1861, 3¢ pigeon blood pink. With rich true pigeon blood pink color, tied by "Old Point Comfort, Va., Oct 22" cds on 1861 cover to Canton Mills, Maine with "The House That Uncle Sam Built" red Capitol building patriotic design, year docketing on reverse; stamp with a few light toned perfs, Very Fine, with 2003 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 64a; Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.

A WONDERFUL PATRIOTIC USAGE BEARING THE RARE 1861 3¢ PIGEON BLOOD PINK ISSUE. Est. $2,000-3,000 (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

1861, 3¢ pigeon blood pink. Fine single with bright color, tied by grid handstamp on cover to St. Paul, Minn., matching "Brewster's Station, N.Y., Oct 19" cds, Very Fine, an attractive sound example of the rare 1861 3¢ Pigeon Blood pink on cover, with 1989 and 2005 P.F. certificates.
Scott No. 64a; $5,000. Scott $5,000
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Scott $5,000

1861, 3¢ rose. S.e. at right (which may be natural) with crudely added perfs, cancelled by target cancel with Newark, O. double circle postmark alongside on spectacular allover advertising cover for "Blandy's Newark Machine Works", overall illustrated design in red and showing a steam engine in black, addressed to Morrisdale, Pa., Very Fine and attractive.
Scott No. 65; Estimate $500 - 750. Est. $500-750 (Image)

Est. $500-750

1861-68 issue covers. Group of four covers comprising 30¢ #71 used with #65 on 1863 Williamsport Pa. legal-size cover, #73 pair used with two #65's from Canandaigua N.Y. to Toronto, Canada, #65 used with #69 (replacement) to France with New York "Insufficiently Paid" straightline, and #94 on 3¢ pink #U59 entire from Dixon Ill. to Canada, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 65//94; Estimate $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)

Est. $300-400

1861, 10¢ yellow green. Three singles, used with 3¢ rose (65), all with deep rich color and cancelled by matching unusual ring cancel, matching bold "Wassaic N.Y., Oct 20" cds on cover to Victoria, Australia, red "N.York Br. Pkt. Paid, Oct 22" exchange cds and magenta "28" cent credit rating to G.B., carried by Cunard Line Persia from New York to Queenstown arriving Oct. 31st, red London Paid (11.1) transit; sealed edge tears and stamp flaws, Fine appearance, with 1977 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 68; Estimate $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)

Est. $400-600

1861, 10¢ yellow green. Two singles, used with 1¢ blue (63) and 3¢ rose (65), tied by two strikes of sharp Boston large "Paid" grids, bold "Boston Am. Pkt. '3 Paid' Oct 10" credit exchange cds, carried by Inman Line City of Baltimore from New York Oct. 10th to Liverpool arriving Oct. 23rd, red London Paid (10.24) arrival cds; couple small stamp flaws including 1¢ trimmed at edge, fresh and Very Fine appearance, ex-Arthur White.
Scott No. 68; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

1861, 10¢ dark green. Tied by grid cancel on folded letter to Mazatlan, Mexico, letter datelined "Glascow 11th Feby, 1867", privately carried from Scotland and placed in the mails in the U.S., "1" (reales) due handstamp, Very Fine.
Scott No. 68a; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

1861, 12¢ black. Used with 3¢ rose (65), tied by "New Orleans La, Jul 29 '65" duplex to Gironde, France, red "New York 'Paid 12' Aug 9" exchange cds, red Calis (8.20) entry cds with matching framed "PD" handstamp, Very Fine and colorful.
Scott No. 69; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

1861, 30¢ orange. Horizontal pair, used with 3¢ rose (65) pair, beautiful early bright shades, tied by three clear strikes of Boston large "Paid" grid cancel on blue 1862 folded cover to Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, endorsed "via England, p City of Washington" at top left, reverse with red "Boston Am. Pkt. Paid Jun 20" exchange cds and red crayon "12" for double the 6¢ credit to G.B., carried by the Inman Line City of Washington from New York Jun. 21st to Liverpool arriving Jul. 3rd, red Lonfon Paid (7.4) transit cds and red crayon "1" pence credit, red Cape of Good Hope Aug. arrival backstamp, Very Fine, ex-Knapp (lot label affixed), with 2007 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 71; Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.

A RARE 1861 ISSUE FRANKING FOR DOUBLE THE 33¢ BRITISH MAIL RATE VIA ENGLAND.

For some reason, London rated the letter as a single rate (1 pence) instead of the double rate (2 pence) for the British colonial postage. Est. $2,000-3,000 (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

1861, 30¢ orange. Used with 1¢ blue (63) and 3¢ rose (65), each tied by four-ring cancel, matching "San Francisco Cal., Apr 18, 1863" double-circle datestamp on yellow cover to Santiago, Chile, red crayon "24" cent credit rating to G.B., British P.O. "Panama, AP 26, 65" double-arc transit datestamp, Chile red "25" due handstamp for inland postage; 1¢ faulty, cover tear at left, otherwise Very Fine and colorful use, ex-Paliafito, Myers.
Scott No. 71; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. Est. $1,000-1,500 (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

1861, 30¢ orange. Used with 3¢ rose (65) and 24¢ red lilac (70), each tied by circular grid cancel, matching "Sheffield Ms. Jul 3" cds on cover to Singapore, partial red exchange cds on reverse with matching bold "48" credit handstamp to G.B., endorsed "Via Marseilles" at top left, red London Paid (7.16.64) transit cds and red crayon "1" pence colonial credit rating, red Singapore arrival backstamp; no flap, top left corner restored, 24¢ faulty, Fine and rare three-color 1861 issue franking to an exotic destination.
Scott No. 71; Estimate $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

1861, 30¢ orange. horizontal pair, used with 3¢ rose (65) tied by cork cancels duplexed with "New Orleans La., Jul 27" cds on triple-rate cover to Genova, Italy, red "New York 'Paid 18' Aug 4" credit exchange cds and additional red crayon "18", red Havre (8.16.66) octagon transit datestamp and small red "PD" framed handstamp, Genova (8.19) arrival backstamp; light horizontal file fold and tape stain, F.-V.F., with 2002 P.S.E. certificate.
Scott No. 71; Estimate $400 - 600. Est. $400-600 (Image)

Est. $400-600

1863, 2¢ black. Two singles, used with 3¢ rose (65) horizontal strip of four, tied by unusual Boston foreign mail large open grids, red "Boston 'Paid 12' Feb 11" credit exchange cds on cover to Meaux, France, red Calais (2.24) entry cds and matching small "PD" handstamp; right stamp in trip affected from edge placement, Very Fine, colorful and unusual franking overpaying the 15¢ treaty rate to France by 1¢, ex-Knapp (lot label affixed).
Scott No. 73; Estimate $500 - 750. Est. $500-750 (Image)

Est. $500-750

1863, 2¢ black. vertical strip of five, used in combination with 3¢ rose, E grill (88) and 10¢ green, E grill (89) pair, all tied by circular grid cancels on large homemade brown cover to Concord N.H. prepaying eleven-times the 3¢ letter rate; small flaws, Fine and scarce franking.
Scott No. 73; Estimate $300 - 400. Est. $300-400 (Image)

Est. $300-400

1863, 2¢ black. Vertical pair, well centered, used with two 3¢ rose (65) singles, each cancelled by blue cork cancels duplexed with "Nashville Ten. Jan 8" cds to Toronto, Canada, Jan. 11th 1868 arrival backstamp, bottom 2¢ small flaw, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 73; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

1866, 15¢ black. Used with 3¢ rose (65), pair and single, each cancelled by targets, matching "South Branch N.J. Aug 14" cds to London, England, red "New-York Am. Pkt. '3' Aug 18" credit exchange cds, bold London Paid (8.30.66) arrival cds; 3¢ pair creased from edge placement, otherwise Very Fine and scarce franking for the 24¢ treaty rate, ex-Ainsworth.
Scott No. 77; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300