Sale No: 40
Lot No:247
Symbol:Cat No:1

1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), 3½ margins, tied by orange red New York c.d.s. and grid cancels on a small piece, about Fine.
Scott $400
Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Scott $400
Suggested Bid $150-200

Sale No: 40
Lot No:248
Symbol:(Cat No:3

1847 (1875 Reproduction), 5¢ red brown (Scott 3), large margins almost all around, without gum as issued, almost Very Fine.
Scott $900
Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)

Scott $900
Suggested Bid $600-800

Sale No: 40
Lot No:125
Symbol:Cat No:1

1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), used in 1851 on folded letter (with content) from Harrisburg to Philadelphia, PA, with blue grid cancel and c.d.s., Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $460
Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Scott $460
Suggested Bid $150-200

Sale No: 40
Lot No:128
Symbol:Cat No:10A

1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II (Scott 10A), a lovely example tied to an 1851 folded letter by a complete rounded black grid paired with a red New Orleans c.d.s.; the ink shows through the exterior page of the folded letter meaning that the exterior page was used to write the letter, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, a rare 3¢ circular rate for 1,000-1,500 miles.
Scott $1,000+
Suggested Bid $500-750 (Image)

Scott $1,000+
Suggested Bid $500-

Sale No: 40
Lot No:129
Symbol:Cat No:10A

1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II (Scott 10A), 3½ margins (just in at top), excellent color, tied by Warren, R.I. cancel in blue on a wonderfully neat lady's cover to Peacedale, R.I., Very Fine.
Scott $190
Suggested Bid $120-150 (Image)

Scott $190
Suggested Bid $120-150

Sale No: 40
Lot No:130
Symbol:Cat No:10A

1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II (Scott 10A), 3½ margins, marvelous rich color, used on a neat folded letter from Concord, N.H. to a merchant in Lisbon, N.H. Contents include a complaint that there is "so little building - no one keeps an inventory of lumber", Very Fine.
Scott $190
Suggested Bid $120-150 (Image)

Scott $190
Suggested Bid $120-150

Sale No: 40
Lot No:131
Symbol:Cat No:10A

1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II (Scott 10A), margins all around, deep rich color, tied by neatly struck Brunswick, Me. c.d.s. on a cover to a lady in Boston. Soiling along right edge, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $190
Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)

Scott $190
Suggested Bid $100-150

Sale No: 40
Lot No:132
Symbol:Cat No:10A

1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II (Scott 10A), ample to large margins except just touching at top but with a bit of the next stamp at right, tied by Boston PAID cancel on a neat and attractive folded letter to a lady in Maine, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $190
Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image)

Scott $190
Suggested Bid $75-100

Sale No: 40
Lot No:136
Symbol:Cat No:35

1859, 10¢ green, type V (Scott 35), a lovely wide margin imprint single tied by a California town cancel on a cross-continent cover to Illinois. Stamp with a couple slightly blunt perfs at top and cover slightly reduced at right, Fine to Very Fine overall. Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image)

Suggested Bid $75-100

1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (Scott 9), huge margins all around, neat New York Ocean Mail cancel, Extremely Fine.
Scott $95
Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)

Scott $95
Suggested Bid $100-150

Sale No: 40
Lot No:253
Symbol:Cat No:11A

1852, 3¢ dull red, type II (Scott 11A), margins all around, tied on small piece by clearly struck SHA-KAY M.T. (Minnesota Territory) cancel, Fine, a lovely territorial usage. Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)

Suggested Bid $100-150

1855, 10¢ green, type III (Scott 15), position 45L1, large to huge margins all around, grid cancel, Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott $140
Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Scott $140
Suggested Bid $150-200

1851, 12¢ gray black (Scott 17), margins almost all around (just touching at bottom left corner), lightly canceled, with a bit of original gum residue on back; tiny scissors cut in margin at top left, attractive Fine to Very Fine appearance.
Scott $250
Suggested Bid $60-80 (Image)

Scott $250
Suggested Bid $60-80

1851, 12¢ gray black (Scott 17), vertical pair, margins all around (close in a few places), black grid and partial red cancels, Fine.
Scott $635
Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Scott $635
Suggested Bid $200-300

Sale No: 40
Lot No:258
Symbol:Cat No:26

1857, 3¢ dull red, type III (Scott 26), block of 4, decent centering for this narrow-margined issue, o.g., hinged at left, never hinged at right, about Fine, never hinged is very scarce for this issue.
Scott $450 as hinged
Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)

Scott $450 as hinged
Suggested Bi

Sale No: 40
Lot No:260
Symbol:Cat No:30A

1860, 5¢ brown, type II (Scott 30A), exceptionally well centered for this issue, with excellent color, o.g., hinged, Very Fine.
Scott $2,250
Suggested Bid $1,200-1,500 (Image)

Scott $2,250
Suggested Bid $1,200

1860, 5¢ brown, type II (Scott 30A), an attractive example with clear San Francisco c.d.s. and deep rich color, Fine.
Scott $300
Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)

Scott $300
Suggested Bid $100-150

1857, 10¢ green, type II (Scott 32), faintly canceled (barely visible at bottom left), regummed, Fine.
Scott $190
Suggested Bid $60-80 (Image)

Scott $190
Suggested Bid $60-80

1857, 12¢ black, plate I (Scott 36), gorgeous centering for this very difficult issue; tiny thin speck, light town cancel, otherwise Extremely Fine.
Scott $300
Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image)

Scott $300
Suggested Bid $75-100

Sale No: 40
Lot No:267
Symbol:(Cat No:37

1860, 24¢ gray lilac (Scott 37), bright and fresh, regummed, Fine.
Scott $500
Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Scott $500
Suggested Bid $150-200

Sale No: 40
Lot No:269
Symbol:Cat No:63

1861, 1¢ blue (Scott 63), lovely fresh color, o.g. (slightly disturbed by hinge removal), Fine.
Scott $275
Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image)

Scott $275
Suggested Bid $75-100

Sale No: 40
Lot No:270
Symbol:Cat No:64

1861, 3¢ pink (Scott 64), well centered and with excellent color; "with a vertical crease and light toning on perforations and within design", o.g., previously hinged, otherwise Very Fine, still an attractive and genuinely unused example of a very rare mint classic, with 1961 & 2005 P.F. certificates.
Scott $14,000
Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)

Scott $14,000
Suggested Bid $2,00

1861, 3¢ rose, with "Waving Flag" fancy cancel of Healdsburg, Cal. (Scott 65), a lovely strike of this fancy cancel; pulled perf, otherwise Fine, with 2019 Crowe certificate. Skinner-Eno PT-F 34.

Healdsburg now is a major center for wine growing, in Sonoma county, just northof Santa Rosa. Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image)

Suggested Bid $75-100

1861, 5¢ buff (Scott 67), nicely centered for this issue, fresh, black grid cancel and red foreign mail transit cancel, almost Very Fine.
Scott $810
Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Scott $810
Suggested Bid $300-400

1861, 5¢ buff (Scott 67), an attractive used example of a difficult issue, with great color and a fairly light target cancel, Fine, with 2021 P.S.A.G. certificate graded F 70.
Scott $750
Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)

Scott $750
Suggested Bid $250-350