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Leroy Ohio June 7. Red circular datestamp with
date in manuscript, matching negative "Paid" and "5" on 1849 Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Co. policy to Stow O., Very Fine, with 2010 P.F. certificate (Image)
Chauncey Sherwood, P.M./ Bald Mount./ Luzerne
County./ Pa. Four line postmaster stencil used as signature on back of letter, front side with red "Bald Mount Pa. 9 Mar." circular datestamp and elaborate "Lucy. Sherwood" handstamp (daughter of postmaster) with doves and arrow pierced heart,
left side of lettersheet missing which may have been the addressed side (or this may have been an enclosure), file fold through handstamps on front, Fine and scarce postmaster's name stencil marking (Image)
SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
2723
Free, Hiram Freeborn P.M. Postmaster straightline
label with handstamped "Free", matching "Knoxville Pa. June 12" circular datestamp on cover to Lima New York, some minor staining, otherwise Fine, scarce postmaster's free franking label from a small Pennsylvania town (Image)
SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
2724
Philadelphia Pa. Jul. 26 (1842). Clear strike of
blue circular datestamp with matching "Free" in double octagon, sent to postmaster at Lancaster Pa., turned and mailed back to Philadelphia with blue "Lancaster Pa. Jul. 27" circular datestamp and matching "Free" straightline, all markings
beautifully struck, refolded for display, Very Fine and attractive double "Free" turned cover between postmasters (Image)
Memphis Tenn. Apr. 20. Clear strike of
double-circle datestamp struck partly off top of all-over Washington Fire Insurance Co. advertising cover to New York, "Due 6" in circle handstamp, it appears that a stamp affixed at upper right fell off in transit, Very Fine, with 2011 P.F.
certificate (Image)
"Pr. Steam-Boat 11th Inst." Manuscript
designation at lower left of folded letter datelined "New York 9 July 1812" to Albany, manuscript "6" rate, light vertical file folds, Very Fine, scarce early steamboat cover (Image)
MAIL ROUTE. Clear strike of red semi-circle
handstamp on folded printed prices current for perfumery and soaps, datelined March 12, 1828, to Providence R.I., manuscript "18-3/4" rate, light vertical file fold and some slight overall soiling, Very Fine strike of this scarce marking used at
Providence R.I. on incoming ship mail (Image)
"Ship Wm. & Eliza, off the island Ohevahoa, Aug. 19,
1850". Dateline on folded letter to Fairhaven Mass., fascinating contents incl. "There is one or two white men on the isle, one a Boston chap who has adopted native dress and tatooed all over says he is well satisfied with his manner of
living, which shows him to be a senseless fellow for the natives of any other tribes will eat him in a minute if they catch him. I was ashore yesterday when the natives took a great shine to a fat man. I suppose they thought he would make a good
fry.", red "San Francisco 40 15 Oct." circular datestamp, Very Fine, sent from the Marquesas Islands, made famous by Melville in his book Typee, the William & Eliza sailed from Bedford on Nov. 26, 1848, and returned Oct. 4, 1852,
with sperm oil and whale oil -- contemporary references to cannibalism are very unusual (Image)
"Louisville & St. Louis Mail Route, Apr. 24,
1852". Manuscript marking on folded letter from Louisville to St. Louis, horizontal file fold well away from marking, Very Fine, scarce , listed in Simpson-Alexander book (p. 202) as extremely rare (Image)
Consulate U.S.A. Valparaiso. Clear strike of
circular consular seal on cover to William Bates in Manitowoc Wis., bold strike of "Steamship 20" handstamp, with original 1860-dated enclosure from recipient's brother, contents discuss ship building, some wear, Very Fine strike, ex Risvold (Image)