CARRIER/PAID/1 CENT blue handstamp on orange drop cover, cover wear and wrinkles at left, otherwise very fine and very rare Baltimore City carrier cover, with only five examples recorded; this is the only handstamp specifically attributed to the carrier department. (Image)

Est. $300-400

#6LB2, U.S. City Despatch Post, 3c Black on rosy buff, pos. 24L, unused (no gum as always), huge margins all around, including showing the full outer frame lines on three sides, bold impression on fresh paper, small thinned spots as nearly always, extremely fine appearance, one of the finest examples among the mere ten recorded; ex-Hall; 2001 PF certificate, (Image)

CV. $5,000.00

#6LB10, U.S. Mail, New York, N.Y., 1c Black on yellow glazed, ample margins all around, tied by clear strike of red "Paid" handstamp to blue folded folded cover addressed locally, stamp with corner crease, still very fine; scarce with tying handstamp. (Image)

CV. $350.00

#7LB4, U.S.P.O., Philadelphia, Pa., 1c Black on rose with "L S", full frame lines at top and bottom and partial frame line at right, tied by blue "Philada Pa./May 18" datestamp with integral "5" rate to piece, very fine and scarce; ex-Caspary and Golden. (Image)

CV. $500.00

#8LB1, U.S. Penny Post, St. Louis, Mo., 2c Black, Ty. I, unused (no gum), large to huge margins all around, including showing frame lines from adjacent stamps on three sides, rich color and crisp impression on fresh paper, faint vertical crease, extremely fine appearance; only four unused examples have been recorded; ex-Hind, Hunter, Boker and Golden; signed Colson and accompanied by 1999 PF certificate. (Image)

CV. $7,000.00

#8LB2, U.S. Penny Post, St; Louis, Mo., 2c Black, Ty. II, unused (no gum), clear to large margins except where cutting the outer frame line at left, bright and fresh, small natural translucency, still very fine and rare; with only nine examples recorded; ex-Middendorf and Golden; 1991 and 1999 PF certificates. (Image)

CV. $6,000.00

#1L4, Adams & Co.'s Express, 25c Black with "Over/Our California/Lines Only" overprint and with "LR" initials, unused (without gum as usual), generous even margins all around, fresh and very fine; much rarer than its catalog value would indicate; ex-Hall; 2001 PF certificate. (Image)

CV. $750.00

#3L1, Allen's City Dispatch, Chicago, Ill., Pink, tied to cover with city address by violet "Allen's City Dispatch/Dec 30 1882/125 Clark Street" company handstamp, cement dealer's corner card, fresh and very fine. (Image)

CV. $900.00

#12L1-2, 12L2a, Bicycle Mail Route, California, 25c Green, group of six items comprised on 12L1 mint and used with two-bar cancel (ex-Sloane), 12L2 mint (2), pane of six, and 12L2a in a horizontal strip of three, a couple small faults, otherwise fine-very fine. (Image)

CV. $705.00

#15L6, D.O. Blood and Co, Philadelphia, Pa., (2c) Black, tied by file fold to small folded letter carried within the city, fine and scarce; 2017 PSE certificate. (Image)

CV. $1,250.00

#15L9, D.O. Blood & Co., (2c) Black, cut-to-shape and uncancelled on cover to West Hartford, Ct., entered the mails with blue "Philada, Pa./Apr 27" datestamp with integral "5 cts" rate, includes the 1846 dated original enclosure, very fine; 2018 PF certificate. (Image)

CV. $500.00

#15L18, Blood's Penny Post, (1c) Black, large margins all around, tied by red "1" in oval cancel to lady's cover with matching Blood's double circle datestamp, entered the mails with 3c Dull red (#26) tied by open grid and with matching octagonal "Philadelphia, Pa.,Nov 22, 1858" datestamp, cover with tear and stained spot affecting the Philadelphia datestamp, otherwise fine and rare; the red cancellation was only in use for five days from 22-26 November, 1858, with only sixteen examples recorded, of which this is an earliest recorded example. (Image)

Est. $200-300

20L25, Boyd's City Express, New York, N.Y., 1c Black on blue, ample to large margins, tied to yellow cover by company handstamp, Lord & Taylor corner card, stamp with usual creasing, otherwise very fine. (Image)

CV. $500.00

#20L45, Boyd's City Express, New York, N.Y., (1c) Black on blue, perf. 12, nicely centered and tied to fresh cover by serrated oval Ty. 29 company handstamp, extremely fine. (Image)

CV. $200.00

#29L1, Browne & Co.'s City Post Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1c Black, large margins to just touching, tied by black "City Post" cancel to the reverse of an embossed lady's cover to Covington, Kentucky, entered to mails with 3c Brownish carmine (#11A) which is uncancelled but for traces of blue ink from postmark offset on the back, blue "Cincinnati, O./Jun 21" datestamp with integral "5" rate on front, very fine and rare; 2013 PF certificate. (Image)

CV. $2,750.00

#29L1, Browne & Co.'s City Post Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1c Black, mostly large margins to clear at lower left, uncancelled on cover front only with blue embossed carpenter'scorner card, entered the mails with 3c Dull red (#11) tied by blue "Cincinnati, O./Dec 7" datestamp, addressed to Moreheadsville, Pa., fine; ex-Gallagher; Scott catalog value for a full cover is $2,750.00 (Image)

Est. $200-300

#29L2, Browne & Co.'s City Post Office, Cincinnati, O., 2c Black, huge margins to touching at top, including a sheet-margin at left, uncancelled, on large piece with 3c Dull red (#11A) tied by blue "Cincinnati, Ohil/Apr 3" datestamp, fine and scarce usage of the 2c Browne's stamp; a full cover carries a Scott catalog value of $4,500.00; 2011 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $200-300

#59L1, Douglas' City Despatch, New York, N.Y., (1c) Pink, tied by violet handstamp to locally addressed blue cover with Acker, Merrall & Condit corner card, ms. "May 3/79" docket, very fine. (Image)

CV. $300.00

#68L1, Floyd's Penny Post, Chicago, Ill., (1c) Blue, unused (no gum), bright and fresh, mostly large margins to well clear at right, very fine; unused examples are exceedingly rare; listed in Scott but not priced unused; 2001 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

#71L4, Glen Haven Daily Mail, Glen Haven, N.Y., 1c Black on green, huge margins to just touching at right, corner crease at top right not noted on the certificate, on cover to New York City with embossed corner card of "Harriet N. Austin/Water Cure Physician", entered the mails with 3c Dull red (#11) tied by "Scott, N.Y./Feb 17" datestamp, cover with some water staining, otherwise fine and rare; 1990 PF certificate. (Image)

CV. $1,000.00

#75L1, Hale & Co., (6c) Light blue, large margins to just touching, including a sheet margin, tied by by horizontal file fold to 1845 folded letter to New York and cancelled by a large bold manuscript "R", red oval "Forwarded/by/Hale & Co./from/37 S. Third Street/Philadelphia" handstamp, stamp with stained spot at top right, otherwise fine; 2000 PF certificate. (Image)

Est. $150-200

#89L1, Jenkins' Camden Dispatch, Camden, N.J., (1c) Black, Halstead Ty 4, ample even margins all around, tied by two red crayon strokes to buff cover addressed to N. Camden, part of backflap missing and some mathematical doodles, very fine and rare; one of the most attractive of the mere ten or so covers recorded; ex-Schwartz; 2017 PSE certificate. (Image)

CV. $3,000.00

#92L1, Kellogg's Penny Post and City Despatch, Cleveland, Ohio, (1c) Vermilion, large margins to close but clear at bottom left, rich fresh color, tied to small piece by grid cancel, with a portion of a red c.d.s. at upper left, very fine; one of the nicest examples among the six or seven known off cover stamps; ex-Caspary, Boker and Golden; 1957 PF certificate. (Image)

CV. $1,750.00

#146L1, Whittelsey's Express, Chicago, Ill., 2c Red, tied to small piece by blue oval "Whittelsey's Letter Express" handstamp, clear to mostly large margins, vivid rich color, small tear at upper left, very fine appearance; only six used examples have been recorded, ex-Hennan and Golden 1999 PF certificate. (Image)

CV. $6,000.00

#153L1, Hackney & Bolte Penny Post, Atlantic City, N.J., (1c) Black on red die cut, uncancelled on reverse of 1c postal card (#UX8) cancelled by two strikes of "Atlantic City, N.J./May 25, 1886" duplex postmark, Philadelphia transit c.d.s., mailed by Hackney to an Akron, Ohio stamp dealer, very fine; ex-Golden. (Image)

CV. $1,500.00