Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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Lot Description

1709

Hale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Large margins to just touched at bottom, red "W" (Worcester) control initial, tied by "Forwarded Through/Hale & Co.'s/Letter Office [blank] Boston" four-line framed handstamp (with Hale's old address removed) on folded letter datelined "Worcester July 27, 1844" to Boston, vertical file fold well away from stamp, Very Fine, scarce use from Worcester with a tied stamp and control initial (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

1710

Hale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). With crossed-lines precancellation, square margins slightly into design on two sides, used on blue folded cover from Boston to New York City, red "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Boston" oval handstamp, Fine, the earliest precancel in the world (Image)

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E. $ 150-200

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

1711

Hale & Co., (5c) Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Three, each with carefully cut octagonal margins mostly clear of designs, tied by three strikes of red "Forwarded Through/Hale & Co.'s/Letter Office [blank] Boston" four-line framed handstamp (with Hale's old address removed) on folded cover to Howland & Aspinwall in New York City, light file folds barely affect two stamps, otherwise Very Fine, a scarce triple-rate franking, unusual use of the modified four-line handstamp to cancel stamps (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

1712

Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Albany. Red oval handstamp and matching light Collect box on Apr. 2, 1845 folded letter from Albany to New York City street address, central file fold, Very Fine, ex Schwartz (Image)

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E. $ 150-200

SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction

1713

Overton & Co., (5c) Black on Greenish (113L1). Large margins to just touched, cancelled by "Paid" handstamp, red "Overton & Co's City Mail, Office, 3 Broad Street" oval handstamp on folded cover to local street address in New York City, some slight wear and stains, still Very Fine, ex Geisler, with 1982 P.F. certificate (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

1714

Pomeroy's Letter Express, 5c Black on Yellow Surface-Colored Paper (117L1). Large margins, cancelled by red "Cd." handstamp on folded letter from Cayuga County to Geneva N.Y., stamp "tied" by horizontal file fold, otherwise Very Fine, ex Geisler (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $110.00
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1715

Pomeroy's Letter Express, 5c Black on Thin Bond (117L4). Large margins to touching, cancelled by ms. initials (minor acid cracks in ink), used on Aug. 8, 1844 folded letter to New York City, delivered by Boyd's with part strike of red "Boyd's City Express Post, Aug. 01 9 O'C" framed datestamp (digits of "10" transposed), a bit soiled, still a Fine and scarce conjunctive usage, ex Geisler, Scott Retail $1,500.00 (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

1716°

Pomeroy's Letter Express, 5c Deep Milky Blue on Pelure Paper (117L7). Complete left pane of 20, huge margins, including enormous sheet margins on three sides, beautiful rich color in the distinctive Deep Milky Blue shade, horizontal crease between rows 3 and 4, natural pre-printing paper crease in Positions 13L and 17L, few other faint creases do not detract

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A RECENTLY RECORDED PANE OF THE POMEROY'S LETTER EXPRESS STAMP IN DEEP MILKY BLUE ON PELURE PAPER, OF WHICH VERY FEW EXAMPLES ARE KNOWN.

This pane is printed in the distinctive Deep Milky Blue shade on very thin, nearly transparent paper. Prior to the discovery of this pane, only a few examples of Scott 117L7 were known. The Philatelic Foundation has certified this as "onion-skin paper" (an unlisted variety of 117L7), but in our opinion there is no such thing as a Pomeroy stamp on "onion skin paper," and this paper matches the other known examples of Scott 117L7, so we are not really sure why the P.F. felt compelled to create a new unlisted paper variety to describe this pane.

With 2012 P.F. certificate. (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

1717

Pomeroy's Letter Express. Nine sheets of 40, range of colors incl. Deep Prussian Blue, Bright Orange, Orange Red, Brown (2), three in Black on two different papers, last is Black on Yellow, many show scratches on Position 16L, also incl. partial reconstruction of 17 positions, a block of eight, pair and three singles in various colors, few flaws to be expected but overall Very Fine, a wonderful reference

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,300.00
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1718

W. Wyman, Boston Mass., 5c Black (149L1). Large to huge margins, cancelled by ms. "X" on folded cover docketed Oct. 28, 1844 from Boston to Geo. S. Robbins in New York City, red Wyman's handstamp, small faint gum stain on stamp

EXTREMELY FINE. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE RARE WYMAN'S LOCOMOTIVE STAMP USED ON AN ATTRACTIVE COVER FROM THE ROBBINS CORRESPONDENCE.

Approximately 18 covers with Wyman's stamp can be counted in our photo records.

Ex Geisler. Scott Retail $1,750.00 (Image)

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E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1719

Independent Mails. Nine 1844-45 folded letters or covers, one with Hale & Co. 5c Blue (75L5) tied by red "Paid" (file crease thru stamp), others stampless including American Letter Mail. Co. New York oval, Bates & Co. with 6-1/4c Collect box, five with Hale & Co. markings, last is Overton & Co. Boston, Fine-Very Fine, all clean attractive markings

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction