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LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2301 cover   image1886 (May 12), cover from Üsküb (Skopje) to Lyon, France, via Bulgaria franked with a single 1884 1pi blue and black, tied by bilingual Üsküb / Üsküp c.d.s. (12 May), reverse with Varna transit (14 May) and Lyon arrival (21 May) backstamps, slightly reduced at top, else a fine example from present-day Macedonia routed via the Bulgarian port of Varna, the direct rail line from Üsküb to the north not yet being possible. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
2302 cover   image1895 (June 19), Candia (Heraklion, Crete) to Constantinople, domestic "Coastal Mail" (Küste) commercial cover, horizontal pair of 20-Para rose stamps, tied by black octagonal double boxed seal, bilingual Candia (19 Jun) c.d.s. on front, blue "Hussein Freres / Candie" merchant cachet and bilingual STAMBOUL / ARRIVÉE (23 Jun) arrival c.d.s. on reverse, fine-very fine and scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
2303 cover   image1897 (November 20), Brousse (Bursa) to Pera, Constantinople, domestic underfranked cover, single 20-Para rose tied by bilingual Brousse (20 Nov) c.d.s., bold black squared negative "T" (Taxe) postage due handstamp and manuscript "1" (Gurus) penalty marking on front, 1 piastre Postage Due tied by Constantinople (24 Nov) c.d.s. on reverse with arrival c.d.s., horizontal crease along bottom, elsea fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
2304 cover   imageOccupation of Thessaly, 1898 (April 15), Tirhala (Trikala, Greece) to Constantinople, registered cover, five-colour franking comprising 2-Piastre orange, 1-Piastre green, 20-Para rose, 10-Para green, and 5-Para green with red overprint, tied by bilingual circular datestamps in blue, with Ottoman Turkish "Tirhala" in the upper arc and Greek "TRIKALA" in the lower arc, manuscript "Recommandée" (Registered), two tiny mounting tape stains at top, else a fine-very fine and most attractive cover. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
2305 cover   image1901 (April 21), Kerbela (Karbala, Iraq) to Teheran, Persia, cover franked with 20pa rose horizontal pair, tied by violet double-ring bilingual Kerbela (21 Apr) c.d.s., smudged black Teheran arrival datestamp on front, unusually fresh, a scarce and attractive usage from present-day Iraq, likely sent by a Shia pilgrim, Kerbela being one of the holiest cities in Shia Islam, and the site of the Battle of Karbala (680 AD), where Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was martyred and commemorated annually on Ashura. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2306 cover   image1905 (April 14), Makri-Keui to Montreal, Canada, "Bachibozouks" postcard franked with a 10pa green tied by bilingual Makri-Keui c.d.s. (14 Apr) in violet, with red circular London transit (24 Apr), choice strikes to an uncommon destination. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction
2307 cover   image1915 (March 30), 1 pi Tughra bisect on cover from Hora to Istanbul, bisect tied by violet "HORA" double-circle cancellation with Arabic inscription in center (Type XVIII/48), with trisected single-circle Arabic receiver backstamp, some toning to stamp, else a very fine example, correctly paying the 20pa rate, one of only a small number of recorded examples; with 1996 Turkish Philatelic Federation certificate. (Sc. #122 var.) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
2308 cover   image1916 (November 11), multiple franking on registered cover from Istanbul to Berlin, franked with twelve Crescent & Star overprints, tied by bilingual Istanbul c.d.s., struck with boxed “R” registration mark and red double-lined boxed Arabic handstamp, Berlin arrival backstamp (15 Nov), an attractive philatelically-inspired usage. (Sc. 369-373, 376-7, P43-7) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
United States
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2309 cover   image1773 (February 9), privately-carried better within Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, manuscript address to "Docter Samuel Holten," no postal markings, one-page contents datelined Danvers, February 9, 1773, signed by Israel Hutchinson, fine.

The letter pertains to a discussion of local tax obligations and whether to appeal to the "Generals Court." Both correspondents would become prominent Revolutionary figures: the sender, Hutchinson, commanded 60 minute men at the Battle of Lexington and served as Colonel under Washington; Holten became a member of the Continental Congress and later served in the U.S. Congress. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2310 cover   image1773 (c. May 18), PHILA / DELPHIA red two-line postmark on folded cover to West River, Maryland, addressed to Capt. Thomas Galloway, with red manuscript "4" and "2" rate markings overlayed at upper right, reverse with bold red two-line Philadelphia handstamp and red "18 / MA" Bishop mark, no contents, some staining and imperfections, but a fine example of this scarce Philadelphia postmark. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$120.00
Will close during Public Auction
2311 cover   image1808 (June 18), Lexington, Kentucky, frontier contractor defying the Department of War, stampless folded letter to Washington City, black oval LEXINGTON / KENTUCKY (19 Jun) datestamp with manuscript "Free" franking, addressed to William Simmons, Accountant of the Department of War, minor edge wear and some toning along filing folds, else fine, with interesting contents.

The letter is written by Charles Wilkins regarding a contentious financial dispute with the federal government, in which he boldly invites the Department of War to pursue "legal process," asserting that an "intelligent jury" would find in his favour upon settlement of a contract for military provisions, and declaring he will pay no claims until "justice is done to me in the settlement." (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
2312 cover   image1809 (May 19), Bowling Green, Kentucky, manuscript cancel on stampless folded letter to Hartford, Kentucky, the contents pertaining to a plea of tresspass, bold "Paid 10" rate in manuscript, addressed to Charles Henderson, Clerk of the Ohio County Circuit Court, front with contemporary docketing tracking the legal progress of the case from October 1808 through August 1809 with entries for "rule to declare," "rule to plead," and itemised legal costs totalling $8.21½, some light staining, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
2313 cover   image1812 (June 4), Beverly, Massachusetts, to New York, stampless entire, red manuscript "Beverly June 4th" dispatch and manuscript "17" rate mark for the standard single letter rate between 150 and 300 miles, addressed to David Gelston Esq., Collector for the Port of New York, central filing fold, else a very fine example of this manuscript cancel.

Written weeks before the outbreak of the War of 1812, the letter is a plea from the sender regarding her husband's imprisonment, entreating Gelston to "take bond" or bail for her husband, whom she believes has been victimised by "the extremity of the law" and "wrong storys" told by "low dirty" individuals. As Collector for the Port, Gelston held authority over maritime legal and financial bonds. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2314 cover   image1814 (January 23), stampless folded letter from Lexington, Kentucky, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with War of 1812 contents, struck with Lexington oval in black (23 Jan), manuscript "25" cents rate, contemporary docketing reading "Drum Major Thos. Fant taken at Raisins was still alive" and "Jn. M. McCalla / Dat. 23 Jan. 1814 / Recd. 7 Feby. Do.," some staining, but a fascinating letter.

The letter is from John McCalla to his father Andrew in Philadelphia. McCalla reports that "several soldiers, who were supposed to be killed in Dudley's defeat, have come in" after being held by the "savages," specifically noting that Patterson Clark and "our little Drum Major Thos Fant" were found alive among the Indians at the extremity of Lake Michigan, 250 miles from Detroit, and were sold to the French to escape their captors. He also reports several deaths in Lexington, including a Miss Smith whose demise was attributed to "imprudence in not wearing flannel" after dancing. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
2315 cover   image1815 (April 20), Bardstown, Kentucky, manuscript cancel on stampless folded letter to the Postmaster at Hardinsburg, with legal contents, manuscript "Free" franking at upper right, slight toning at left, else a clean cover, and an elusive manuscript cancel. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2316 cover   image1818 (March 27), Charles Brickett Haddock stampless folded letter from Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, to Hanover, New Hampshire, ANDR / MS (30 Mar) c.d.s. in violet and manuscript "12½" rate at upper right, quite fresh and attractive, very fine.

The letter is written by Charles Brickett Haddock (1796–1861), nephew of statesman Daniel Webster, the future professor at Dartmouth and U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Portugal, during his final year at the Andover Theological Seminary, to Richard Lang, a prominent Hanover merchant and Haddock's future father-in-law, advocating for Lang's daughter Susan to spend a year in exclusive study. Haddock is also remembered as the originator of the railroad system in New Hampshire and the state's first school commissioner. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2317 cover   image1821, stampless folded letter from St. Genevieve, Missouri Territory, to Cooper County, with scarce black oval St. Genevieve / Missouri handstamp (24 Apr) and two manuscript "18½" cent rates, internal contents comprising a series of entries written over a fourteen-month period from Dicks-River, Lincoln County (27 Feb 1820) through September 1820, the April 24 postmark establishing a despatch date of 1821 and thus a territorial usage mailed less than four months before Missouri statehood on 10 Aug 1821, the contents further referencing the "Reprevey Law" and noting the scarcity of circulating currency, manuscript "Favoured by Mr. John Cooke" notation, significant aging, but a rare territorial cancellation. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2318 cover   image1823 (January 4), stampless folded letter from Chillicothe, Ohio, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with red oval Chillicothe, Ohio c.d.s. (4 Jan) and manuscript "25" cent rate, two-part legal and financial archive comprising a primary letter headed "Marble Iron Works Jany 1st 1823" and a secondary legal addendum dated 3 Jan, toned at right, otherwise fine.

The letter is from Samuel Massey to his Philadelphia creditors, explaining his inability to pay his debts following the reduction of his Marble Iron Works land holdings from fifteen hundred acres to just over two hundred by an old mortgage. Massey offers to settle using two notes totalling $4,300 held on "Messrs William Green & Co of Cincinnati," identifying General William Henry Harrison - the future 9th U.S. President - and Jacob Burnet as partners in that firm. Harrison was elected to the United States Senate the following year, though his term was cut short by his appointment as minister plenipotentiary to Gran Colombia in 1828. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2319 cover   image1827 (September 20), prison reform stampless entire from Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, to Boston, red ANDR / MS (20 Sep) c.d.s. with matching red PAID strike and manuscript "6" rate at upper right, fresh and very fine.

The letter, written by F.A. Strale, a student at the Andover Theological Seminary, to the Reverend William Jenks (1778–1866) in Boston, outlines a visionary project to "explore the Prisons and Penitentiaries in this country" for six months. The recipient, William Jenks, was a distinguished Harvard graduate and linguist who founded the first mission for seamen in Boston and served as pastor of the Green Street Church. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2320 cover   image1828 (November 26), Beverly, Massachusetts, to Buxton, Maine, stampless entire, black manuscript "Beverly Ms Nov 26" dispatch and manuscript "18¾" rate mark for the single letter rate between 150 and 400 miles under the Act of 3 March 1825, addressed to Charles Coffin Esquire, signed by the eminent jurist and statesman Nathan Dane, slight separation reinforced with archival tape due to brittle paper, an otherwise fine and fascinating letter of historical interest to collectors of Massachusetts postal history.

The letter represents a scholarly exchange between two historically significant figures regarding the colonial foundations of New England. Nathan Dane, former delegate to the Continental Congress and author of the Northwest Ordinance's ban on slavery, writes to Coffin providing detailed genealogical and historical research on the "seven Narragansett Townships," tracing the incorporation of these grants to the 1760s and identifying "Narragansett No. 1" as the precursor to the town of Buxton, elaborating on Major Samuel Appleton's military service in "Philip's Indian War in 1675," and tracing his own family lineage back to Philemon Dane. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction

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