still a fine and unusual usage, as nearly all mail from Maine to the west coast was send by ocean mail; ex-Neinken. (Image)

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction

1861 - 1866 ISSUES

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#63, 1c Blue, rich color, tied by san-serif "PAID" handstamp to orange cover to Medway, Mass. with unsealed flap, matching "Clappville, Ms/May 10" datestamp at bottom left, very fine; 2012 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

#63, 1c Blue, three singles, tied to each other or to cover to Lowell, Mass. by separate strikes of "PAID" in lozenge (Skinner-Eno PMK-PF12), matching balloon style "Grantville, Mass./Jun 30" datestamp, very fine; 2012 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

64b

#64b, 3c Rose pink, well centered, trivial perforation tip toning, tied by "Washington, D.C./Nov 3, 1861" datestamp to "The Soldier's Dream of Home" all-over multicolored patriotic cover to Massachusetts, very fine and striking; 2010 PF certificate (Image)

Est. $300-400

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction

#65, 3c Rose, tied by bold initial "G" fancy cancel (Rohloff K-7) to cover to Danbury, Ct., matching double circle "Waterbury, Con/Sep 6, '66" datestamp alongside, some scattered toning spots, otherwise very fine; 1990 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

#65, 3c Rose, tied by double circle Montpellier, Vermont year dated datestamp to fresh beardless Lincoln campaign cover published by Merrill & Sons of Concord, N.H. (Milgram AL28) to Medfield, Mass., very fine; 2012 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $500-750

SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

#65, 3c Rose, grid cancel, on waving flag patriotic cover to Wappinger Falls, N.Y., matching "Fishkill, N.Y./Feb 10" datestamp and well impressed circular colorless embossed corner card of Fishkill Savings Institute depicting a bee hive at center, fresh and extremely fine; 2012 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $200-300

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

UNITED STATES STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY

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