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LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
2321 cover   image1830 (March 12), stampless folded letter from Columbus, Ohio, to York, Pennsylvania, early black double-oval COLUMBUS / OHIO (16 Mar) datestamp and manuscript "25" rate for distances between 150 and 400 miles, small red wax seal remnant, the contents with clear legible penmanship, some typical aging, fine.

Written by Martin Shive to his father Lewis Shive, the letter explains his decision to move further west to Illinois, "500 or better miles below sensinatta [Cincinnati]" , drawn by better wages and traveling from Columbus to Dayton by canal boat to Cincinnati and then by steamboat to Illinois. Shive notes that he does not "make it practice of rambling a bout at Night nor gamble nor drink strong liquer," and that his "boss cabinetmaker" is a "relidges [religious] man" who will accompany him. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2322 cover   image1830 (December 5), Philadelphia to Bordeaux, stampless translatic letter, with contents datelined New York, Dec 5th, PHIL c.d.s. in red (9 December), matching red PAID straight-line, rated "25" and "10" in manuscript, to Bordeaux, France, endorsed "per Packet for France", struck with boxed "PER D'OUTRE MER / PAR LE HAVRE", black French arrival backstamp (9 Janv), fresh and fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$30.00
Will close during Public Auction
2323 cover   image1832 (February 22), transatlantic stampless folded letter from West Meredith, New York, to Kelso, Scotland, with family contents, manuscript West Meredith at upper left, manuscript "Paid 18¾" U.S. inland postage, manuscript "1/7" British rate representing the 8d ship letter fee plus 11d inland carriage, reverse with framed Liverpool / Ship Letter transit (22 Mar) and scarce boxed Carlisle Add'l ½ handstamp applied as the letter entered the mail coach service to the Borders, and Kelso arrival c.d.s. (22 Mar), with enclosed two-page manuscript legal bond dated 18 Feb 1832, fine-very fine; a scarce small-town origin for transatlantic mail. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2324 cover   image1832, Philadelphia to France, stampless transatlantic letter, with contents datelined October 18, 1832, rated "6" in manuscript, postmarked with red PHIL c.d.s. (Oct 30), to Paris, France, endorsed "p. Packet / Ship Erie / from New York / bound to Havre", with LE HAVRE c.d.s. (24 Nov) and boxed "PAYS D'OUTRE MER / PAR LE HAVRE" , most attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
2325 cover   image1832 (May 24), Newark, New Jersey, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, stampless folded letter, from Edwin Francis Hatfield, written on the occasion of his ordination to a missionary post in St. Louis, with bold red double oval Newark / New Jersey datestamp (24 May), addressed to Rev. Absalom Peters, Corresponding Secretary of the American Home Missionary Society, manuscript "12½" cent rate notation, complete four-page entire, filing folds and fragment of original red wax seal, else very fine, a nice example of this ornate cancellation. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
2326 cover   image1833 (April 23), Bowling Green, Kentucky, to New York City, stampless folded letter accompanied by original two-page handwritten committee report, bold black BOWL. GR. K. (24 Apr) c.d.s. and manuscript "Paid 25" rate at upper right, addressed to the Corresponding Secretary of the American Bible Society, fresh and very fine.

The enclosed hand-written "Eighth Report of the Managers of the Warren County Bible Society," authored by A.W. Graham and John Marshall, chronicles, among other things, a logistical effort to supply every "destitute family" in Warren County with a Bible by early 1831. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
2327 cover   image1833, Henderson, Kentucky manuscript cancel on stampless folded letter to Snickersville, Virginia, with legal contents regarding an estate, manuscript "25" cents rate for a single-sheet letter, the official seal impression formed by a graphite rubbing of the reverse of a Capped Bust Half Dollar of 1830, remarkably fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$70.00
Will close during Public Auction
2328 cover   image1834 (June 30), transatlantic folded letter from Schuylerville, New York, to Aberdeen, Scotland, with manuscript Schuylerville, NY town mark and "Paid 18¾" rate notation, struck on arrival with boxed Liverpool / Ship Letter handstamp (5 Aug) and charged "1/9" due, front with faint dual strikes of framed ½ Scottish tax markings, fine.

The enclosed letter is from Robert Watson to his Aberdeen attorney Francis Edmond; in addition to financial matters, he informs Edmond that he is "leaving this part of the Country" to seek better prospects elsewhere. Schuylerville, in Saratoga County, was the site of General Burgoyne's surrender in 1777. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2329 cover   image1839, New York to Livorno, Italy, stampless transatlantic letter via forwarding agents, postmarked "VIA DI / PONT-BEAUVOISIN" and with LE HAVRE double-circle c.d.s. (7 Feb), three-line black arrival backstamp and blue Paris transit backstamp (8 Feb), fair strike of "Forwarded by / Quesnel Freres & Cie, Havre" script-style forwarding agent marking, light pressed filing fold, scarce and fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$40.00
Will close during Public Auction
2330 cover   image1840 (June 23), Philadelphia to Paris, France, via the New York and Havre Line, stampless folded letter, struck with blue Philadelphia (23 Jun) c.d.s. with endorsement "per New York & Havre packet," two strikes of blue boxed "PAID" (first struck through, second applied alongside red Outre-Mer French entry mark (19 Jul), manuscript "10" decimes due, blue Paris (20 Jul) arrival on reverse, fine-very and quite fresh.

Written by Henry Hays to Monsieur de St. Léon, the letter discusses the importation of French wines and mentions his acquaintance with Prince Lucien Murat, son of Joachim Murat and living in exile in the United States, who advised that a shipment of rifles from the famous French gunsmith Lefaucheux were of an old model and too small a calibre for the American market. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2331 cover   image1841 (June 28), transatlantic Harden's forwarded stampless folded letter from New York to Annan, Scotland, with religious contents, struck with fine large red oval "Forwarded from Harnden's Package Express & Foreign Letter Office / No. 2 Wall St. New York" handstamp, manuscript "7" pence due rating and "New Boston / Steamer" route directive, reverse with black oval America / L arrival (16 Jul), some light uniform toning, else fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2332 cover   image1845 (December 15), transatlantic stampless folded letter from Philadelphia to Cognac, France, endorsed "By Cambria" at upper left, with blue Philadelphia, Pa. c.d.s. (15 Dec), red boxed Colonies &c Art. 12 Anglo-French accountancy mark, red double-ring P. Angle. Boulogne French entry handstamp (31 Dec), blue boxed Paid and circular "10" cents handstamp, manuscript "14" (decimes) due, reverse with red London transit (29 Dec) and Cognac arrival (2 Jan), with enclosed commercial letter, very fine.

The letter is from John Garrison in Philadelphia to Otard, Dupuy & Co. of Cognac, acknowledging a brandy shipment via the ship Ohio and defending a small order placed with Martell & Co. on the grounds that as a veteran of the "wine and Brandy trade for upwards of 30 years" he must keep different marks to satisfy the varied "prejudices" of his customers. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$60.00
Will close during Public Auction
2333 cover   image1846 (November 14), transatlantic stampless folded letter from Philadelphia to Paris, France, endorsed "Pr Havre packet" at upper left, with blue Philadelphia c.d.s. (14 Nov), small blue Paid handstamp, and "6" cent rate marking, red circular Outre-Mer / Le Havre entry mark on arrival (20 Dec) and manuscript "15" decimes due, reverse with Paris arrival c.d.s. (21 Dec) and partial red wax seal, eight-page entire in French, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
2334 cover   image1849 (September 10), Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad, stampless folded cover, from Charleston, South Carolina, to Shoco Springs, North Carolina, carried by steamboat and rail, struck with clear blue WILMINGTON & RALEIGH / RAILROAD. (11 Sep) Type III c.d.s. (distinguished by the period after "RAILROAD" and smaller lettering) with matching blue "5" handstamp, addressed to Col. Gaston Meares at Shoco Springs P.O., Warren County, some light toning, upper right corner sensibly restored, a very fine strike of this elusive cancellation; ex Karrer.

The recipient, Colonel Gaston Meares, was a prominent Wilmington citizen who later commanded the 3rd North Carolina Infantry, killed leading his men at the Battle of Malvern Hill in 1862. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2335 cover   image1849 (September 29), Long Ridge, Kentucky, manuscript cancel on stampless folded letter to the Clerk of the Pendleton County Court, with manuscript "Long Ridge Ky / Sept 29th" dispatch and manuscript "Paid 5" rate mark, some soiling and toning, but an elusive cancellation, Long Ridge even today being a small unincorporated rural community, the contents being of local historical interest.

The document is a Commissioners' Report dated June 1848, executed pursuant to a legislative act to "run and mark the dividing line" between Bracken, Harrison, and Pendleton counties, describing the running of a "random line" from Crooked Creek to the Licking River and the marking of boundary trees with "three chops on each side" and the letters "C.L." for County Line, with an itemised fiscal bill for $73.69½ covering 13 days of labour identifying Commissioners Charles Ruddell and Lewis Myers, chainmen George P. Ruddell and George Webb, and marker James D. Rich, certified by Clerk R. McCarty on the reverse. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2336 cover   image1850s (undated), Gold Rush era stampless transatlantic cover to Melbourne, Australia, via Adams & Co. Express,, endorsed "Per Express Adams & Co" at lower left and manuscript "Collect" at top, address panel annotated with poste restante instructions "He is now at or near Ballarat & information can be got to him there it may be three or four months before he will call for this," reverse with manuscript "Advt'd" (Advertised) marking and further manuscript instruction "Let this remain in the office Melbourne until sent or called for as it is of some importance to the person to whom addressed," reduced at right and some small creases, but a rare Adams usage to Australia. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
2337 cover   image1861 (June 5), Civil War surgical officer forwarded cover with Congressional free frank, affixed with 3c dull red Washington, from Danvers Centre, Massachusetts, to Washington D.C., redirected to Lynn, Massachusetts, circular DANVERS CENTRE / MASS. (5 Jun) c.d.s. with faint blue star cancellation, addressed to Bowman B. Breed M.D., Surgeon of 8th Regt. Mass. V.M., Washington City, destination struck through and re-addressed to Lynn, manuscript "C. H. Van Wyck / M.C." free frank at top, some sealed tears at upper left, else fine.

Dr. Bowman B. Breed, a prominent Lynn physician commissioned as Surgeon of the 8th Massachusetts Three Month Volunteers in April 1861, had already completed his initial term of service and departed Washington by the time this letter arrived. The free frank is of New York Congressman Charles H. Van Wyck, who would later organise and lead the 56th New York Infantry as Colonel while still holding his Congressional seat. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Currently...C$90.00
Will close during Public Auction
2338 cover   image1863 (January 22), stampless folded letter from Monticello to Madison, Florida, with interesting pro-Confederacy contents, struck with fair circular Monticello, Fla. c.d.s. (23 Jan) and bold Paid / 10 handstamp, back flap removed and small paper repair at upper left, a challenging postmark.

The letter is from Jas. B. Jones to Hon. E. J. Vann, addressing financial accounts regarding the estate of D. B. Bird before shifting to wartime sentiment; Jones expresses his desire to see the Confederacy become one of the "most powerful & prosperous nations of the earth" and describes a symbolic Confederate eagle whose wings extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific, its tail in the Gulf of Mexico and its head drinking from the waters of the Ohio River. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
2339 cover   image1865 (March 4), multi-coloured Civil War Union patriotic "Eagle & Shield" cover, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Cincinnati, Ohio, 3c rose Washington tied by Philadelphia / Pa. (8 Mar) c.d.s., with enclosed original four-page letter datelined Moscow, Tennessee, 3 March 1865, from soldier Charles Carroll, contemporary manuscript docketing at top, fine-very fine.

The Philadelphia postmark on a letter written in Moscow, Tennessee, indicates the letter was carried north by a returning officer or friend and posted in Pennsylvania. The sender, Carroll, describes the arrival of the 5th Ohio Cavalry and severe flooding of the Wolf River, which "damaged the Railroad considerable" and forced travellers to walk across precarious trestles, and complains of the "fault of the Paymasters" and six months' missing pay. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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Currently...C$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
2340 cover   image1865 (July 5), double-rate transatlantic cover from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to London, England, via New York, franked with a pair of 24c gray Washington, tied by target cancellations and Milwaukee, Wis. c.d.s. (5 Jul) alongside, paying the double rate to Great Britain, with red circular New York Am. Pkt. transit (6 Jul) and red circular London Paid arrival (19 Jul) on front, reverse with matching London arrival backstamp (19 Jul), some edge soiling and sealed opening tears at top, despite its imperfections an uncommon rate. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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

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