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**Stampless Covers: Arkansas thru Pennsylvania and Groups Lots continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
1253		Law Magazine Office. Large oval handstamp with matching "Paid" handstamp on buff cover to Athens Tenn., light strike of red "New-York Paid 3 Cts. Mar. 6" integral-rate circular datestamp, expertly silked, small edge tear at top, Very Fine, scarce and unusual cover, three covers are known with similar markings, the oval handstamp and "Paid" are struck in the same ink, Sampson thought the envelopes might have been prepared with these markings in advance of use, the magazine started publication in 1850 (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $160.00 Will close during Public Auction
1254		Sherwoods Corners N.Y. Jan. 9. Blue stencil postmark with date in manuscript and "Paid 5 to Lewiston" on green 1849 folded letter to Huron Tract, Upper Canada, light "Queenston U.C. Jan. 11 1849" transit datestamp, Hamilton receiving datestamp on back, some cover wear and few small tears, still Fine appearing, scarce marking made even more desirable by the destination, ex Hahn (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $170.00 Will close during Public Auction
1255		Chautauqua County, New York, Postal History. One-volume collection on exhibit-style pages, approximately 100 covers, nice range of material related to the historic county of Chautauqua, includes Civil War Patriotics (one is a beauty with Soldiers and Cannon design in blue, complemented by blue Jamestown datestamp), advertising, illustrated hotel designs, beautiful Chautauqua Assembly Grounds map design with 4c No. 211, steamboat postcards and passes, post offices include Jamestown, Fredonia, Chautauqua, common stamps except we note a No. 20 on cover, small group of 1974 Centennial covers which we count for nothing, generally Very Fine, of great interest and value to the regional specialist Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 400-500 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1256		The Pitt Petri Collection of Western New York Town Markings. Purchased by a collector in our Sale 1051, a handful of covers removed and reconsigned, large collection mounted in 27 binders, probably over 1,000 covers, organized by county and town with lists of postmasters typed at top, covers range from stampless incl. some from early through late 1800's and a smattering later, wonderful range of markings incl. manuscript, some straightlines incl. "Bucktooth N.Y." (with 3c 1857, unlisted in ASCC), handstamped ovals and boxed, preponderance of circular datestamps of course, a few better markings incl. a scarce type Canadian cross-border scroll in red, many others, (early Niagara straightlines removed), also Mr. Petri's book on Western N.Y. postal markings, overall an interesting and worthwhile collection, this was assembled by Mr. Petri until the late 1960's, as such none of these covers have seen the light of day in more than 40 years Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $6,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
1257		EASTON, PA. NOV. 18. Perfect strike of straightline datestamp with red ms. "Paid 12-1/2" rate on 1830 folded letter to Bethany Pa., Extremely Fine strike (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
1258		HECKTOWN/APRIL 5/PENN'A. Three-line datestamp with ms. "5" and unusual octagonal frame on 1847 folded letter to White Deer Pa., small tear at top and light soiling, Very Fine, the listing example in ASCC (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1259		KERR'S STORE PA. Crude woodcut town marking with both S's in mirror image, bold strike on blue envelope addressed to "Simon Powell (politeness Bearer)" without any date or rate markings, light toning, otherwise Very Fine, probably prepared by the postmaster and delivered locally by a friend or messenger, only two examples of this boxed Kerr's Store marking are reported (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 300-400 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
1260		LOYSBURG PA. Town handstamp in unusual double-line octagonal frame with ms. "18th Nov" date, date corrected from "17" and rate corrected from "12-1/2" to "10" on 1837 folded letter to Bardsville Pa., Very Fine, scarce Bedford County postal marking, the listing example in ASCC (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction
1261		MAUCH CHUNK PENN. June 22, 1825. Clear strike of brown datestamp with day in ms. on 1825 folded letter to Philadelphia, ms. "Paid 10", light vertical file folds, Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $200.00 Will close during Public Auction
1262		NEW BLOOMFIELD. P.A./JANU.17. Red two-line datestamp with odd punctuation ("P.A."), red ms. "6" rate on 1833 folded letter to Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, endorsed "On public service" but rated 6c due, light file folds, Extremely Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 200-300 SOLD for $275.00 Will close during Public Auction
1263		Philadelphia Postal History Collection 1790's-1900's. Huge collection with many hundreds of covers, core of the collection is a complete five-frame exhibit of Philadelphia stampless mail from 1792-1855 (missing only two Full-Rigged Ship covers offered as individual lots in this sale), exhibit traces the development of the city's postmarks and rates with large showing of Franklin marks, War of 1812 surcharge rates, handstamps and datestamps throughout the first half of the 19th Century, some better items incl. two examples of 4c private ship rate handstamp, some latest known uses of handstamps, "Phila" octagon handstamp struck in black, "R" (recorded) markings, outside the exhibit the collection contains albums and many manila envelopes stuffed with covers incl. adhesive uses and stampless, one very faintly struck Full-Rigged Ship, an interesting collection, the exhibit portion should be viewed to be appreciated Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 2,000-3,000 SOLD for $6,500.00 Will close during Public Auction

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