1845-1898, Small group of four stamps incl. 1845-46 New York provisional 5c with good to huge margins unused (presumed regummed), 1851-57 3-margined used Jefferson, 1869 90c Lincoln used (minor imperfections) and 1898 $2 mint (thin), useful group. (Image)

1856 Envelope from the French Consulate in Richmond, Virginia, to France, with 1851-57 10c type II imperf. pair, cut into at top and left, endorsed "Per Steamer via Liverpool", ms 30gr weight with various rates with "65", "75" and "78" erased and "65" not erased, with New York and London transits, Montpellier arrival, wax seal of the Consulate, a cover with character and interest to a transatlantic collector. (Image)

1859 Envelope to Sweden endorsed "via New York first closed mail", with "28", oval "STEAM SHIP" hs and Helsingborg arrival ds on obverse, reverse with New York and Hamburg ds, minor cover imperfections, fine and scarce. (Image)

1864 (Mar 28) Envelope to Scotland with 1861-62 12c vertical pair cancelled by magenta pen marks with ms despatch alongside, sent underpaid with "Short Paid" and "10" hs, reverse with Boston and Edinburgh arrival, some minor faults to reverse, fine. (Image)

1865 (Sep 25) Envelope from Bryan, Texas, sent to the King's official notary in Württemberg, franked with five 1861-62 3c tied by blue Bryan duplexes, New York transit, reverse with Hamburg, Württemburg, Stuttgart and Schorndorf ds, incl. original contents, fine and attractive. (Image)

1868 (Feb 8) Entire from New Orleans to France with 1861-66 15c Lincoln tied by New Orleans cds and cork cancel, with blue French "ET. UNIS / SERV. AM. CALAIS 3" blue cds, arrival bs, fine transatlantic cover. (Image)

1869 (Nov 4) Envelope from "Cherry Hill", Nebraska, to Switzerland with 1861-66 15c Lincoln cancelled by blue pen with matching depstach notation alongside, New York transit,reverse with Basel transit and Thun arrival, fine. (Image)

1871 (Oct 31) Entire from Philadelphia to France with 1870-71 2c pair tied by red duplex, sent via UK with UK-French "GB / 40c" accountancy hs, London bs along with Toulouse arrival, a fine transatlantic cover. (Image)

1875ca Envelope from the USA to Captain Allen on the whaling ship "Eric the Red", with 1875 2c Jackson and 15c Webster cancelled by cork cancels with Richmond ME despatch cds and New York transit adjacent, sent care of the American Consul (address affected by water), with Peru 5c ranked on the reverse paying postage due, fine and scarce, ex Bargholtz (Image)

1897-1903 Specimen Booklet: Practically complete booklet showing seven out of eight panes of six of the Washington 2c red, with each stamp with Specimen ovpt, plus Specimen also on the booklet cover, front cover torn and repaired by tape, plus back cover part missing, still and extremely rare example of this booklet, practically never offered on the market, a true rarity (Image)

1901 10c Pan American Exposition mint nh marginal imprint plate block of six with "Buereau, Engraving & Printing" and "1151", weak perfs vertically and probably expertly re-attached, still a very attractive and scarce positional multiple (Image)

1902-03 $2 Deep blue mint nh, very fine and fresh, cert. PF (1982) (Scott $2'475) (Image)

1931 Postage Dues 1c to $1complete set of nine values in mint nh plate blocks. (Image)