Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale: 753
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Sale No: 753
Lot No:4073 Symbol: 1861, 1¢ blue, type I (Scott 18), pair (natural straight edge at right) and single, barely tied by grid cancels on a cover with neat Saratoga Springs, N.Y. postmark, addressed to a lady in Flint, Michigan, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,675 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
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Lot No:4074 Symbol: 1857, 1¢ blue, type Ia (Scott 19), a pretty plate 4 single with the perfs into the design at the bottom, cutting off the type characteristics, but plated as position 98R4, tied by a light grid cancel on a clean, locally addressed Boston cover, Very Fine. A more affordable example of the rare type Ia on cover., with a 2008 P.F. certificate identifying the position. Scott $9,500 Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
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Lot No:4075 Symbol: 1857, 1¢ blue, type II (Scott 20), plate 4, a Fine single, position 91L4, tied by a partial Jan 29 New Orleans c.d.s. on an 1859 Prices Current to Philadelphia, Very Fine, with a 2017 P.F. certificate identifying the position. Scott $1,500 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
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Lot No:4076 Symbol: 1857, 1¢ blue, type III (Scott 21), strong and bright example, tied to locally addressed folded letter (Protest of a Promissory Note) by clear Syracuse NY postmark dated DEC 3 1857; stamp nicely centered for top and bottom ornaments, with a few scissors-blunted perforations at top left; plate and position numbers penciled at bottom left of cover face (though not noted or verified on accompanying certificate), Very Fine, a nice first-year usage, with 1981 P.F. certificate. Scott $1,900 Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
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Lot No:4077 Symbol: 1857, 1¢ blue, types III & IIIa (Scott 21, 22), two of the rare type IIIa and a type III, all with the perfs into the design at the top cutting off the top frame break but plated as positions 66R4, 60R4 & 70R4, the last two just showing a bit of the sheet margin imprint on the right perforation tips, tied by Camden, Me. on a small, neat cover to Belfast, Me., Fine to Very Fine. An affordable example of two rare type IIIs on cover., with a 2011 P.F. certificate identifying the position. Scott $4,075 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
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Lot No:4078 Symbol: 1857, 1¢ blue, type IV (Scott 23), a Fine strip of 3, positions 86-88R1L, tied by light Chicago c.d.s.'s on a cover to North Hadley, Mass.; left stamp with a few shortish perforations at the left, cover with a small piece out at the upper left edge, Fine, with 2017 P.F. and 2005 A.P.S. certificates. Scott $2,750 strip off cover Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
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Lot No:4079 Symbol: 1857, 1¢ blue, type IV (Scott 23), position 74L1L, recut once at top and once at bottom, nice margins for this issue, used on a printed bank cover to Utica, N.Y.; a bit of a cover stain at right, otherwise Very Fine. Scott $1,000 Suggested Bid $350-500 (Image)
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Lot No:4080 Symbol: 1857, 3¢ rose, type II (Scott 25A), position 57R2L, tied by Hatfield, Mass. c.d.s. on a small cover to New York, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $950 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
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Lot No:4081 Symbol: 1857, 3¢ rose, type II (Scott 25A), position 47R3, tied by blue White Plains, N.Y. c.d.s. on a cover to Auburn, upstate New York, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,000 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
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Lot No:4082 Symbol: 1857, 3¢ rose, type II (Scott 25A), position 30L5L, tied by Portland, Me. PAID c.d.s. on a Maine cover, with a hardware merchant's handstamped corner card, Very Fine. Scott $950 Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
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Lot No:4083 Symbol: 1857, 3¢ rose, type II (Scott 25A), position 21R3, decent centering, tied by town cancel on cover, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $950 Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
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Lot No:4084 Symbol: 1858, 5¢ brick red, type I (Scott 27), vertical strip of 3 tied by partial New Orleans c.d.s.'s, Apr 4, 1859, on a folded Prices Current to Saintes, France with a red "New Paid York/12" exchange office c.d.s., backstamped Saintes on Apr 27; the strip, the top stamp clipped at the and the bottom stamp with small perforation tears, has been lifted and replaced, the cover cleaned and slightly refolded, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Scott $6,000 strip off cover Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
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Lot No:4085 Symbol: 1858, 5¢ brick red, type I (Scott 27), horizontal strip of 3 tied by New Orleans c.d.s.'s, Oct 12 (1858), on a folded letter to Nantes, France with a red "New Paid York/12" exchange office c.d.s.; right stamp with slight perforation faults at the right and partly separated, left stamp damaged at the top, cover with a small tear at the top, Fine to Very Fine appearance. Scott $6,000 strip off cover Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image)
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Lot No:4086 Symbol: 1858, 5¢ brick red, type I (Scott 27), horizontal pair tied by a New Orleans c.d.s., May 4, 1859, on a folded address leaf from New Orleans to Barcelona, Spain with a red "New-York/ Br. Pkt." exchange office c.d.s. and London, La Junquera and Barcelona backstamps; left stamp with slightly blunted perforations at the lower left, Fine to Very Fine, with a 2017 P.F. certificate. Scott $3,850 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
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Lot No:4087 Symbol: 1858, 5¢ brick red, type I (Scott 27), used with a 10¢ green type V (35) on an 1859 folded address leaf from New Orleans to Port Vendres, France via New York and Paris; 10¢ with partial imprint on the left perforation tips (position 41L2); 5¢ with a few shortish perforations at the top, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,800 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
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Lot No:4088 Symbol: 1857, 5¢ red brown, type I + 12¢ black (Scott 28, 36), used on a fresh and attractive 1859 folded letter from New York via Liverpool to France, Very Fine. Scott $1,550 Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)
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Lot No:4089 Symbol: 1857, 5¢ red brown, type I (Scott 28), vertical strip of 3 tied by incomplete New Orleans c.d.s.'s, Aug 11 (1859), on a folded letter to Nantes, France with a red "New Paid York/12" exchange office c.d.s., backstamped Paris and Nantes on Aug 31; horizontal file fold, bottom stamp of strip with a small corner crease due to edge placement, Fine to Very Fine, with a 2017 P.F. certificate. Scott $4,000 strip off cover Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
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Lot No:4090 Symbol: 1857, 5¢ bright red brown, type I (Scott 28b), used with a 10¢ green type III (33), both Fine, tied by a light New Orleans c.d.s.'s, May 25, 1858, on a folded letter to Bordeaux, France with a red "Boston/Paid/12" exchange office c.d.s. with black "Boston Br. Pkt." c.d.s. on the reverse, backstamped Paris and Bordeaux on Jun 15-16; 10¢ stamp with a right inter-pane margin and guide line; first page of letter removed and name of addressee cut out of address, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, with a 2017 P.F. certificate. Scott $2,600 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
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Lot No:4091 Symbol: 1857, 10¢ green, type I (Scott 31), horizontal strip of 3, perforations just in at the bottom but leaving enough "shell" for positive identification, tied by weak Mobile, Ala. c.d.s.'s, Jan 1, 1858, on a neat cover to Dresden, Saxony with a red "N. York 7 Am. Pkt/Paid/Jan 6" exhange office c.d.s. and a red boxed "Aachen 22 Franco" German entry handstamp; flap tears, strip with slight perforation damage at the left, otherwise Very Fine. An exceedingly rare usage - Scott lists a strip of 3 but leaves it unpriced (a pair plus a single totals $3,500 off cover. Suggested Bid $750-1,000 (Image) Suggested Bid $750-1,000
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Lot No:4092 Symbol: 1857, 10¢ green, type I (Scott 31), strip of 3 paying the Prussian Closed Mail single rate on cover from Grisly Bear House, Placer County, California to Württemberg, Very Fine, quite nice for covers to Germany in this period. Scott $3,500 Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
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Lot No:4093 Symbol: 1857, 10¢ green, type I (Scott 31), a Fine single tied by a choice strike of a Columbia, Cal. c.d.s., Apr 4, 1859, on a clean cover to New Sharon, Me., Very Fine, identified and signed by Ashbrook. Scott $1,300 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
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Lot No:4094 Symbol: 1857, 10¢ green, types II & IV (Scott 32,34), horizontal pair with partial left sheet margin, positions 1-3L1, the right stamp being recut at the top, tied by mostly clear Columbia, Cal. c.d.s.'s, May 4, 1858 on a cover to Bangor, Me.; stamps centered well to the left, cover reduced just a bit at the left, otherwise Very Fine. Scott $2,690 pair & single off cover Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)
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Lot No:4095 Symbol: 1857, 10¢ green, type II (Scott 32), a fresh, Fine-Very Fine horizontal strip of 3 with right inter-pane margin, tied by New Orleans c.d.s.'s, Dec 30, 1857, on a folded letter to Nantes, France with a red "New Paid York/21" exchange office c.d.s. and red French entry c.d.s.; backstamped Nantes on Jan 19, Very Fine. Scott $600 off cover Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
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Lot No:4096 Symbol: 1857, 12¢ black, plate I (Scott 36), pair with Louisville, Ky. postmark, used on a court cover to Houma, Louisiana, Fine to Very Fine, an uncommon domestic usage. Scott $700 as stamps off cover Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
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Lot No:4097 Symbol: 1857, 12¢ black, plate I (Scott 36), pair on a lovely neat 1858 cover from Boston to London, England, Very Fine. Scott $850 Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)
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