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The Benjamon Franklin Bailar Collection: A Postal Historical Study of America's First Postmaster Gen continued...

1869 Pictorial and 1870-90 Bank Note Issues
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2610 c Image24c Green & Violet (120). Used with 1c Buff (112), each stamp cancelled by matching circular cork cancel and tied by part of adjoining "Boston Mass. Jan. 21 3 P.M." circular datestamp on 1870 cover to Rosario, Argentina, red "8" credit handstamp, faint red oval handstamp applied in Argentina, pencil "10c", reduced at left

A FINE AND COLORFUL COVER. THE ONLY GENUINE COVER WITH THIS COMBINATION OF 1869 STAMPS AND ONE OF TWO RECORDED 24-CENT 1869 COVERS TO ARGENTINA.

The 1c and 24c stamps were intended to prepay the 25c rate (between -1/4 and -1/2 ounce) for American Packet service to Rio de Janeiro and from there by French Packet to Buenos Aires. However, the French Packet service ended by January 1870, and the cover was sent via the new British Packet. The 18c per -1/2 ounce rate applied to British mail, and the cover was correctly marked with the 8c credit.

?Only two 24c 1869 covers to Argentina are recorded in the 1869 PRA census book. Although two 1c and 24c combination covers are listed in the same census, subsequent to publication the other cover (ex Ishikawa) was determined to be a forgery, leaving only this cover with the 1c Franklin and 24c Declaration of Independence pictorial stamps.

The 24c vignette was engraved by James Smillie from John Trumbull’s oil painting Declaration of Independence. There are two versions of this painting; one hangs in the Capitol Rotunda, and the other at Yale University. Contrary to the popular belief that this painting depicts the signing ceremony, Trumbull actually painted a romanticized image of the presentation of the Declaration draft. There are 47 individuals portrayed in the painting, and the tiny engraving captures virtually all of them in minute detail. Franklin is shown standing in front of the desk, the fifth figure at right in the group of five.

Ex White, Emerson, Krug and Kuphal. Signed Ashbrook. With 1990 and 2002 P.F. certificates (Image)

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 E. $ 30,000-40,000

SOLD for $32,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
2611 c Image1c Buff (112). Tied by unusual segmented cork cancel on buff cover with "U.S. Internal Revenue, Assessor's Office, District of Utah, Official Business" corner card and addressed locally, rimless "Salt Lake City Utah Feb. 21" datestamp on back, bold "UNCLAIMED" handstamp struck seven times, Very Fine and scarce Utah territorial use, ex Haas, with 1990 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
2612 c Image1c Buff (112). Horizontal strip of three, rich color, clear grills easily visible on the face of the stamps, cancelled by targets, indistinct strike of circular datestamp on yellow cover to Philadelphia, July 12 docketing at left and receiving backstamp, missing top flap, Very Fine (Image)

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 E. 200-300

SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction
2613 c Image3c Ultramarine (114). Used with 1c Ultramarine (145), tied by target cancels, "Northampton Ms. Nov. 18" (1870) double-circle datestamp on cover to Benjamin Smith Lyman in Calcutta, India, backstamped "New-York Nov. 19" and "Insufficiently Paid" (in black) with blue crayon "6", changed to "4" (also in blue crayon) and annotated "Ret. for postage", red "New-York Dec. 15" datestamp and matching "Insufficiently Paid" straightline handstamp, red London transit (Dec. 27), "PAID-ONLY/TO ENGLAND" two-line handstamp, routed via Brindisi with blue Verviers-Cologne transit (Jan. 12) on back, Bombay and Calcutta backstamps, "St. Bo. A-P 8-8" due handstamp (8 annas--8 pie, or 26c U.S.), with original enclosure, minor repair along top left edge

VERY FINE. A SPECTACULAR 1869 AND BANK NOTE MIXED-ISSUE USE DEMONSTRATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF FOREIGN-MAIL RATES DURING THE 1869-70 PERIOD.

According to the PRA 1978 Register article on the Lyman correspondence, this cover was franked for the 4c British Open Mail rate, but the foreign mail clerk in New York rejected the prepayment. It evidently cleared New York on Dec. 15 (1870) and arrived in England after the route to India via Marseilles was terminated due to the Franco-Prussian War. It was sent via Ostende (Belgium), Coeln (Germany) and Brindisi, but the surcharge for this route was not charged in India, thus they applied the 8a-8p due marking for the old via Marseilles route (30c less 4c because of the "Paid Only to England" marking). The Via Brindisi route was in use for less than nine months.

Benjamin Smith Lyman was a mining engineer for the Department of Public Works in India. The small Lyman correspondence is a challenge to postal historians, each cover presenting a peculiar franking and complex array of markings. Elliott Coulter always considered this cover the "pick of the litter" of the Lyman group.

Ex Coulter. (Image)

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 E. $ 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $5,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
2614 c Image1c Ultramarine (145). Horizontal pair, bright color, tied (between perfs) by cork cancel, "New Orleans La. Nov. 6" circular datestamp on folded printed 1871 Prices Current to Genoa, Italy, blue crayon "2", neat "SHORT PAID" handstamp, Italy, 1871, 10c and 30c Buff & Magenta Postage Due (J6, J8) tied by "Genova 30 Nov. 71" circular datestamps, horizontal file fold well away from stamps, some edgewear, Very Fine and colorful use which was short paid due to weight (Image)

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 E. 200-300

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
2615 c Image1c Ultramarine, 2c Red Brown, 3c Green (156, 157, 158). Two horizontal pairs and single of 1c, tied by multiple strikes of New York Foreign Mail Star cancel (Ty. ST-8P11), red "New York Paid All Via Eng. & Ostd. Feb. 3" circular datestamp also ties stamps on cover to Geneva, Switzerland, 1874 transit and receiving backstamps, stamps with few small tears, still Very Fine, scarce and colorful franking, ex "Mercedes" (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
2616 c Image1c Gray Blue (206). Perfect centering, tied by bold segmented cork cancel on front cover of a 32-page booklet, "The Postal Service Book", produced in 1885 by the Meriden Conn. postmaster, E. D. Hall, cover in blue and red on blue paper, content reads "The Handy Book of the Postal Service has made many friends throughout the country... The object of this book is to place before every one the rules and regulations of the post in daily use... The diffusion of knowledge of this kind insures greater promptness and certainty of mail delivery." -- content includes information on office hours, domestic and international postage rates, carriers, money orders, and a list of UPU participating countries, along with a healthy dose of ads -- small thumbtack hole at top left, Extremely Fine and rare, we have never seen another example of this truly spectacular booklet (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
2617 c Image1c Gray Blue (206). Horizontal pair and slightly overlapping single, tied by "New York Sep. 4 '83" duplex cancels on overall French illustrated cover showing devils attacking nuns, to Baltimore, French anti-clerical propaganda message on top backflap and envelope-ordering information on bottom backflap, few faults, appears Fine, very rare design (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $2,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
2618 c ImageJames A. Garfield. Large cover addressed in Garfield's hand to Burlington Vt., 1c Dark Ultramarine (182) cancelled by two penstrokes, purple "West Mentor Ohio Feb. 15, 1881" octagonal handstamp, docketing at top reads "Envelope containing photograph of President James R. Garfield -- addressed by himself.", trivial edgewear, stamp with insignificant toned perf tip, Very Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $110.00
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2619 c Image1c Gray Blue (206). Cancelled by Glen Allen Star precancel on International Printing Label Establishment corner card cover with illustration on back in blue, to Williamson Pa., "Glen Allen Virginia May 12, 1882" printed datestamp, with original enclosures, trivial edgewear, stamp with faults at top, otherwise Very Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $950.00
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2620   Image1c Gray Blue (206). Three, with Glen Allen Star precancel in green, red and black, stamps with faults, still Very Fine and desirable group of the three known colors of precancels (Image)

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 E. 500-750

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

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