Used, avg-fine, 1863, 4c slate, Playing Cards. Manuscript cancel with "63". One short perf at top. (SCV $700)

Used, vertical imperf pair, 25c Life Insurance, brown. Manuscript cancel. Right margin cuts in on top stamp. Small thins and corner tear. (SCV $150)

Used, F-VF, block of 6, reinforced perf separations. Bottom right stamp thinned. Creases and other small faults. Pen cancelled. (SCV $240+)

Used, imperf horizontal pair, 25c Warehouse Recpt. It has a manuscript and an embossed cancel. Embossing strike was hard enough to remove some paper in the lettering. There are 3 small holes from the centers of the "O"'s in the readable portion of the embossed words "COURT OF COMMON.....) Small toning spot on back. (SCV $250)

Used, F-VF, silk paper with 5/13/71 manuscript cancel. Sound. (SCV $85)

Used, imperf pair, first Issue $1.50 Inland Exchange, blue. Imperf pair. Small faults. Left margin cuts in at upper left. Manuscript cancel. Deep color. (SCV $140)

Superb double-strike hand stamp HENRY CHAUNCEY straight-line cancel of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. The PMSC acquired the right to transport mail under contract from the United States Government. SS Henry Chauncey (1864–1877): Launched October 1864 for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and entered the New York to Aspinwall service on November 1, 1865 and remained on this route until 1869. She burned at sea on August 16, 1871 off the Carolina Coast. The hull was rebuilt and she was eventually scrapped in 1877. Sound stamp. (Est $50-100)

Used, fine, silk paper with Feb 16, 1871 manuscript cancel. (SCV $40)

Used, F-VF, silk paper with May 10, 1871 manuscript cancel. (SCV $40)

Used, silk paper with 8/19/1870 manuscript cancel. Small thin, otherwise F-VF. (SCV $160)

Used, VF, $15 Mortgage, deep, rich color. Light cancel. Faint crease that does not affect the face of the stamp. (SCV $300)

Used, fine, first Issue $25 Mortgage, red. Nice oval SON cancel. (SCV $250)

Used, VF imperf, first Issue $50 U.S. Internal Revenue, green. Manuscript cancel (June 16, 1864). Large margins. Fresh color. Horizontal crease. (SCV $325)

Used, fine, 1864 First Issue $200 U.S. Int. Rev., green and red. Perf fault and small tear at bottom. Manuscript cancel. Light horizontal crease. (SCV $950)

Used, F-VF, second issue $10 blue and black. Manuscript cancel. Fresh color. Horizontal crease and tiny shallow thin. Hinge remnant. (SCV $230)

Used, avg-fine, $50 blue and black with a manuscript cancel, (Nov 1, 1871). Hard to find stamp, missing from many collections. Good color. Light horizontal creases. (SCV $1400)

Used, fine, Third issue 2c orange and black with inverted center. Violet paper with silk fibers. Manuscript cancel. Signed and POB. 2018PSE cert states "it is genuine used, center inverted with a small corner crease at the bottom right." (SCV $475)

Used, fine, Third issue, 1874 2c orange and black on green paper. Manuscript cancel. Hinge remnant. Fresh color. 2018 PSE cert states "it is genuine used, center inverted.". (SCV $575)

Used, F-VF, Series 1948 overprinted, $1000, carmine. Stamped cancel. POB. (SCV $125)

Used, fine, 1958 without overprint, carmine. Manuscript and cut cancels. (SCV $90)

Used, VF, cut cancel, $5000 Stock Transfer, Series 1947 overprinted. $5000, bright green. Blunt perfs at left. Toning/stains. (SCV $500)

Used, F-VF, $10,000 Stock Transfer, Series 1949 overprinted. $10,000, bright green. Stains from adhesives and a small toning spot. (SCV $475)

Used, VF complete set of 1916 Wine stamps ($20, $40, $50 and $100) with tabs. Perf 12 at left. Light cancels. Two staple holes on RE59 that are not readily visible on the face of the stamp. Nice set. (SCV $412.50)

MH, F-VF complete set Potato Tax, some gum disturbance and toning on a few stamps. Strong, rich colors. (SCV $140.50)

Complete booklet with interleaving. 2 lb Tax Exempt Potatoes, definitive booklet of 192, black on white cover. Cover has a scuff at upper right and light barely bends, but otherwise F-VF condition. (SCV $200)