Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale

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3c Red on White Nesbitt entire (U10). Clear strike of blue "Maxwell's Creek Cal. Feb. 29" (1856) circular datestamp (date in manuscript), matching "PAID" straightline and "7" cents provisional uprating in manuscript, to New York City street address, Extremely Fine, a superb example of the 3c Nesbitt entire uprated for 10c rate, ex Jessup, Pearce and Walske (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

6c Green on White Nesbitt entire (U13). Sharp strike of "Nevada City Cal. 3 Paid Apr. 25" (1856) integral-rate circular datestamp, "PAID" straightline and "4 cts Extra" blue manuscript uprating, addressed to Sardinia N.Y., part of backflap missing, Extremely Fine, scarce provisionally uprated 6c Nesbitt entire for 10c rate, ex Jessup, Pearce and Walske (Image)

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E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

3c Dull Red, Ty. I (11). Ample margins to slightly in, pen cancel and tied by "Benicia Cal. Nov. 21" circular datestamp on legal-size buff cover with DEP-T OF THE PACIFIC/OFFICIAL BUSINESS" two-line imprint, addressed to Capt. J. L. Folsom, U.S. Army at San Francisco, folded in at left to fit page, another vertical fold at center, slight wear, still Fine, scarce California military imprint (Image)

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E. $ 150-200

SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction

3c Rose (65). Tied by 13-bar grid cancel, "Santa Clara Cal. Jul. 22" circular datestamp on buff cover to Piqua O. with red California State Telegraph illustrated advertisement, a bit worn, one side flap reattached and reduced at left, minor mend at upper left, still Fine, the California State Telegraph envelopes are very scarce sent through the mails (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction

3c Rose (65). Tied by blue target cancel, matching clearly struck "Yuma A.T. Apr. 1" (1869) Arizona Territory circular datestamp on yellow cover to Auburn Cal., slightly reduced at left, otherwise Very Fine, carried by steamboat up the Colorado river to Ehrenberg, then by stage on the La Paz and San Bernardino Line to California where it connected with the Los Angeles stagecoach to Auburn, extremely scarce territorial marking and route (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

10c Green on White Nesbitt entire (U17). Partly clear "San Francisco Cal. 5 Jul." circular datestamp (manuscript "1858" notation in error, correct year is 1859), addressed to Mrs. Laura L. Hawley in Burlington Vt. with marvelous large "Overland" illustrated four-horse stagecoach design, Boyd imprint at lower left of woodcut, a wonderful design with banners showing names of San Francisco, Los Angeles, St. Louis and New York

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST KNOWN EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE AND ATTRACTIVE WOODCUT STAGECOACH DESIGN, AND VERY UNUSUAL TO HAVE THE OVERLAND MAIL DIRECTIVE PRINTED ON A NESBITT ENTIRE.

The Butterfield Southern Overland mail route commenced contract service on September 15, 1858. Envelopes designating the "Overland" stagecoach route began to appear at this time. This outstanding woodcut and other similar designs are almost always printed on plain envelopes. Only a handful of 10c entires exist with any form of horse-drawn stagecoach design.

Ex Barkhausen and Risvold (who paid $3,000 for this cover in 1979, according to his notation on back). (Image)

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E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $6,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Two horizontal strips of three, large margins to slightly in (one strip has inter-pane centerline margin at left), tied by multiple strikes of "San Francisco Cal. 1 May" (1855) circular datestamp on 3c Red on Buff Nesbitt entire (U2) to Patchogue N.Y., Nesbitt seal on flap, full clear strike of green "From/Noisy Carriers/Mail./77 Long Wharf S.F. CAL." framed mailbag operator's handstamp, opening tears at upper right including one into embossed stamp (neither very noticeable)

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. AN UNUSUAL 1851 ISSUE FRANKING FOR DOUBLE 10-CENT TRANSCONTINENTAL RATE FROM SAN FRANCISCO WITH THE RARE GREEN NOISY CARRIERS HANDSTAMP. ONE OF THE MORE SPECTACULAR COVERS WITH THIS MARKING.

This cover was carried from San Francisco to Panama on the PMSS Golden Gate (dep. May 1, arr. May 13), then from Aspinwall to New York on the USMSC George Law (dep. May 15, arr. May 24).

Ex Knapp, Eno and Walske. With 2008 P.F. certificate (Image)

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E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A). Two singles, different shades, one with ample to large margins, rich orange color, stamp at left with ample margins to slightly in, upper right corner scuffed from peeling -- given the two different shades and condition of lefthand stamp, we think it was probably peeled off another envelope and re-used by the thrifty sender -- tied by "San Francisco Cal. Jul. 1" (1854) circular datestamp on brown cover to Oakdale Pa., perfectly clear strike of bluish-black "NOISY CARRIER'S PUBLICATION HALL/LONG WHARF SAN FRANCISCO/CHARLES P. KIMBALL PROPRIETOR" three-line handstamp in very small type, minor overall wear
VERY FINE COVER AND SUPERB STRIKE OF THIS THREE-LINE HANDSTAMP, WHICH IS ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL NOISY CARRIER'S MARKINGS. THE STRIKE ON THIS COVER IS ONE OF THE FINEST EXTANT.
This cover was carried on the PMSS Golden Gate from San Francisco to Panama (depart July 1), then by USMSC Illinois from Aspinwall to New York (depart July 16, arrive July 24).
Illustrated in Coburn Letters of Gold (p. 115). Ex Haas, Vogel and Walske. (Image)
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E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction

Pan. & San. Fran. S.S. Jun. 29 (1852). Partly clear strike of brownish red route agent's circular datestamp on brown cover to Keeseville N.Y., small manuscript "35" overstruck by "10" in double-line circle due handstamp, Fine, carried on the PMSS California, departing San Francisco on June 18 and arriving at Panama on July 4, then on the USMSC Isthmus, departing Aspinwall on July 7 and arriving at New York on July 15, the "Pan. & San Fran. S.S." circular datestamp was used between November 1850 and June 1852 on mail handled by route agents aboard ships of the Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company, contract mail carried by PMSS Co. was received in locked bags, but letters picked up en route were postmarked by official route agents, as evidenced by 25 recorded examples of these rare markings on covers, another cover from this trip (see Sale 908, lot 4007) has the same small manuscript "35" but comes from a different correspondence, the meaning of this notation is not known, ex Walske, accompanied by Ashbrook letter regarding this cover (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $275.00
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STEAMER/WINFIELD SCOTT. Red two-line handstamp clearly struck on 1853 brown cover to Ellisburgh N.Y., perfectly clear strike of "Mokelumne Hill Cal. Nov. 28" circular datestamp with "Paid" and "6" handstamps, very faint waterstain, small nick in right edge

EXTREMELY FINE. ONE OF THE FINEST OF THE SEVEN KNOWN COVERS RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY STEAMER WINFIELD SCOTT.

The Winfield Scott was a 1,291-ton steamer built in New York City in 1851, which was put into service along the Pacific Coast route in 1852. Her first trip as a Pacific Mail Steamship Co. contract vessel was on August 16, 1853 (see lot XX). On December 1, 1853, she left San Francisco for Panama, but was stranded off Anacapa Island in the Santa Barbara Channel and lost. The mails, passengers and cargo were saved, and the recovered mail was transferred to the PMSS California, which left San Francisco on December 7 and arrived in Panama on December 24. The USMSC Illinois carried the mail from Aspinwall to New York (depart December 26, arrive January 5, 1854).

Our Levi records contain nine examples of the two-line handstamp, including seven recovered from the December 1 wreck. This and one other have the Mokelumne Hill circular datestamp (the other, dated November 25, realized $9,000 in our Sale 820, lot 103).

Ex Walske (Image)

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E. $ 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $6,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

STEAMER/WINFIELD SCOTT. Two-line handstamp in red struck twice on 1853 light brown cover to Wirt N.Y., blue manuscript "10" due rate applied on arrival at New York City, minor edgewear and slightly rounded corner at bottom right, Fine, a rare cover carried on the first trip of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.'s Winfield Scott, which departed San Francisco on August 16, 1853, bound for Panama, she wrecked on Anacapa Island on the second trip (December 1, 1853), only nine examples of this ship purser handstamp are recorded in our Levi records (Image)

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E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction