Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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United States and Confederate States Postal History continued...

Colonial Postal History: Revolutionary War, Transitional & Congressional Post continued...

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1138

(Alexandria Va., 1778) "5 Way". Manuscript way marking and 5dwt rate (3.8dwt plus 50% per the resolution of Oct. 17, 1777, way charge extra) at top of folded letter datelined "Alexandria July 23, 1778" to Philadelphia, minor age toning, Very Fine, a rare Revolutionary War "Way" cover from Alexandria (Image)

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E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1139

(Baltimore Md., 1778) "Balt Way 4". Manuscript way marking and rate (4dwt) on folded letter datelined "Baltimore Aug. 15, 1778," addressed to Philadelphia, age spotting, Fine (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

1140

(Portsmouth N.H., 1779). Small folded letter datelined "Portsmouth 24th April, 1779" to Boston, manuscript postmark (illegible) and "3" dwt rate at top right, minor age spotting, Fine, we consulted a Colonial postal history expert who owns a cover nearly identical to this one (with the same endorsement at top) and he is also unable to decipher it (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $130.00
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1141

(Aylett Va., 1779) "Ayletts 30", Manuscript postmark on May 30, 1779 docketed folded cover to Philadelphia, slight dampstaining, otherwise Fine, extremely rare Revolutionary War cover from Aylett Va., Col. William Aylett, who inherited the family plantation that gave the town its name, died at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781 (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $475.00
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1142

(Baltimore Md., 1779) "Way 16". Manuscript markings on folded letter datelined "Baltimore July 31, 1779", addressed to Leonard Dorsey in Philadelphia, manuscript "8" (dwt) crossed out above "16" (2.16dwt single rate x 3=8dwt, doubled=16dwt, way charge not incorporated into rate), Very Fine two times triple-rate way letter (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $800.00
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1143

(Chester to Albany N.Y. via River Packet, 1779). "Chester Aug. 19, 1779" dateline and "On Public Service" on folded letter to Philip Van Rensselaer "Public Store Keeper" at Albany N.Y., reports sending four boxes on the Newburgh-Albany packet, Very Fine letter sent via Hudson River packet, Philip K. Van Rensselaer was keeper of the Albany arsenal during the Revolution, he was variously referred to as "storekeeper" and "commissary" (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction