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1061 Cover imageChicago Postage Due Foreign Mail Collection, approximately 95 covers from the 1870s through 1970s, first half consists of incoming foreign mail charged postage due, several depreciated currency markings, incoming from England, Sweden, France, Slovakia, Denmark, and more, note 1926 Montgomery Ward return card from Nigeria, second half of the collection is outgoing postage due mail  with destinations including Japan, England, Germany, and Italy, some mixed condition to be expected with such well-travelled covers, a wonderful collection for the specialist (Image 1)

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SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:01 AM
1062 Cover image2 red rate handstamp on drop letter datelined "Aurora Oct 26th 1850", carried to Chicago where it was mailed, very fine and early drop letter, contains an order for lumber from J.L. Hanchett, Chief Engineer of the Aurora Branch Rail Road which had opened its line connecting to the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad only three weeks earlier, illustrated in Piszkiewicz (page 150) (Image 1)



SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:02 AM
1063 Cover image24, 1857 1c Blue, Type V, tied by black grid to September 1858 issue of The Monthly Monitor and People's Health Journal (front and back cover only), contained articles concerning diseases of the lungs, fine and attractive use (Image 1)

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SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:04 AM
1064 Cover image24, 1857 1c Blue, Type V, tied by "Chicago Ill. Sep 29 1859" datestamp to locally-addressed cover, embossed "Peoples' Gas Light and Coke Co." backflap with matching letterhead enclosed, very fine, this was Chicago's utility company and still operates today as Peoples Gas (Image 1)

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SOLD for $95.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:05 AM
1065 Cover imageHalf Hour Drop Letters Delivery, perfect strike in blue on reverse of locally-addressed 1861 cover, franked with 1857 1c Blue tied by blue "Chicago Ills Aug 27" datestamp, additional blue Chicago backstamp as often seen on incoming mail, extremely fine, only two examples of this handstamp are known on drop letters mailed three days apart (August 27 and 30, 1861), a remarkably attractive cover made even more noteworthy as August 27 was the last day of validity for the 1857 issue in Chicago, illustrated in Piszkiewicz (page 152) (Image 1)



SOLD for $5,500.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:06 AM
1066 Cover imageHalf Hour Drop Letters Delivery, mostly-legible strike in blue on reverse of locally-addressed 1861 cover, franked with 1861 1c Blue tied by blue "Chicago Ills Aug 30" datestamp, additional blue Chicago backstamp as often seen on incoming mail, fine, only two examples of this handstamp are known on drop letters mailed three days apart (August 27 and 30, 1861), a rare cover and an early use of the 1861 issue from Chicago (Image 1)

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SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:07 AM
1067 Cover image1872 Forwarded Local Delivery Letter, cover initially franked with 2c Brown Bank Note for local delivery, tied by black Maltese cross, readdressed to Green Bay, Wisconsin with a 3c Green Bank Note added, postmarked Chicago August 7 and delivered the following day, very fine, local delivery letters such as this that were forwarded are very rare (Image 1)



SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:08 AM
1068 Cover imageChicago Local Delivery Covers Collection 1860/1880, approximately 56 covers with 1c or 2c frankings for local delivery, begins with 1c 1857 and 1861, nine Black Jack covers, wide variety of "Chicago Blues" mostly identified by Berg number, also note O75 on triple-rate cover, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group which details the development of the delivery division in Chicago (Image 1)

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SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:08 AM
1069 Letterpiece imageOne Cent Paid (C-3), three-line circular handstamp in red on large part 1851 printed circular, additional red "Chicago Ill. Jul 8" and "Paid" handstamps, addressed to St. Louis, Missouri, fine strike, the unique example of this distinctive handstamp, illustrated in Piszkiewicz (page 163) (Image 1)

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SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:09 AM
1070 Cover imageChicago. Ill. Paid 1. Feb 11 (C-5), complete strike on printed circular from the Land Office of the Illinois Central Railroad Company dated January 10, 1855, addressed to Clarence, New York, light even toning, fine and rare example of this distinctive marking, illustrated in Piszkiewicz (page 164) (Image 1)

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SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:09 AM
1071 image9, 1852 1c Blue, Type IV, position 99L1L, two huge margins, in at right and bottom, tied by black grid to cover to Exeter, Illinois, cornercard for "Mooers & Richards, Commission, Produce, and Dealers in Provisions", very fine and choice (Image 1)

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SOLD for $40.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:10 AM
1072 Cover image9, 1852 1c Blue, Type IV, position 3L1L with sheet margin at top and mostly full margins at sides, tied by "Chicago Ill. May 17" datestamp to folded real estate circular with recent land sale prices, addressed to Detroit, Michigan, slightly stained filefold away from stamp, fine (Image 1)

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SOLD for $75.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:11 AM
1073 Cover image9, 1852 1c Blue, Type IV, position 21R1L tied by black "Chicago Ills Apr 13" datestamp to ca. 1854 folded printed circular to Newburgh, New York, very fine and attractive (Image 1)

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SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:12 AM
1074 Cover image9, 1852 1c Blue, Type IV, left margin single tied by indistinct black datestamp to 1856 folded printed circular from R.K. Swift to New York City, light staining, fine, Swift was the promoter of the Chicago perforations and this stamp appears to have been cut from a strip by some kind of perforating machine (Image 1)

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SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:13 AM
1075 Cover image73, 1863 2c Black, tied by black cork to 1866 unsealed cover to Johnsville, Ohio, original enclosures advertising "Great Western Gift Concert", very fine, such schemes would be outlawed two years later and such a promotion would have been considered fraudulent mail, see pages 525 to 527 in the Piszkiewicz book for more information (Image 1)

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CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:13 AM
1076 Cover imageChicago Printed Matter and Circulars to 1869, collection of approximately 47 folded circulars and envelopes spanning the staples era through 1869 issue, all sent at the printed matter or unsealed circular rate, wide variety of prices current and business announcements, many franked with 1857 and 1861 1c issues as well as a few Star Die and Black Jack stamped envelopes, generally fine to very fine, this type of time-sensitive commercial correspondence was rarely kept and as such a collection such as this is exceedingly difficult to assemble (Image 1)

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SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:14 AM
1077 Cover imageChicago Black and Blue Cancellations on Circular Rate Mail Collection, approximately 46 covers franked with various 1c and 2c Bank Note stamps, all with Chicago fancy cancellations (many listed in Berg), identified as having originated in Chicago by either their cornercard or contents, attractive advertising and interesting enclosures throughout, generally fine to very fine, a wonderful group (Image 1)

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SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:14 AM
1078 Cover imageChicago Circular Rate Mail Collection 1880s/1930s, binder containing approximately 175 items, primarily arranged by postmark (mostly encompassing Piszkiewicz types C-10 to C-39, see page 166), many with attractive advertising or original enclosures making for a very interesting group, generally fine to very fine, view to appreciate, this type of mail was often trashed upon arrival making a collection such as this quite extraordinary (Image 1)

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SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:15 AM
1079 Cover imagePhiladelphia "R" (Recorded), blue handstamp on ca. 1847-48 incoming cover, postmarked "Chicago Ill. Aug 2", manuscript "20" rate, very fine and scarce forerunner to official registered mail (Image 1)



SOLD for $60.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:17 AM
1080 Cover image"Money Letter Registered", manuscript notation on 1856 cover to Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1857 3c Dull red (26) tied by black "Chicago Ills Feb 11" datestamp, small tears along top edge, very fine cover sent seven months after the introduction of registered mail, illustrated in Piszkiewicz (page 257) (Image 1)

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SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-28, 11:18 AM

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