Sale No: 5133
Lot No:3184
Symbol:Cat No:15L13

Blood & Co., 1850 (1¢) bronze on black (Scott 15L13), acid-tied and used with a three-margin 1847 5¢ red brown (1) tied by one of two strikes of a blue "Philada. Pa./ 5 cts" c.d.s. on an 1850 folded letter from Philadelphia to Georgetown, Del.; bit of light toning affects the stamp slightly, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $2,000
Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)

Scott $2,000
Suggested Bid $350-5

Sale No: 5133
Lot No:3186
Symbol:Cat No:15L14

Blood & Co., 1854 (1¢) bronze on lilac (Scott 15L14), acid tied and used with a 3¢ dull red (11A) with line through "Three Cents" and double rosettes (position 92L1L), on a cover from Philadelphia to Princeton, N.J. with Dec 21 Blood's and Philadelphia c.d.s.s, Very Fine. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200

Sale No: 5133
Lot No:3187
Symbol:Cat No:15L18

Blood & Co., 1855 (1¢) black (Scott 15L18), canceled by a handstamped "1" and barely tied by extra cancelling ink on an illustrated advertising cover with a 3¢ dull red (26) tied by a Philadelphia octagonal datestamp, Sep 5, 1859; the back has a large illustrated ad for "H.S. Bates, Tobacco, Segars, Snuff, and Leaf Tobacco" featuring a Native American brave with a rifle and a cherub smoking a pipe; piece of flap missing affects the illustration slightly, otherwise Fine to Very Fine and quite rare.
Scott $350 ++
Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Scott $350 ++
Suggested Bid $150-

Sale No: 5133
Lot No:3188
Symbol:Cat No:75L2

Hale & Co., 1844 (6¢) red on bluish (Scott 75L2), uncanceled with a manuscript "2 cts" alongside on a folded letter to a local New York Bookseller, docketed Apr 1, 1845, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $500
Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Scott $500
Suggested Bid $200-300

Sale No: 5133
Lot No:3189
Symbol:Cat No:107L1

Metropolitan Errand and Carrier Express Co., 1855, 1¢ red orange (Scott 107L1), tied by one of two strikes of an oblong-boxed "PAID" on a locally addressed 1856 folded address leaf; one of three vertical file folds passes through the stamp, name of addressee crossed out, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $600
Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)

Scott $600
Suggested Bid $100-150

Sale No: 5133
Lot No:3190
Symbol:Cat No:136L9

Swart's City Dispatch Post, 1849-53 (1¢) red (Scott 136L9), grid-canceled (not tied) along with a 3¢ dull red (11A) tied by a May New-York c.d.s. on a small lady's envelope to Norwalk, O.; lightly docketed in pencil, "May 6, 1855", Fine.
Scott $450 if tied
Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)

Scott $450 if tied
Suggested Bid