1870, 3¢ green. Horizontal pair, tied by cork cancels duplexed with rimless "Palmyra N.Y. Feb 10" cds on 1873 cover to U.S.S. Congress in care of B.F. Stevens at London, England, red "New York 'Direct' Feb 10" exchange cds, red London (2.24) arrival cds, perfect strike of "United States Despatch Agent, B.F. Stevens, London, Feb 25 1873" oval handstamp, Very Fine.
Scott No. 147; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

1870, 6¢ carmine. Tied by partial NYFM shield cancel on cover to London, England, red "New York" exchange, red London Paid (6.27) arrival cds, remailed to Bonn, Germany with red "Lombard Street, Paid 27 JU 71" cds and magenta "6" rating, red "PD" oval handstamp, German (6.28) arrival backstamp; reduced slightly at right, Very Fine and attractive.
Scott No. 148; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

1870, 6¢ carmine. Rich color, tied by blue "Cleveland O. Jun 7" duplex with four-ring cancel on cover to London, England, red "New York Jun 11" exchange cds and red London Paid (6.24.73) arrival cds; reduced slightly at left, Very Fine and attractive.
Scott No. 148; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

1870, 12¢ dull violet. Used with 10¢ brown (150), former tied by red "New York '12' Feb 4" credit exchange cds, latter tied by NYFM grid cancel on 1871 cover to Lima, Peru, reverse with Mar. 8th arrival backstamp; small opening fault and some light staining, Fine, with 1960 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 151; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

1870, 15¢ bright orange. Used with 3¢ green, grilled (147) tied by cork cancels duplexed with "Salem Mass. Jul 21" cds on cover to Argentina, red "New York '8' Jul 23" integral credit cds, carried by USBMC Merrimack from New York Jul. 23 to Rio de Janeiro arriving Aug. 20th, blue crayon "10" cent due rating, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 152; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

1870, 24¢ purple. Large margins, tied by circle of wedges cancel on cover to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, matching "Hackensack, N.J., Mar 31" origin cds alongside, 1882 New York transit backstamps; small cover opening tear at top, Very Fine, a very scarce 24¢ National Bank Note single franking usage to Venezuela.
Scott No. 153; Estimate $750 - 1,000. Est. $750-1,000 (Image)

Est. $750-1,000

1873, 7¢ orange vermilion. Rich color, tied by NYFM star (Weiss ST-8P11) fancy cancel on clean cover to Germany, bold "New York Br. Transit Apr 25" exchange cds, endorsed "per S.S. Main for Southampton"; small part of flap missing, Very Fine.
Scott No. 160; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

1873, 7¢ orange vermilion. Horizontal pair with "No. 22" captured plate number at top, tied by two circular grids on light buff cover to Austria, matching "Bay, Mo, May 7" cds at right, red "New York Br. Transit May 12" exchange cds, reverse with Austria (5.25) cds and 1875 docketing on back, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 160; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

1873, 10¢ brown. Horizontal pair, tied by bold strike of blue "Chicago Ill. Aug 18" duplex with six-bar grid cancel on orange cover to Paris, France, red "New York 'Paid' Aug 21" exchange cds, Calais (9.1.75) entry cds, framed "P.D." handstamp, Paris (9.2); small faults, Fine.
Scott No. 161; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

1873, 10¢ brown. Tied by large bold cross-roads cancel on cover to Italy, matching "New York Br. Transit Dec 25" transit backstamp and "Insufficiently Paid" straightline handstamp, blue crayon and manuscript ratings, Italy 30c and 60c postage dues tied by Piacenza (1.9.1874) arrival cds, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 161; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

1873, 10¢ brown. Used with 6¢ dull rose (159), each tied by matching bold grid fancy cancel duplexed with "Raleigh N.C. Aug 25" cds on registered yellow cover to Cedar Grove N.C.; part of registry label adheres to reverse, Very Fine.
Scott No. 161; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

1873, 15¢ yellow orange. Upside down and cancelled by manuscript mark with matching manuscript "Ransom, Mich, July 19/73" postmark also upside down on registered 3¢ green entire to Worthington Minn., green crayon "3426" registry number; reduced at left with some paper loss at top left, Fine.
Scott No. 163; Estimate $500 - 750.

THIS IS THE EARLIEST RECORDED USE, THE SCOTT LISTED DATE IS FOUR DAYS LATER. Est. $500-750 (Image)

Est. $500-750

1879, 15¢ red orange. Nat. s.e. at right, tied by two strikes of "N.Y. Supplementary 'Paid' Jul 28 '81" duplex on 5¢ blue entire (U177) to Havana, Cuba, endorsed "p Niagara", Havana (8.2) arrival backstamp, Brock & Co. merchant datestamp.
Scott No. 189; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

1879, 15¢ red orange. Radiant color, tied by perfect bold "New Haven Conn. Apr 17 85" duplex on cover to Wellington, Cape of Good Hope, New York (4.17) backstamp and red crayon "50" centimes (10¢) credit rating, London (4.27) and Wellington backstamps; small tear, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 189; Estimate $150 - 200. Est. $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200