Feature Lot. Lot 84 - Northern R.R., N.Y., Jan "16". Sharp route agent cds with pencil day ties 3¢ orange brown (10A), four large margins with vibrant shade, on Cheap Inland and Ocean Postage illustrated Barnabas Bates Postage Reform Propaganda cover showing Steamship, Eagle with Shield & Steam Engine, addressed to the President of the Northern Railroad at Boston Mass.; hint of address ink bleeding due to moisture and trivial water stain on reverse, Extremely Fine, Rarity VIII....Est. $7,500-10,000 Sold for US$ 5,500

It is with great pride that we are able to present our first sale catalog. It contains an interesting selection of nearly 800 lots of worldwide material including a strong section of U.S. Postal History. There are many highlights including an 1803 Spanish New Orleans cover with one of two "Nueva Orleans" handstamps in private hands, a magnificent Cheap Inland and Ocean Postage propaganda cover with a Northern R.R. route agent cds, the finest Memphis 'Steam" Pictorial handstamp use, a unique group of 1847 Issue Roosevelt trial color proofs, a stunning U.S. 10¢ green imperf straddle line pair with huge margins graded 98J, an 1862 Prize Court cover with a three-color franking from an attempted blockade-run into the Confederacy, and much more! We hope you find something of interest.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Great American Stamp Show in Cleveland!

Sale Sessions:
Session 1: 08/12/23 Inaugural Sale 10:00 EDT Lots 1-791

U.S. Postal History

• Autographs and Free Franks Lots (1-6)
  
• State Postal History Lots (7-20)
  
• State Postal History Lots (21-27)
  
• Western Covers Lots (28-33)
  
• Railroad Covers Lots (34-40)
  
• Railroad Covers Lots (41-60)
  
• Railroad Covers Lots (61-80)
  
• Railroad Covers Lots (81-100)
  
• Railroad Covers Lots (101-107)
  
• Packets/Inland Waterway Covers Lots (108-118)
  
• Waterway Agent Markings Lots (119-120)
  
• Waterway Agent Markings Lots (121-123)
  
• Ship and Naval Mail Lots (124-127)
  
• Foreign Mail Lots (128-140)
  
• Foreign Mail Lots (141-160)
  
• Foreign Mail Lot 161
  
• Advertising Covers Lots (162-166)
  
• Exposition Covers Lots (167-168)
  
• Campaign Covers Lot 169
  
• Fancy Cancels Lots (170-180)
  
• Fancy Cancels Lots (181-200)
  
• Fancy Cancels Lots (201-220)
  
• Fancy Cancels Lots (221-222)
  
• New York Foreign Mail Cancels Lots (223-234)
  
• Machine Cancels Lots (235-236)
  
• Postmasters' Provisionals Lot 237
  
• 1847 Issue Lots (238-240)
  
• 1847 Issue Lots (241-242)
  
• 1851 Issue Lots (243-260)
  
• 1851 Issue Lots (261-263)
  
• 1857 Issue Lots (264-280)
  
• 1857 Issue Lot 281
  
• 1861 Issue Lots (282-300)
  
• 1861 Issue Lots (301-320)
  
• 1861 Issue Lots (321-340)
  
• 1861 Issue Lots (341-360)
  
• 1861 Issue Lots (361-371)
  
• 1869 Issue Lots (372-380)
  
• 1869 Issue Lots (381-386)
  
• 1870-88 Bank Note Issue Lots (387-400)
  
• 1870-88 Bank Note Issue Lots (401-406)
  
• 1893 Columbians and 1894-98 Bureaus Lots (407-413)
  
• 20th Century Lots (414-420)
  
• 20th Century Lots (421-423)
  
• Airmail Lot 424
  
• Registered Covers Lots (425-429)
  
• Registry Exchange Labels Lots (430-433)
  
• Private Vending Coils Lot 434
  
• Official Seals Lots (435-437)
  
• Carrier - Semi-Official Lot 438
  
• Postal Stationery Lots (439-440)
  
• Postal Stationery Lots (441-442)
  
• Postal Cards Lots (443-448)
  
  U.S. Stamps
  
• Postmasters' Provisionals to 1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue Lots (449-460)
  
• Postmasters' Provisionals to 1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue Lots (461-480)
  
• Postmasters' Provisionals to 1898 Trans-Mississippi Issue Lots (481-496)
  
• 20th Century Lots (497-500)
  
• 20th Century Lots (501-520)
  
• 20th Century Lots (521-525)
  
• Back of the Book Lots (526-540)
  
• Back of the Book Lot 541
  
• Revenues Lots (542-549)
  
  Civil War Postal History
  
• United States and Confederate Mails Lots (550-560)
  
• United States and Confederate Mails Lots (561-562)
  
• Union Patriotic Covers Lots (563-579)
  
  Confederate Stamps and Covers
  
• Confederate Patriotic Covers Lot 580
  
• Confederate Patriotic Covers Lots (581-582)
  
• Independent State Lot 583
  
• States Lots (584-590)
  
• Confederate Railroad Covers Lots (591-592)
  
• Civil War Postal History Lots (593-594)
  
• Semi-Official Covers Lots (595-596)
  
• Military Related and Misc Postal History and Documents Lots (597-600)
  
• Military Related and Misc Postal History and Documents Lots (601-602)
  
• Confederate Provisionals Lots (603-608)
  
• Confederate Regular Issues Lots (609-620)
  
• Confederate Regular Issues Lots (621-640)
  
  U.S. Possessions Stamps and Covers
  
• Canal Zone Lots (641-660)
  
• Canal Zone Lots (661-664)
  
• Cuba Lot 665
  
• Danish West Indies Lots (666-673)
  
• Hawaii Lots (674-680)
  
• Hawaii Lots (681-692)
  
• Philippines Lot 693
  
  Worldwide Stamps and Covers
  
• British Commonwealth Stamps and Covers Lots (694-700)
  
• British Commonwealth Stamps and Covers Lot 701
  
• General Foreign Lots (702-720)
  
• General Foreign Lots (721-728)
  
  Collections
  
• United States Lots (729-740)
  
• United States Lots (741-756)
  
• Hawaii Lot 757
  
• United Nations Lots (758-760)
  
• Worldwide Lots (761-780)
  
• Worldwide Lots (781-791)