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Harmers International, Inc. Sale - 15

UNITED STATES

STAMPLESS COVERS
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description Opening at...
1 imageUNITED STATES: Stampless; May 16, 1769 folded letter sheet bearing large red two line PHILA / DELPHIA origin , and magenta 16 MA circular (Franklin?) mark on reverse, with "2/6" on front to Joseph Pemberton (1745-1782) to Westover Maryland, written to him by his father Israel Pemberton (1715-1779) and his mother Sarah Kirkbride (1715-1756).

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Suggested Bid $400-500

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:35 PM
2 imageUNITED STATES: Stampless 1797, reddish Straight line SALEM APRIL 10 (Mass) 2 -lines on folded letter, bearing manuscript "12 1/2" rate, date-lined 1797, addressed to Abraham Watson Merch(ant), in Portland. Contents appears to be related to an order. Ex. Dr. Nicholas Johnson


The writer of the letter is William Gray, likely William Rufus Gray who went on to become Lieutenant governor and the wealthiest individual in the commonwealth through his multiple businesses.
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Suggested Bid $100-150

SOLD for $70.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:35 PM
3 imageUNITED STATES: Stampless; 1797 New Jersey folded letter date lined "Forks of Egg Harbor" Dec 20 1797 , bearing "3 JA" handstamp, manuscript "8: addressed to the (Honorable) Robert Morris Esquire, in "Brunswick".


The writer, William W. Connell appears to be a merchant living in Egg Harbor, NJ and he writes to Robert Morris in "Brunswick likely New Brunswick.
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Suggested Bid $200-250

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:36 PM
4 imageUNITED STATES, Stampless, 1799, straight line hand stamp "CHFeb15" (Charleston) on neat, readable folded letter, to Newburyport Massachusetts. The write, Elijah Mayhew, a Mass family, writes about selling possibly for Moses Brown (see note) a ship and a desire to get back to cod fishing. .


Captain Moses Brown was a Revolutionary War commander of New England privateers, including the Diligent and Intrepid. In 1799 while the Captain of the Merrimack, they captured L'Magicienne, and French letter‑of‑marque schooner Bonaparte (both occurred after this letter). Careful study and research could revealed what ship was being sold and the circumstances. Was Elijah Mayhew acting as an agent for Brown?
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Suggested Bid $150-200

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:36 PM
5 imageUNITED STATES: Stampless 1818 STRAIGHT LINE " LANSINGBURGH" (NY) two strikes , bearing manuscript "28 April 1818" on toned folded letter with manuscript "14/2" rate, to Champlane, Clinton County (NY) from Judge John Brown to Pleny More.


The letter speaks of lands and maintenance of the writer, John Brown. Research is needed to determine if the writer is the famous Abolitionist.
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Suggested Bid $150-200

SOLD for $105.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 09:57 PM
6 imageUNITED STATES: Stampless; 1835 Philadelphia Full-Rigged Ship: Used from La Guayra, Venezuela to New York; , Folded letter bearing red PHILA 8 SEPT octagonal double-line date stamp. Manuscript "2" and "per Virginia Trader" to New York. Short business correspondance. A decent impression of the popular ship.
(SG 55)
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Suggested Bid $300-400

SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 09:58 PM
7 imageSteamer SULTANA red oval on blue folded letter datelined “New Orleans March 23, 1845, “carried outside the mails Route 4801 to Kentucky, brief business correspondence with an accounting of sales. . Ex Hugh Feldman (lot 4305)


This was the third “Sultana” steamboat built in 1843. At her launch she was the largest steamboat of her day.
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Suggested Bid $150-200

SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:38 PM
8 imageUNITED STATES: Stampless; 1853 Ohio to Macao China, folded letter sheet, datelined and Dayton, Ohio 13 November 1853 and postmarked on the 14th, with black DAYTON O. NOV 14, bearing red NEW YORK (Nov 22) and Liverpool (DE5) red transits with manuscript "45" and "40", on reverse black HONG KONG 13 FE 1854 transit and red BESIVER & CO HONG KONG 13 LATE A.H. FRYER & CO. forwarder. Ship and documentation accompanies. Great destination.


Written to Mid shipmen Edwin Osgood Carnes, by his parents whilst serving on the USS Porpoise for its 1853 surveying and exploring expedition. He died at age 28, leaving a wife and two children. The letter refers to Commadore Perry's then current negotiations with the Japanese and the possibility of the use of force, "if he don't succeed by peaceable means will he, or will our government resort to force! I incline to think, that Young America may insert upon it . Well, if force is resorted to, all our men in those parts would be wanted, and your squadron may have a finger in the pee."
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Suggested Bid $300-400

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:38 PM
9 imageUNITED STATES: Wreck Mail: 1886 U.S.S. OREGON ,Ireland to San Francisco, blue green envelope . bearing N.Y.P.O. label detailing the mail delay. On reverse, New York APR 12 86 transit. The U.S.S. Oregon was passenger liner owned by the Cunard line, sank 14 March 1886The ship was a 520-foot transatlantic inbound from Liverpool that purportedly collided with the schooner Charles H. Morse, 26 miles off Fire Island, New York. The Charles H. Morse disappeared with all hands about the same time. Two hours after the collision the crew abandoned ship with 852 passengers. There was only one fatality, a cricketer Charles Waller who fell overboard and drowned. There were only enough life boats for about half the passengers. the pilot boat Phantom and the schooner Fannie A. Gorham responded to Oregon's flares and boarded all passengers and crew. between them . All passengers were later transferred to the SS Fulda of Norddeutscher Lloyd. This letter addressed to the S. Sherman & Co. in San Francisco.

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Suggested Bid $200-300

SOLD for $290.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:39 PM
REGULAR ISSUES
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10 O 1 image1847 Issue. UNITED STATES: 1847 5c brown , neat black grid cancel, good to large margins all around, possible sheet margin at left, extremely fine.
(Scott 1 $435 )
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SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:40 PM
11 O 1 imageUNITED STATES: 1847 5c pale brown, red grid cancel, good to large margins all around, very fine.
(Scott 1 $425 )
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Scott $425


SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:40 PM
12 O 1 imageUNITED STATES: 1847 5c red brown, red grid cancel, good to well clear margins all around, very fine.
(Scott 1 $425 )
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Scott $425


CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:41 PM
13 O 1 imageUNITED STATES: 1847 5c brown (our opinion), light red grid cancel, good to large margins all around, very fine. Foundation Cert. (1995) as red brown.
(Scott 1 $425 )
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Scott $425


SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:42 PM
14 O 1 imageUNITED STATES: 1847 5c brown, blue grid cancel good to very large margins all around perhaps sheet margins at bottom, extreamly fine.
(Scott 1 $465 )
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Scott $465


SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:43 PM
15 O 1a imageUNITED STATES: 1847 5c darker brown , light red grid cancel, good to possible sheet margin at bottom, we believe this may be blackish brown, extremely fine.
(Scott 1a $525 )
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Scott $525


SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:43 PM
16 O 1b imageUNITED STATES: 1847 5c orange brown, light red grid cancel, good to large margins all around, very fine. Foundation Cert. (2010).
(Scott 1b $675 )
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Scott $675


CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:43 PM
17 O 1d imageUNITED STATES: 1847 5c brown orange, light red grid cancel good to large margins all around. Nice example of this rare color, very fine.
(Scott 1d $1,000 )
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Scott $1,000


SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:44 PM
18 O 1d imageUNITED STATES: 1847 5c brown orange, blue grid cancel , good margins all around, very fine.
(Scott 1d $1,000 )
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Scott $1,000


SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:44 PM
19 O 1 imageUNITED STATES; 1847 5c brown, neat inverted blue boxed PAID cancel, horizontal crease not visible from front, good to large margins all around showing frame line from adjacent stamp at bottom, very fine appearance.
(Scott 1 $515 )
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Scott $515


SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:46 PM
20 1a, 20 L7 imageUNITED STATES: 1847 5c dark brown , good to large margins all around, tied by red grid on piece together with tied City Express local (faults). An inexpensive way to acquire the combination which catalogues $2,750 on cover. Foundation Cert. (2006).

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Suggested Bid $400-600

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
before Dec-03, 12:46 PM

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