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(Cameo) Company Cameo Corner Card Covers. 4 covers with embossed cards; including 1857 cover with blue Adams Express Co., New York, large red Metropolitan Mills, New York, green N.M. Martin Bro. & Co. of Petersburg, Va. and a blue Barcroft, Beaver & Co. of Philadelphia, Pa., Very Fine overall. Estimate  $150 - 200. $0 (Image)

(Florida) Ocala, *Flo.*. Cds (type II) with "Paid 5" handstamp with manuscript "Paid 5" (type Ab) under the handstamp on folded cover to Tallahassee, Very Fine. Estimate  $50 - 75. $0 (Image)

(Florida) Tallahassee, Flor. Red postmark (type VII) on 1842 folded cover to Virginia with manuscript "25" rate, couple small edge tears at bottom, letter with interesting contents describes voyage on mail packet from Charleston, S.C. bound for Cuba, with the writer debarking in Key West & then boarding a Brig to St. Marks, also describes Yellow Fever in Tallahassee, trival edge tears at bottom, Very Fine. Estimate  $75 - 100. $0 (Image)

(Merchant) C.C. Sadler & Co., Commission Merchants. Blue cameo corner card on cover to Townsend, Mass., franked with well centered 1857, 3¢ dull red tied by "Philadelphia, Pa., May 9" octagonal date stamp, Very Fine and choice. Scott No. 26  Estimate $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

(New Jersey) Middletown Point, Monmouth Co., N.J. 28mm postmark on 13 covers and folded letters from Samuel Mairs correspondence to Trenton, each bearing "V" rate handstamp, one with additional straight line "Paid" handstamp, covers all with enclosures mostly of personal content, postmarks mostly clear throughout, F.-V.F. or better. Estimate  $200 - 300. $0 (Image)

Estimate $400 - 600. Very little is known regarding this forgery. It is the first United States commemorative issue ever to be forged. In 1950, George B. Sloane wrote in his column regarding this item: "Some years ago I saw a counterfeit that was the most extraordinary I have ever encountered. Had the stamp been perforated and gummed, in finished form, and circulated without government intervention, thousands of them would today repose in stamp collections, their character unquestioned.". This forgery was discovered by the Secret Service in California and in a report that sixteen examples had been passed on to a dealer. Apart from these confiscated items, this is the only known remaining example. $0 (Image)

1847, 5¢ brown orange. Red square grid cancel, clear to ample margins, bright bold color and late impression, Fine and attractive, scarce. Scott No. 1d  $1,300. $0 (Image)

1847, 5¢ red brown, right margin single. Clear to large margins, tied by manuscript cancel on 1851 folded letter from Mobile, Ala. manuscript "Way 1" and bold red "New Orleans, La., Jan 24" cds; light file fold affecting stamp, Very Fine appearance. Scott No. 1  Estimate $200 - 300. $0 (Image)

1847, 5¢ red brown. Large margins to just into frameline at top, tied by blue "Philada. Pa., 5cts, May 23" cds with second strike below on cover to Kennett Square, Pa., full "Blood's Despatch, Pre-Paid, One-Cent" handstamp at upper left; stamp with tiny margin tear at bottom and some slight cover toning, F.-V.F., a very scarce usage. Scott No. 1  Estimate $400 - 600. $0 (Image)