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3123 Cover imageHartford Ct. Mar 22 [1870] black datestamp duplexed with heart tie 1861 10c Green (68) to cover to Copenhagen, Denmark, black "New York Direct Mar 22" transit, as the rate was 13c the letter was marked "Insufficiently Paid" and the stamp disregarded, carried on HAPAG's Cimbria arriving Hamburg April 2, backstamped Copenhagen April 4, fine and attractive (Image 1)

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SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 11:53 AM
3124 Cover imageHartford Ct. Jun 4 [1870], black datestamp with matching star in circle fancy cancels tying 1869 3c Ultramarine pair and 10c Yellow (114, 116) to cover to Gothenburg, Sweden (Warner correspondence), red "New York Paid All Direct" backstamp and matching "4" credit, boxed "Bremen Franco 17 6" and "Weiterfr 1½ Sgr" handstamps, trivial tear at bottom, left, very fine and attractive cover overpaying by 2c the short-lived 14c direct rate to Sweden by North German Union mail, ex-Klein and Angel (Image 1)

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CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 11:54 AM
3125 imageHartford Conn Aug 31 [1870], black duplex ties 1869 3c Ultramarine (114) to illustrated Independent Order of Good Templars advertising cover, very fine and attractive (Image 1)

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SOLD for $15.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 11:54 AM
3126 Cover imageHartford Ct. Oct 5 [1870], black datestamp with geometric duplex ties 1869 6c Ultramarine (115) to cover to Montreal, Quebec, backstamped Montreal October 7, very fine (Image 1)

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SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 11:55 AM
3127 Cover imageHartford Conn. Dec 3 [1872], black datestamp on cover to New York City franked with 1870 3c Green and 15c Bright orange (147, 152) tied by black corks, black straightline "Registered", recipient's handstamp dated the following day, very fine, the earliest recorded registered cover from Hartford (Image 1)

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SOLD for $85.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 11:55 AM
3128 Cover imageThe Courant Almanac for 1873, intact almanac with multicolored floral cover, franked with 1870 1c Ultramarine (145) tied by circle of wedges, address label affixed, very fine and choice, the 1c stamp paid the periodical rate to 2 ounces, a wonderful artifact for the Hartford historian (postal or otherwise) (Image 1)

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SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 11:56 AM
3129 Cover image"May 13th 1873", dateline on 1873 1c Postal card (UX1) with pencil "Hartford" alongside, addressed to "Miss Ada Louise Taylor" in Hartford, message reads: "My Dear Daughter, I send you the first letter I have ever written on a postal card and this is the first day they have been put into circulation in this city. You can recollect this all your life. Your affectionate Papa Sam", very fine, although uncancelled still an extraordinary first day use of the first United States postal card which was produced in nearby Springfield, ex-"Georgian" (Image 1)

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CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 11:56 AM
3130 Cover imageHartford Postal History 1863 to 1873 Group, 20 covers including pair of 2c "F" grills on cover, 3c "F" grill on Western Union Telegraph, 1866 underpaid cover to Paris, 1866 "Carrier" handstamp, 1861 1c Blue on printed circular, several patriotic covers, 1868 cover to Liverpool with 12c Black, and more, generally very fine, an attractive and choice group (Image 1)

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SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 11:57 AM
3131 Cover imageHartford Conn. John H. Burnham, P.M. Registered Apr 28 1875, blue datestamp on oversized cover to New Haven, Connecticut with striking illustrated advertisement for the Hartford Fire Insurance Co., franked with 2c Brown, 3c Green, and two 6c Dull pink Bank Notes, light wear as expected with such a large piece of mail, very fine and extremely attractive, this cover's addressee, Simeon E. Baldwin, would go on to serve as Connecticut's governor from 1911 to 1915 (Image 1)

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3132 Cover imageHartford Conn. Jun 30 6PM [1875], duplex ties 1873 6c Dull pink (159) to locally-addressed illustrated Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. advertising cover with steam locomotive, very fine and attractive (Image 1)

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3133 Cover imageHartford Conn. Aug 9 9PM [1875], black datestamp with matching star cancellation tying 1873 3c Green (158) to 3c Green entire to Prague, Bohemia, cornercard for "Novelty Weaving & Braiding Works", endorsed "first steamer to Europe", red "New York Br. Transit Aug 10" exchange datestamp, carried by Guion Line's Dakota arriving Queenstown August 19, backstamped Prague August 24, very fine, 6c franking overpays the UPU 5c rate which went into effect July 1, 1875, prior to that date this letter would have cost 6c (Image 1)

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CLOSED
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3134 Cover imageHartford. Conn. John H. Burnham, P.M. Registered Aug 21 1879, blue double circle datestamp on cover to Boston, Massachusetts, illustrated cornercard for the Hartford Life & Annuity Insurance Co., 1873 1c Ultramarine, pair of 3c Green, and 6c Dull pink (156, 158, 159) tied by black corks, large purple "Boston, Mass. Registered Aug 22 1879" sawtooth oval also ties, very fine, an attractive combination of a colorful franking and attractive cornercard (Image 1)

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SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 11:58 AM
3135 Cover imageHartford Conn. Feb 14 1PM [1880], black duplex ties 1879 2c Vermilion (183) to small Valentine's envelope addressed to Miss Lucy Clark in Hartford, spectacular enclosure produced by the New England Valentine Company, extremely fine, Miss Lucy Clark was only five years old at the time so this Valentine's was most likely sent by her father (Image 1)

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SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 11:58 AM
3136 Cover imageHartford Conn. Mar 7 11AM [ca. 1880], black datestamp and matching leaf fancy cancel tie 1c Bank Note to locally-addressed cover, as the local letter rate was 2c the cover was marked "Held For Postage" and an additional 1c stamp was applied, left stamp small faults, otherwise very fine and attractive (Image 1)

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SOLD for $50.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 11:59 AM
3137 Cover imageHartford Conn Oct 1 83 8PM, first day duplex ties 1883 2c Red brown to locally-addressed cover, very fine, one of two recorded first day covers of the issue from Hartford, 1995 APEX certificate (Scott $2,000) (Image 1)

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CLOSED
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3138 Cover imageHartford Conn. Dec 21 83 6 30 PM, Wesson time-on-bottom duplex on 2c Green entire, cornercard "Return to S.L. Clemens, Hartford, Conn., If not delivered within 10 days.", addressed to James R. Osgood & Co. in Boston, 1c postage due and "Due 1" and "Due 2" handstamps, light edge wear and toning from storage next to another envelope, fine and rare, a wonderful piece of postal history from Hartford's most notable residentJames R. Osgood was the publisher behind Mark Twain's 1882 The Prince and the Pauper and The Stolen White Elephant. Also in 1882, Osgood accompanied Twain on a riverboat trip to collect material for Life on the Mississippi, published by Osgood the following year. Interestingly, Life on the Mississippi was the first book submitted to the publisher as a typewritten manuscript (typed by Twain's secretary Isabel V. Lyon from his handwritten manuscript). The financial failure of Life on the Mississippi resulted in a fractured relation between Twain and Osgood. Mark Twain's Letters to his Publishers: 1867-1894, published by University of California Press in 1967, allows us to read the original letter contained in this envelope: a screed against Osgood which led to the severing of their partnership. It reads, in part:I am peculiarly situated. The Prince and Pauper and The Mississippi are the only books of mine which have ever failed. The first failure was not unbearable - but this second one is so nearly so that it is not a calming subject for me to talk upon. I am out $50,000 on this last book - that is to say, the sale which should have been 80,000 (seeing that the Canadians were for the first time out of competition), is only 30,000. (Image 1)



SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 12:00 PM
3139 Cover imageHartford Conn. Jan 4 6 30 PM [ca. 1884], Wesson time-on-bottom duplex on 2c Brown entire, cornercard "Return to S.L. Clemens, Hartford, Conn., If not delivered within 5 days.", local city address not in Twain's own hand, very fine and rare, a wonderful piece of postal history from Hartford's most notable residentThis cover is addressed to Linus T. Fenn, a furniture dealer in Hartford who went by "Fenn the Furniture Man" in his advertisements. Given the lavish nature of Twain's Hartford home, one can only image what he might have been ordering. (Image 1)



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Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 12:00 PM
3140 Cover imageHartford Conn May 1 [1888], duplex ties 1887 2c Green (213) to locally-addressed cover with matching green "Horsfall & Rothschild Gentlemen's Fine Furnishers, Fashionable Hatters" advertising collar, very fine and scarce (Image 1)

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SOLD for $55.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 12:01 PM
3141 Cover imageBank Note Era Hartford Auxiliary Markings, 15 coves including "Advertised", "Unclaimed", "Forwarded", "Returned to Writer", several different registry markings, mute circular rate cancels, "Due 3" with postage due stamp, and "Transit" backstamp, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group of uncommon and unusual markings (Image 1)

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SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 12:02 PM
3142 Cover imageBank Note Issues from Hartford to Foreign Destinations, small group of five covers including 1873 cover to Italy, 1884 cover to Turkey, 1885 cover to India, 1888 cover to England with internal forwarding, and 1890 cover to Germany, generally fine to very fine, an interesting group with most accompanied by exhibit writeup (Image 1)

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SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction before Mar-29, 12:02 PM

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