USA: 9: 1¢ blue, type IV pair, just into at bottom to clear margins, fine (Image)

Cat. Val. 180.00

USA: 10A: 3¢ orange brown, type II, faulty vertical PAIR, full margins except into at right and bottom, tied by PHILADELPHIA 9 MAY cds to large part of front to WASHINGTON, DC, creases and edge tears, etc, scarce. (Image)

Est. 30+

USA: 358: 1909 bluish paper 2¢ carmine right margin block of 4 with partial inscription and Plate # 4837, lower right stamp with small hinge thin otherwise fresh and fine (Image)

Cat. Val. 320.00

USA: 730-731: 1933 AMERICAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY souvenir sheets, no gum as issued, very fine. (Image)

Cat. Val. 42.00

USA: Folded letter (with fancy watermark) placed aboard a Steamboat March 22nd, 1828 and carried privately from New Orleans to Natchez with ms routing direction 'S. B. Walk on the Water' at lower left (postal service delivery by stage was irregular and lengthy), an extremely rare routing and marking, filing fold, otherwise fine. (Image)

Est. 250+

USA: 65: Yellow envelope addressed to Detroit (circa 1860's) with very fine strike of large red oval STEAMER ILLINOIS CLEVELAND, DETROIT & LAKE SUPERIOR LINE/ J.T. WHITING CO. AGENTS/ DETROIT, MICH. Purser's handstamp and black oval STEAMBOAT DUE 2 CENTS rate stamp, unknown origin but most likely travelled aboard the Steamer without postage from Lake Superior through the North Channel to Lake Huron, the St Clair River and then Detroit where a 3¢ rose Washington stamp was applied and tied by a Detroit 26 JUN cds. The purser's handstamp was applied aboard the steamboat to letters picked up for delivery to the Detroit Post Office, negligible stain at cover bottom, some pencil notations and small ownership mark on back, still very fine and a most attractive and EXCEEDINGLY RARE Steamboat cover, ex Brooks. (Image)

Est. 500+

STAMPLESS. USA: Cover from New Haven to New York, 7 NO 1813 cds in red, with red handstruck 'PAID' and manuscript '10' in red all on front, vertical folds, slight staining on lower left corner, overall nice cover, fine (Image)

Est. 36+

USA: Blue RETALIATORY RATE envelope (Reprisal Rate Act of 27 June, 1848 enacting a fine assessed by GB on American Packet Letters) with large red PAID AT LIVERPOOL 18 NO 1848 boxed handstamp despatch, rated handstamp '1/' to Philadelphia with red Boston 'SHIP' 6 DEC arrival, very fine. (Image)

Est. 75+

USA: Cover from London 17 JU 65 per the 'Cuba' via Queenston, rated Br. Packet 25/38 (25¢ silver, 38¢ US Notes), the 1865 DEPRECIATED CIVIL WAR CURRENCY rates, 19¢ due England, couple file folds, o/w fine and scarce RATE MARKINGS (Image)

Est. 75+