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LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

661

KICKING MULE of Port Townsend, Wash., type II, choice strike duplexed with a mostly complete double-lined double circle datestamp, Dec 2, 1881, cancels a 3¢ green (207) on a neat cover to San Francisco and backstamped there on Dec 7; reduced just a tad at the right, Very Fine.
Cole AN-11.

It is, perhaps, this correspondence that inspired the Postmaster at Neah Bay to adopt the Kicking Mule duplex for his Post Office in 1883. (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction

662

KICKING MULE of Port Townsend, Wash., type II, Very Fine strike duplexed with a double-lined double circle datestamp, Jan 3, 1884, cancels a 2¢ vermilion (183) on a neat cover to Ansonia, Ct. and backstamped there on Jan 14; stamp with minor perf flaws, otherwise Very Fine.
Cole AN-11. (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

663

KICKING MULE of Port Townsend, Wash., type II, Very Fine strike duplexed with a double-lined double circle datestamp, Jul 28, 1885, cancels a pair of 2¢ red brown (210) on a cover to Tomkinsville, New York.; backstamped New York City on Jul 4 and Tomkinsville the next day, Fine.
Cole AN-11. (Image)

Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

664

KICKING MULE of Susanville, Calif., Very Fine strike duplexed with a mostly clear double-lined double circle datestamp, Aug 10, 1882, on a 1¢ postal card (UX7) to San Francisco; bit of faint foxing, otherwise Very Fine. The rarest of the Kicking Mule cancellations, Ex-Cornell.
Cole AN-11. (Image)

Suggested Bid $600-800
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

Civil War Postal History

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

665

"The Soldier's Dream of Home", a marvelous all-over design in black & red, based loosely upon the Courrier & Ives print of the same name, only with a Zouave soldier; franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by a Washington D.C. c.d.s., Oct 19, 1864, and addressed to Marlboro, Vt.; few small, hinge-repaired edge tears, Fine. A very scarce used design.
Walcott L-882. Weiss SC-NB-126. (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction

666

1864 Great Central Fair, Philadelphia, a pristine maroon illustrated cover franked with a 3¢ rose (65) tied by a bold Philadelphia target duplex, May 17, 1864, to Capt. Charlemagne Tower in Pottsville, Pa.; docketed at the right, Very Fine. (Image)

Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

667

68XU1

Confederate States, Raleigh, N.C., 1861, 5¢ red (Scott 68XU1), pale strike with blue Raleigh c.d.s. alongside; marked manuscript "Paid 2 /-" [bits] for Express service; addressed to Dr. Chas. Skinner, Warrenton, not counted, and endorsed "Enquire at ‘Camp Edwards’", Very Fine.
C.S.A. Catalog RAL-NC-E02; $500+. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States 68XU1]

Scott $400+
Suggested Bid $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

668

Confederate States, 1863, 10¢ blue, "T-E-N", on cover from Chattanooga, TN, to Athens, GA (Scott 9), a pretty, four-margined example tied by light strike of "Chattanooga/Aug/2/Ten." postmark, prior to this marking's use as a field cancel, Very Fine, an exceptional cover, with 1997 P.F. certificate. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States (Confederate States) 9]

Scott $1,600
Suggested Bid $750-1,000
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

Misc. Postal History

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

669

Leavitt machine cancel, New York, Mar. 2.78, Type AB-NY ("31") die 2, full sharp impression on a 1¢ postal card (UX5), Extremely Fine. (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

670

Selection of 19 covers, 1852-93, the earliest an 1852 stampless cover from Belvidere, Ill. to Woodstock, C.W. with "U. States" horseshoe plus both manuscript and handstamp "Paid 10" markings; two 1857 perforated 3¢, a #63b, four #65 (in four different shades!), a #68 (faulty), four Black Jacks (one distinctly grilled), three #113, one later Bank Note (multiple franking), another stampless with embossed corner card of "American Telegraph Company", plus a 1¢ entire cancelled "The Fast Mail/N.Y. & Chic. R.P.O."; various faults, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction

671

9X2

New York, N.Y., 1845, 5¢ black on blue (Scott 9X2), on buff envelope addressed to Philadelphia; the stamp with gargantuan margins (capturing parts of stamps at left and top) on clean paper; magnificent color, clear signature, and tied by red grid cancel with matching arched "PAID" alongside and New York dater at right; stamp with small tear at top, Very Fine, from the 1997 Rarities sale, with 1976 P.F. certificate as #9X1a. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States 9X2]

Scott $5,750
Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

672

14,15

1855, 10¢ green, types II & III, used to Germany (Scott 14,15), vertical strip of three #14/15/14 tied by 1856 Richmond VA c.d.s., on folded letter sheet addressed to Harzgerode Germany, red New York & boxed Aachen/Franco transit handstamps, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, with 2012 P.F. certificate. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

673

(

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1857, 10¢ green, type III (Scott 33), two singles on a cover front with the back professionally restored from Folsom, Cal. to Greenfield, Mass. with a red handstamped CAL. C. R. R./ ENG.^R DEPM.^T corner card; postmarked with a bold Sep 4 Folsom City, Cal. c.d.s. not cancelling the stamp, which were apparently canceled on arrival by a Greenfield, Mass. c.d.s. (day "30", month illegible); in addition to the restored back, part of the right end is also professionally restored; choice, Very Fine appearance. A most attractive cover, sent from Theodore D. Judah, Chief Engineer for the California Central Railroad (a forerunner of the Central Pacific), to his wife. (Image)
Get Market Data for [United States 33]

Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction

674

1859, 10¢ green, type V (Scott 35), left interpane margin and guide line at the left, tied by a Memphis, Ten. c.d.s., Jun 8, 1858 on a cover to Dry Creek, Yuba Co., Cal., forwarded to Whatcom, Washington Territory with a pen-canceled 3¢ dull red (26) and matching manuscript postmark "Long Bar, Cal'a. Aug't 5th '58"; bit of very minor perf toning, reduced just a tad at the right and slight back faults, Fine to Very Fine. Most unusual. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States 35]

Suggested Bid $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

Airmail and Parcel Post

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

675

C13-C15

Airmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), each on separate First Europe Pan-America Round Flight Cover, each with appropriate magentia First Europe Pan-America Round Flight and red Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin, Sudamerikafahrt cachets, 65¢ on picture postcard from Lakhurst to Germany, tied to postcard with Varick St. Sta., NY May 31, 1930 slogan machine cancel, $1.30 on cover from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, stamp tied to cover with May 22, 1930 Varick St. Sta. machine postmark, $2.60 completing the full flight from Lakehurst, to South America, Germany via Friedrichshafen and back to America, stamp tied to cover with May 1, 1930 Varick St. Sta. slogan machine cancel, both covers are opened at bottom, otherwise, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)

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Scott $1,110
Suggested Bid $600-800
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction

676

C15

Airmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin, on Apr. 26 Graf Zeppelin cover (Scott C15), a top left margin single with great color and near-perfect centering, tied by New York Varick St. Sta. slogan cancel to cover endorsed "via Friedrichshaven and/Graf Zeppelin to Lakehurst"; proper flight cachets on front, with green Lakehurst May 31 Zeppelin cancel on reverse, Extremely Fine+, the stamp used one week to the day after it was issued, with 2020 P.S.E. certificate. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States C15]

Scott $575+
Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

677

Q1, Q2

Parcel Post, 1913, 1¢ P.O. Clerk & 2¢ City Carrier (2006 Scott Q1, Q2), First Day, Geneseo, NY, a single 1¢ and two 2¢ tied by January 1, 1913 Genneseo, N.Y. duplexes (c.d.s. struck up only once) on a locally addressed cover from and to Harold W. Flansburgh, Very Fine, Ex-"Aristocrat",

A RARE COMBINATION FIRST DAY OF ISSUE COVER. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States Q2]

2006 Scott $4,500 for #Q2 1/1/13
Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $2,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

Postmasters' Provisionals

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

678

10X1

Providence, R.I., 1846, 5¢ gray black (Scott 10X1), position 2, superbly fresh with four clear to large margins, cancelled by pen check mark, Very Fine, rare and undercatalogued in sound four-margin condition, with 2005 P.F. certificate. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States 10X1]

Scott $2,000
Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction

679

11X1

St. Louis, Mo., 1845, 5¢ black on greenish (Scott 11X1), flawlessly printed on wonderfully tinted paper; design crisp, with light, unobtrusive manuscript pen stroke cancel, Very Fine, a gorgeous four-margined example of this popular Provisional, with 2019 P.S.E. certificate. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States 11X1]

Scott $8,000
Suggested Bid $8,000-10,000
SOLD for $7,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1847 Issue

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

680

1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), thick rimmed red grid cancel, huge margins all around, strong color and impression, cancel perfectly frames portrait, incredible eye-appeal, Extremely Fine, with 2010 P.F. certificate. (Image)

Get Market Data for [United States 1]

Scott $350
Suggested Bid $600-800
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

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