1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), 4 ample to large margins; small corner crease at top right, socked-on-the-nose grid cancel, otherwise almost Very Fine, with 2021 P.S.E. certificate.
Scott $350
Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Scott $350
Suggested Bid $150-200

Sale No: 42
Lot No:48
Symbol:Cat No:1a

1847, 5¢ dark brown (Scott 1a), very large margins and crisp color, used with neat manuscript docketing of 1849 usage on a blue cover tied by a superb strike of a delicate deep blue c.d.s. "Troy, N.Y./May 4", addressed to a a lady in New Hampshire, Very Fine.
Scott $500
Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)

Scott $500
Suggested Bid $400-600

Sale No: 42
Lot No:49
Symbol:Cat No:10

1851, 3¢ orange brown, type I (Scott 10), almost 4 margins (just touching at right), wonderful rich color, tied by blue grid cancels on a folded letter from Toledo, Ohio to Oswego, New York, Very Fine.
Scott $260
Suggested Bid $120-150 (Image)

Scott $260
Suggested Bid $120-150

1851, 3¢ orange brown, type II (Scott 10A), 4 ample to large margins, red grid cancel, Extremely Fine and choice.
Scott $150
Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Scott $150
Suggested Bid $150-200

Sale No: 42
Lot No:51
Symbol:Cat No:11A var.

1852, 3¢ dull red, type II, "Gents" instead of "Cents" (Scott 11A var.), position 66R2L, Fine to Very Fine, catalogs $55 as used off cover - not priced on cover where it is much scarcer. Suggested Bid $60-80 (Image)

Suggested Bid $60-80

Sale No: 42
Lot No:52
Symbol:Cat No:24

1857, 1¢ blue, type V (Scott 24), nicely centered within wide margins, o.g., very lightly hinged, Very Fine for this narrow-margined issue.
Scott $140
Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image)

Scott $140
Suggested Bid $75-100

1857, 3¢ rose, type I (Scott 25), well centered for this issue, neat grid cancel and part of a blue (crayon?) cancel, almost Very Fine.
Scott $180
Suggested Bid $120-150 (Image)

Scott $180
Suggested Bid $120-150

1860, 5¢ brown, type II (Scott 30A), well centered with deep rich color; some ink offset on back from a pen canceled cover, red grid cancel, Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Scott $320
Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Scott $320
Suggested Bid $300-400

1857, 10¢ green, type I (Scott 31), nicely centered, light 1858 town cancel, almost Very Fine.
Scott $1,100
Suggested Bid $600-800 (Image)

Scott $1,100
Suggested Bid $600-8

Sale No: 42
Lot No:56
Symbol:Cat No:32

1857, 10¢ green, type II (Scott 32), pen canceled and tied by transit cancel on a cover from Pleasant Grove, Penn. to Canada, with a faint 1859 (?) Canada backstamp, Fine to Very Fine, a scarce usage that is unpriced in Scott. Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400

1860, 90¢ blue (Scott 39), nicely centered; small faults as typical of this issue (small thins and repairs), red grid cancel, otherwise Very Fine, a very collectable example of a stamp that is very scarce genuinely used, with 1988 P.F. certificate.
Scott $10,500
Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000 (Image)

Scott $10,500
Suggested Bid $2,00

1861, 12¢ black (Scott 69), nicely centered, with a lightly struck magenta grid cancel, almost Very Fine.
Scott $195
Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Scott $195
Suggested Bid $150-200

Sale No: 42
Lot No:60
Symbol:Cat No:73

1863, 2¢ black (Scott 73), two singles paying the carrier rate on a cover from Washington, D.C. to New Haven, Conn., Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $130
Suggested Bid $40-60 (Image)

Scott $130
Suggested Bid $40-60

1866, 15¢ black (Scott 77), excellent centering, circle-of-wedges cancel and partial c.d.s., Very Fine.
Scott $175
Suggested Bid $120-150 (Image)

Scott $175
Suggested Bid $120-150

Sale No: 42
Lot No:63
Symbol:(Cat No:112

1869, 1¢ Franklin (Scott 112), very bright and fresh, unused without gum, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $210
Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image)

Scott $210
Suggested Bid $75-100

1869, 2¢ Postrider, major misperf (Scott 113), a well centered stamp that is perforated right down the middle, a Very Fine erro.
Scott $80 as normal
Suggested Bid $100-150 (Image)

Scott $80 as normal
Suggested Bid

Sale No: 42
Lot No:65
Symbol:Cat No:114

1869, 3¢ Locomotive (Scott 114), tied by an unusual "S" cancel on a cover from Watertown, N.Y. to Illinois, Fine to Very Fine. Suggested Bid $40-60 (Image)

Suggested Bid $40-60

1869, 12¢ S.S. Adriatic (Scott 117), fresh and well centered; small corner crease, blue grid cancel (a premium cancel), otherwise Very Fine, with 2021 P.S.A.G. certificate.
Scott $280
Suggested Bid $60-80 (Image)

Scott $280
Suggested Bid $60-80

1869, 12¢ S.S. Adriatic (Scott 117), magnificent centering amid ample margins and a light cancel; faint crease, otherwise Extremely Fine.
Scott $130
Suggested Bid $40-60 (Image)

Scott $130
Suggested Bid $40-60

1869, 90¢ Lincoln (Scott 122), nicely centered, very bright and fresh, almost Very Fine.
Scott $1,800
Suggested Bid $800-1,200 (Image)

Scott $1,800
Suggested Bid $800-1

1870, 2¢ Jackson and 3¢ Washington, H. grill, N.B.N.C. printing (Scott 135, 136), each is wonderfully well centered, the 2¢ with jumbo margins, the 3¢ entirely sound and with a neat cancel; the 2¢ with a small thin, otherwise Extremely Fine, a lovely pair.
Scott $113
Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image)

Scott $113
Suggested Bid $75-100

1870, 6¢ Lincoln, N.B.N.C. printing, overprinted "Specimen" (Scott 148SA), unused without gum, Fine.
Scott $600 for o.g.
Suggested Bid $60-80 (Image)

Scott $600 for o.g.
Suggested Bid

1870-71, 6¢ Lincoln, 7¢ Stanton and 10¢ Jefferson, N.B.N.C. printing (Scott 148, 149, 150), The 10¢ is a horizontal pair. Neat cancels and attractive centering; the 10¢ pair with 2 tiny flaws, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $183
Suggested Bid $75-100 (Image)

Scott $183
Suggested Bid $75-100

Sale No: 42
Lot No:74
Symbol:Cat No:152

1870, 15¢ Webster, N.B.N.C. printing (Scott 152), nicely centered; sealed tear at top and a fake grill, o.g. disturbed by hinge removal, Very Fine centering, with 2021 P.F. certificate.
Scott $3,500
Suggested Bid $300-400 (Image)

Scott $3,500
Suggested Bid $300-4

1870, 24¢ Scott, N.B.N.C. printing (Scott 153), magnificent centering, red cork cancel, Very Fine.
Scott $225
Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)

Scott $225
Suggested Bid $150-200