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CatNo.

Lot Description

3281

Confederacy, Washington Portrait in Ribbon and Large Shield. Red, blue & black allover patriotic ad design with "Lewis & Co., 280 Pearl St., N.Y." corner card in top of shield, on cover to Foxcroft, Me. franked with 1857, 3¢ dull red tied by New York cds and grid duplex, Very Fine.
Scott No. 26; Estimate $750 - 1,000.

A STUNNING AND VERY RARE USE OF THIS UNLISTED PATRIOTIC DESIGN.

It is interesting to note that the cover appears reduced at the right, which is not correct. Given the large size of this design, a portion overlaps and is printed on the reverse. (Image1)

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Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

3282

Confederacy, Zouave. Large multicolored patriotic design showing Four Zouave Soldiers and Marching Drum, on cover to Spencerport, N.Y. franked with 1861, 3¢ rose tied by bold blue "Cincinnati, O., Oct 11" cds and grid duplex, Extremely Fine.
Scott No. 65; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

A SPECTACULAR EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY RARE ZOUAVE SOLDIER DESIGN. AN OUTSTANDING CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC! (Image1)

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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $13,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

Confederate States

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

3283

Confederacy, (Adams Express Across-the-Lines) 1861 (Jun. 16) New Orleans La. to Bordeaux, France. Blue folded cover with part letter and origin docketing, embossed Rochereau New Orleans corner card to Bordeaux, France, carried north by Adam's Express to New York City, entered mails with U.S. 5¢ brown (30A) and 10¢ green (35), straddle-line margin, minor perf toning, tied by New York foreign mail grid cancels, red "New York 'Paid 12' Jun 25" credit datestamp, carried by Cunard Line Arabia from Boston Jun. 26th to Queenstown arriving Jul. 6th, red "Etats-Unis Serv. Br. Pkt., Calais, 9 Juil. 61" transit datestamp and matching "P.D." in frame, Paris (6.9) and Bordeaux (6.10) backstamps, Very Fine and colorful, ex-Noel, Walske, signed Ashbrook.
Estimate; $2,500 - 3,500.

A CHOICE COVER SENT FROM CONFEDERATE NEW ORLEANS TO FRANCE USING ADAMS EXPRESS TO CROSS THE LINES.

This letter was from Albin Rochereau, a merchant and battalion chief in the French Legion. The Legion was an organization of French citizens in New Orleans who defended the city during the Civil War.

Although Adams Express Company typically put mail into the post office at Louisville, there are examples of mail that was carried by Adams all the way to New York City. This cover does not have express markings since it was carried inside another envelope. (Image1)

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Est. $2,500-3,500
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3284

Confederacy, Pine Bluff, Ark., Jul 19, 1862. Cds with matching "Due" and "10" rate handstamps, on folded letter sheet addressed to "Col. P.P. Pitchlynn, Eagletown, Choctaw Nation", with additional from "Lt. J.L. Morgan, Arnold battalion, Chavers Camp" sender's notation below, Very Fine, ex-Dr. Brandon.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

A RARE ARKANSAS MILITARY COVER USAGE TO CHOCTAW NATION, INDIAN TERRITORY.

Peter Perkins Pitchlynn was prominent Choctaw leader and played a major role in building the national tribal government in the nineteenth century. The Civil War forced him to return to his Mountain Fork home and sacrifice his pro-Union sympathies to protect his family and career. A compromise candidate, he was elected chief on October 6, 1864, and signed an armistice on June 19, 1865, at Doaksville. He also assisted with the peace treaty signed with the United States on April 28, 1866. (Image1)

Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

3285

58X1

Confederacy, Mobile, Ala., 1861, 2¢ black. Clear to large margins, tied by "Mobile, Ala., Aug 10, 1861" double circle postmark on cover to Knoxville, Ala.; some light cover soiling, still Very Fine, with 2016 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 58X1; $6,000; Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.

A VERY RARE 2¢ MOBILE PROVISIONAL USAGE PAYING THE 2¢ CIRCULAR RATE RATHER THAN THE USUAL 2¢ DROP RATE.

The Crown census records only 23 covers with the 2¢ Mobile provisional. (Image1)

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Scott $6,000
Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

3286

61X2

Confederacy, Nashville, Tenn., 1861, 5¢ carmine, horizontal strip of three and single. Single with minute corner flaw of little consequence, strip with margin large to a bit into frameline at bottom of center stamp, on cover to Little Rock, Ark. tied by blue "Nashville, Tenn., Aug 7, 1861" cds's with year date inverted; cover repaired along the top left edge, F.-V.F., with 2019 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 61X2; Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.

THE LARGEST KNOWN ON COVER FRANKING OF THE NASHVILLE, TENN. 5¢ CARMINE POSTMASTER PROVISIONAL. (Image1)

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Est. $4,000-6,000
SOLD for $10,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

3287

Confederacy, 1861, 10¢ dark blue, Hoyer printing, malformed "T" of "TEN", right stamp in horizontal pair. Positions 3-4. Large margins all around and strong bold color, on refolded cover to Mobile, Ala. tied by "Tudor Hall, Va., Dec 22, 1861" cds; cover with backflap missing, Extremely Fine and choice, a choice on cover example of this major plate variety, ex-Caspary, J. Hill & E. Haub.
Scott No. 2b; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image1)

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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,800.00
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3288

Confederacy, 1862, 2¢ green. O.g., never hinged, large to huge margins, deep color and a beautiful detailed impression on fresh pristine paper, Extremely Fine and choice, a truly outstanding mint gem example and exceptionally rare in never hinged condition, with 1979 & 2023 P.F. certificates, the latter (Graded XF 90, SMQ $2,900).
Scott No. 3; $1,000 for hinged. (Image1)

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Scott $1,000 for hinged

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

Australian States to Finland

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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

3289

179

Australian States: Queensland, 1887, 1d vermilion red. Tied by "London, No 6, 09" cds canceled upon arrival in Boston, England, on soldier's letter endorsed "From J.E.Young, S.G.T. HMS Swinger, Brisbane, Australia" at top and countersigned by commanding officer "Lt. T.A. Hodge", reverse with "Boston, No 17, 90" receiving cds, Very Fine, a very scarce unexcised postage usage on soldier's letter from Australia.
SG No. 179; Estimate $500 - 750.

Gerland Ellot states this is one of only three of the fifteen recorded covers where the stamp has not been excised and replaced, and is the only one from Queensland where the stamp was not excised and replaced. (Image1)

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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

3290

Australian States: South Australia, Post Office, Adelaide. Bold strike of lion and crown double circle handstamp on 1839 folded letter to Oatlands, Van Diemensland with "10d" rating, letter from South Australia pioneer Robert Gouger datelined "16 July, 1839" with content including the increasing value of his Adelaide town acres…I have 17 town acres, and two of them for which I gave originally about £18 - are now worth £3,000…The society is excellent, the Governor is an accomplished scholar and a gentlemen…Pray excuse my hurry to save the post; cover with central tear at top, Very Fine, letter carried by the ship "Emma" and is one of the earliest known South Australia covers to Tasmania, ex-John Bell.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.

Robert Gouger is a famous originator of South Australia who was appointed the first Colonial Secretary in 1835 and then arrived at Holdfast Bay in December of 1836. (Image1)

Est. $1,500-2,000
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3291

Australian States: Tasmania, 1858, Queen Victoria "Chalon Head", 1s vermilion, imperf, two singles. Both with large margins all round, tied by neat barred "52" in oval handstamps on 1864 registered cover from Ross to Secunderabad, India, straight line "Registered" handstamp at center and red "Post Office, Launceston, Sp 23, 1864" date stamp additionally tying left stamp, reverse red Bombay transit and "Secunderabad, Oc 24, 1864" receiving backstamps; central cover opening tear at top and portions of backflaps missing yet only slightly affecting receiving postmark, still Very Fine, a choice franking and rare cover to this unusual destination, ex-Prof. E. Bombieri. Scott No. 16.
SG No. 41; Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image1)

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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

3292

205

Australian States: Victoria, 1884, 2d mauve. Tied by bold "Melbourne, 18,11,04" cds on cover to Hobart, Tasmania, with pencil "over ½ oz." endorsement and oval "T 4D." due handstamp, with additional Australia, Postage Dues, 1902, 2d + 6d strip of three (D3, D5) tied by Hobart, Tasmania cds's, with dues issues placed on top of bundle of due covers similarly underpaid, Very Fine, with postage dues accounting for a total of probably four additional underfranked letters.
SG No. 205; Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1)

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Est. $500-750
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3293

32a

Australian States: Victoria, 1854, Queen Victoria ("Wood Block"), 6d dull orange, block of four. Clear to large margins, tied by "19 V" barred oval handstamps on fresh oversized folded letter sheet to the Paymaster of Police in Melbourne prepaying the quadruple inland letter rate (6d per ½oz.), with manuscript "O.H.M.S." endorsement at top, reverse with "Hamilton, Victoria, My 5, 1855" origin date stamp and receiving date stamp, Very Fine and choice, this being the only recorded block of four of the 1854 6d issue on cover, ex-Purves, with R.P.S.V. certificate. Scott No. 17a.
SG No. 32a; Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image1)

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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,200.00
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3294

Austrian Offices in the Turkish Empire, 1869 Cover to Gravesend, England. Franked with Danube & Black Sea Railway 1867 20 paras black & green in combination with Austrian Levant vertical strip of three 15 soldi brown, perf 9½ tied by "LLOYD AGENZIE / KUSTENDJE" (June 29) circular date stamps (Tchilinghirian fig. 844) in black, numerous transit markings including Wein & London transits & Gravesend arrival, Extremely Fine, signed Müller & G. Todd, with 1954 A. Diena certificate.
Estimate; $30,000 - 40,000.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC COMBINATION COVERS OF THE DANUBE & BLACK SEA RAILWAY.

In 1864 the Danube and Black Sea Railway was founded and extended a distance of 46 miles between Kustendje, on the Black Sea, and Czernawoda on the Danube, thus forming a link between the mail boats of the DSNC at Czernawoda and the mail boats of the Austrian Lloyd Company at Kustendje. This local post officially begun its activity in 1867 following a Convention concluded between DBSR and Kustendje Harbor Company (enterprise working in Constanta harbor) regarding the transport of mail on DBSR railway, when the company put in use the stamp of 20 paras. (Image1)

Est. $30,000-40,000
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3295

Austrian Offices in the Holy Land, 1872 Cover from Jerusalem to the Bahamas. A stunning cover from Austrian Post Office in Jerusalem franked with 5s + 10s + 15s all neatly tied by Gerusalemme 6. 4. postmarks of the Austrian Post Office, numerous transit and accounting markings, Very Fine and rare, signed Calves, with 1999 Diena certificate.
Estimate; $15,000 - 20,000.

A WONDERFUL COVER WITH THIS THREE COLOR FRANKING TO A UNIQUE DESTINATION FROM THE HOLYLAND. (Image1)

Est. $15,000-20,000
SOLD for $16,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

3296

44929

British East Africa, 1890 ½a - 4a Overprints. Fresh o.g., well centered & fresh colors, 4a with tiny toned at top (visible on reverse only & not mentioned on certificates), Extremely Fine and choice, with 1988 Bühler & 1991 Holcombe certificates. SG No. 1-3 £1,400 ($1,700).
Scott No. 1-3; $1,525; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

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Scott $1,525
Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $900.00
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3297

Denmark, 1851, 2rs blue, 2nd (Thiele) plate II No. 45 type 9. Four large even margins, bright fresh color, tied on neat fresh cover by numeral "1" cancels & blue oval Footpost "F:P: 9.9.56" handstamp, Extremely Fine and choice, a lovely cover & stamp of exceptional quality, with 1980 Kaiser certificate. Michel No. 2 II. Facit No. 1 II.
Scott No. 1; Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. (Image1)

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Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

3298

Finland, 1858 5kop blue, large pearls. Cut square, just touching design, affixed on 5kop blue printed stationery folded lettersheet to Joensuu, cancelled and tied by large boxed "Wiborg 21. 11. 1858" postmarks, Very Fine, with 2003 G. Nykvist certificate.
Scott No. 3; Estimate $20,000 - 30,000.

AN ATTRACTIVE AND RARE COMBINATION FRANKING OF THE ISSUED STAMP ON THE POSTAL STATIONERY LETTERSHEET. (Image1)

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Est. $20,000-30,000
SOLD for $15,000.00
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France - 1849-1850 Cérès Issue

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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

3299

France, 1850, Ceres, 10c bister on yellowish. Large even margins, neatly tied by small numeral "2821" of Saujon losange cancel on charming ladies cover with decorative hand painted, embossed floral design in multi-colors, cover addressed locally, Superb, signed Calves. Yvert No. 1.
Scott No. 1; Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.

CERTAINLY OF THE FINEST CLASSIC COVERS OF FRANCE AND A HIGHLIGHT OF ANY COLLECTION. (Image1)

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Est. $10,000-15,000
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3300

France, 1850, Ceres, 10c bister on yellowish. Large margins to just touching frameline, tied in combination with four margin pair of the 25c Blue on folded cover to New York City by losange cancels, postmarked small St. Malo 29 Oct. 51 double circle (type 15), backstamped red "Bureau Maritime" double circle of the 31st of Oct., Very Fine, signed Baudot, with 2014 Calves certificate. Yvert No. 1.
Scott No. 1; Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.

A VERY RARE 60C "VOIE DE COMMERCE" RATE TO THE UNITED STATES VIA LE HAVRE. (Image1)

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Est. $4,000-6,000
SOLD for $3,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

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